…on the legal issues in the case on July 26, 2022.. Read Frequently Asked Questions About the School Funding Case. Current information about the case is also available at FundOurSchoolsPA.org,…
Morewas slashed. “Cuts at the state level just kill us,” said Jim Duffy, superintendent of the Fannett-Metal School District, a small system in south-central Pennsylvania. Read the full story: http://articles.philly.com/2013-10-01/news/42539843_1_districts-school-funding-chief-education-officer…
More[Go back to Inclusive Schools and Honest Education main page] What We Believe We believe that parents and schools must work together to ensure that every child gets a quality…
Moreenrollment and access to language assistance for families; 2) quality ESL instruction; and 3) equal access and opportunities (for example, to special education services or to selective high schools). Read…
MoreThe Inquirer reports on an Education Law Center complaint about a child who had her enrollment to a charter school, Franklin Towne Charter High School, rescinded after the school found…
MoreStudents facing some of the greatest barriers to timely high school graduation finally get some relief. On January 26, Governor Wolf signed SB 324 into law as Act 1 of…
Moresystem as unconstitutional will be able to pursue their claims, even though their children have now graduated from high school. The ruling is a victory for parent petitioners Tracey Hughes…
More…other supports; Educational programs: includes tuition and enrollment in afterschool, summer, tutoring services, and other school-aged education programs; Help with payment for post high school education programs and…
More…the Pennsylvania Department of Education, to both protect the students already in these programs and students who could be improperly placed in them.” Education Law Center’s complaint highlighted the high…
More…for Disruptive Youth programs. The complaint cites four years worth of data showing a disproportionately high number of students with disabilities and African American students are removed from traditional public…
More…schools, saying the cyber charter model doesn’t work. Citing poor academic performance, high student turnover, fraud charges involving former officials at two cybers, and the $366.6 million cost of the…
MoreOn Sept. 20, 2015, public school parents, school districts, and two statewide associations continued their legal challenge of Pennsylvania’s broken school funding system, telling the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that the…
More…applicable federal and state laws; and that, in a number of other respects, programs meet the high standards that the state has set for all of Pennsylvania’s public education programs…
More…Pennsylvania public school students, in 2010-11 they comprised 35 percent of the students placed into alternative education programs. • 45 school districts in 2010-11 that had a disparity of 20…
MoreLegislative leaders will not appeal the comprehensive, decisive Feb. 7 school funding order. The decision is now final and it’s time to create a system that ensures high quality public…
MoreJoin fellow Philadelphia lawyers to tell City Council that Philadelphia cannot function without good public schools, and high-quality public schools require adequate funding. Philadelphia’s schools can’t provide the basic programs…
Morenecessarily obligated to provide the technology unless it is needed to provide a free and appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment. It is well-documented that high-needs schools lack…
MoreK-8 in Sheraden and Karen Muxfeldt Smith, Carrick High School. Two IEP teams were honored for “exemplary collaboration” at Sterrett 6-8 in Point Breeze, Arsenal 6-8 and Linden K-5 in…
MoreCommission’s Formula Proposal Makes Strides Towards Addressing Equity Gaps Restoring 2011 School Funding Cuts Must be the First Step For Immediate Release Contact: Deborah Gordon Klehr, [email protected] or 215-346-6920 June…
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