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…1 reviewing information available on official websites for the legislative and executive branches of state government; 2 speaking directly by telephone with a top expert in education funding employed in…
More…1 reviewing information available on official websites for the legislative and executive branches of state government; 2 speaking directly by telephone with a top expert in education funding employed in…
More…shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; Religious freedom includes the right to religious belief and expression and a guarantee that the…
More…Department of Education.) https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-201401-title-vi.pdf https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-201401-title-vi.pdf https://safesupportivelearning.ed.gov/sites/default/files/2014%20SSD%20Webinar%20Series%202_DCL%2001%2029%2014%20%283%29.pdf https://safesupportivelearning.ed.gov/sites/default/files/2014%20SSD%20Webinar%20Series%202_DCL%2001%2029%2014%20%283%29.pdf 8 Unfortunately, the Departments are now considering rescinding this guidance,18 which was developed as the result of a thoughtful process and has been…
More…{Page 17} Appendices A – List of special education expert panel participants……………… {Page 36} B – Organizations responsible for this report ………………………….. {Page 37} C – Websites and other sources…
More…child. : Any exceptional child … may be furnished with free transportation by the school district. … If free transportation or board and lodging is not furnished for any exceptional…
More…adequate workspaces or to school supplies” in doubled-up situations. These students often report that they “feel unsafe, lack privacy, and a quiet space to do school work.”23 Students who are…
More…Legal Defense Fund, 2017, http://www.naacpldf.org/files/about-us/Bias_Reportv2017_30_11_FINAL.pdf. 8 See A state-by-state look at students referred to law enforcement, Center for Public Integrity, Apr. 10, 2015, https://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/04/10/17074/state-state-look-students-referred-law-enforcement. 9 See, e.g., Complaint: District fails…
More…a side dish of the factors that go into determining how much each district should get; and a basket of how a district’s “wealth” should be determined and even a…
More…short term but will prevent schools from making important investments to improve student performance in the long term. It also locks in long-term structural inequities that will continue to leave…
More…Pennsylvania Department of Health provides a toll-free Lead Information Line (1-800-440-LEAD) to respond to caller inquiries and provide written materials about childhood lead poisoning and other household hazards. In addition,…
More…support to empower and enable families to undertake abatement efforts and address the collateral consequences of this issue. The Pennsylvania Department of Health provides a toll-free Lead Information Line (1-800-440-LEAD)…
More…e.g. Maura McInerney & Alex Dutton, ELC Steps Up to Protect the Rights of Bullied Students with Disabilities, The Legal Intelligencer (Dec. 26, 2017, 2:45 PM), https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/sites/thelegalintelligencer/2017/12/26/elc-steps-up-to- protect-the-rights-of-bullied-students-with-disabilities/?slreturn=20180014222304. https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/sites/thelegalintelligencer/2017/12/26/elc-steps-up-to-protect-the-rights-of-bullied-students-with-disabilities/?slreturn=20180014222304 https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/sites/thelegalintelligencer/2017/12/26/elc-steps-up-to-protect-the-rights-of-bullied-students-with-disabilities/?slreturn=20180014222304…
More…and conclusions of law. Hearing of ficers have the plenary responsibility to make “express, qualitative determinations regarding the relative credibility and persuasiveness of the witnesses”. Blount v. Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit,…
More…C.F.R. § 300.530(g). For children 21 federal and Pennsylvania laws, a manifestation determination review must be conducted to disability.62 If during the manifestation determination the LEA determines that the conduct…
More…C.F.R. § 300.530(g). For children 21 federal and Pennsylvania laws, a manifestation determination review must be conducted to disability.62 If during the manifestation determination the LEA determines that the conduct…
MoreAll students have the right to be free from bullying and harassment in school ‒ whether it is verbal, written, graphic, physical, or online. All forms of bullying and harassment…
More…substantially disrupts the school environment, violates the rights of others, or is lewd or vulgar. Learn more here about what rights to free speech and expression students have in school….
MoreRegister for the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty’s free webinar on Thursday, September 24, where Senior Staff Attorney Maura McInerney will be a guest speaker discussing cases ELC…
Moremust review the IEP to determine whether or not the conduct in question was a caused by or related to your disability. This is called a “manifestation determination review” (MDR)…
Moremust review the IEP to determine whether or not the conduct in question was a caused by or related to your disability. This is called a “manifestation determination review” (MDR)…
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