ELC_schoolfundingreport.2013

…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…

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Your Rights Religous Freedom 8.2017

…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…

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CRRT Paper on Civil Rights Rollbacks Final for Distribution 111518

…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…

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CostingOut_PASpecialEd_2_6_09

…{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…

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Read the decision

…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…

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GS Filed AMICUS Brief 2018

…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…

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2018 01 18 ELC Open Letter to New SDP Board Nominating Panel

…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…

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ELC Impact of Lead on Learning Report February 2016Rev

…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)…

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ELC Nicole B. Amicus

…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…

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Ex. A to Complaint

…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,…

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ELC_DOJ_AEDYComplaint_8_7_13

…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…

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ELC_DOJ_AEDYComplaint_8_7_13

…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…

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Your Rights Disability 8.2017

must 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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Your Rights Disability 8.2017

must 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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