Comments oF ELC-PA ESSA 01-21-2016

regular education teachers to modify instruction for ELL students and guidelines for determining the hours of ESOL instruction required for varying levels of proficiency. This information should be drawn from…

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ELC Education Justice Report 2017 – Web

…receive specialized instruction and supports to overcome language barriers and learn English, including receiving direct bilingual or English as a Second Language instruction, and modifications to instruction and testing in…

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Creating21stCenturyLearners_LibraryDataReport.10.17.12

…Allentown Deb Lowenburg, Librarian Pleasant Valley High School Pleasant Valley School District Broadheadsville Katie Makatche, Librarian Warrior Run Middle School Warrior Run School District Turbotville Janet Malloy, Retired High School…

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Education Justice Report

…receive specialized instruction and supports to overcome language barriers and learn English, including receiving direct bilingual or English as a Second Language instruction, and modifications to instruction and testing in…

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Memorandum Opinion (11-30-2016)

…LEGAL STANDARDS Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) permits a party to bring a motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1). The…

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Education Justice Report_3.17.17_PRINTER

…crucial for improving opportunities and outcomes for children—particularly children of color and children who come from poorer families and attend schools in poorer communities. As school funding expert Bruce Baker…

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ELC Nicole B. Amicus

…Stoll v. Runyon, 165 F.3d 1238, 1242 (9th Cir. 1999) as amended (Mar. 22, 1999) (plaintiff entitled to equitable tolling where the sexual abuse she suffered rendered her unable to…

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ELC_SchoolNurseReport_May2013

12(4), 215-223. 12 White, C.G., Shinder, F.S., Shinder, A.L., & Dyer, D.L. (2001). Reduction of illness absenteeism in elementary schools using an alcohol-free instant hand sanitizer. The Journal of School…

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CostingOut_PASpecialEd_2_6_09

can play a crucial role in supporting teacher success in handling a more diverse classroom and in minimizing and quickly addressing any instructional issues that arise. All students must have…

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2019.05.22-Brief-of-Amici-Curiae-23-Organizations

…369–73 & tbl.3, fig.2 (2002), https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054- 139X(01)00415-3/abstract; Stephen T. Russell & Kara Joyner, Adolescent Sexual Orientation and Suicide Risk: Evidence from a National Study, 91 Am. J. Pub. Health 1276,…

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Ex. B to Complaint

…through February 2015, the Student received 3.5 to 4.5 hours of homebound instruction per week. S-56. 59. In February of 2015, the Student returned to LA with bus transportation and…

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Turzai Brief

…Supreme Court expressly stated that this Court did 12 not rule upon Respondents’ other preliminary objections, “which are independent of the justiciability argument upon which the Commonwealth Court relied in…

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Scarnati Brief

…1965, P.L. 1257, No. 511 …………………………………………………………………………………… 8 State Regulations and Rules of Court 22 Pa. Code § 4.20 ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 6 22 Pa. Code § 4.21 ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 6 Pennsylvania Rule of…

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WmPenn_v_PDE_Legis_ReplyBrief_PrelimObjections_3_3_15

12 Harrisburg School Dist. v. Zogby, 828 A.2d 1079 (Pa. 2003) …………………………………………………………….. 20, 22, 23 In re O’Reilly, 100 A.3d 689 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2014) ……………………………………………………….. 12 Marrero ex rel….

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ELC Bullying OCR Complaint redacted

…Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (“Section 504”), schools reflexively refer students and their families to Truancy Court—resulting in additional lost instruction time. Not only is the referral to Truancy…

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ELC-Testimony-For-Legislative-Hearing-on-Truancy-June-9-2015

…at http://www.ldnews.com/ci_22036769/lebanon-school-district-loses-truancy-lawsuit http://jjlp.law.ucdavis.edu/archives/vol-10-no-1/Truancy.pdf http://www.schoolengagement.org/TruancypreventionRegistry/Admin/Resources/Resources/TheLegalandEconomicImplicationsofTruancyExecutiveSummary.pdf http://www.schoolengagement.org/TruancypreventionRegistry/Admin/Resources/Resources/TheLegalandEconomicImplicationsofTruancyExecutiveSummary.pdf http://readingeagle.com/news/article/woman-in-berks-county-prison-for-truancy-found-dead-in-her-cell#.VBcu8qPD-Uk http://readingeagle.com/news/article/woman-in-berks-county-prison-for-truancy-found-dead-in-her-cell#.VBcu8qPD-Uk http://www.ldnews.com/ci_22036769/lebanon-school-district-loses-truancy-lawsuit 7 There was no evidence that these policies actually reduced truancy. In addition, most magistrate judges tell me that they believe fines…

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CRRT Paper on Civil Rights Rollbacks Final for Distribution 111518

2017), Accessed at https://www.cruz.senate.gov/files/documents/Bills/1852.pdf. https://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/budget18/budget-factsheet.pdf http://www.edweek.org/ew/contributors/alyson.klein.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2018/05/choice_trump_devos_impact_aid.html https://innovation.ed.gov/files/2017/12/CSP-DCL.pdf http://legislink.org/us/pl-115-97 https://www.cruz.senate.gov/files/documents/Bills/1852.pdf 17 On July 2, 2018, the Trump Administration rescinded seven guidance documents that the Departments of Education and Justice spent…

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