…FAiling our children, supra note 3; nichols & Berliner, supra note 4, at 57-78, 145-170; jonAthAn koZol, the shAme oF the nAtion: the restorAtion oF APArtheid schooling in AmericA 109-134…

…possible after receiving appropriate notice of the 1 A copy of the State Plan can be accessed at http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/homeless_children’s_initiative_projects/749 1/overview/508546 2 This BEC is available at http://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/basic_education_circulars/7497 http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/homeless_children’s_initiative_projects/7491/overview/508546 http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/homeless_children’s_initiative_projects/7491/overview/508546 http://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/basic_education_circulars/7497…

…Enrollment Translation Enrollment Website Code Due Process Manifestation Determination Truancy Policy Code Consequences Code Website Manifestation Determination Transparency Early Elementary Suspensions Certified Teachers Certified ESL Teachers Certified SPED Teachers Certified…

…http://thenotebook.org/articles/2017/12/12/parents-local-advocates-call-for-more-school-police-accountability-after-incident-at-solis-cohen-elementary-school http://thenotebook.org/latest0/2016/05/13/student-s-family-files-complaint-against-school-police-officer http://thenotebook.org/latest0/2016/05/13/student-s-family-files-complaint-against-school-police-officer http://www.justicepolicy.org/uploads/justicepolicy/documents/educationunderarrest_fullreport.pdf http://www.naacpldf.org/files/about-us/Bias_Reportv2017_30_11_FINAL.pdf https://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/04/10/17074/state-state-look-students-referred-law-enforcement http://thenotebook.org/articles/2017/07/27/complaint-district-fails-to-address-bullying-of-disabled-students https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Letter-Requesting-Ban-on-Suspensions-of-Elementary-Aged-Students.pdf https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Letter-Requesting-Ban-on-Suspensions-of-Elementary-Aged-Students.pdf 4 All District schools can make improvements to truly provide an affirming, supportive environment for transgender and gender non-conforming students that…

…Force IU 21 Mental Health Partnerships & Parents Involved Network Parent Education & Advocacy Leadership Center (PEAL) PARENT POWER Parents Exchange Parents United for Public Education PEAC (Pennsylvania’s Education for…

…just before or just after the Guardian presented a doctor’s note requesting homebound services. S-6. Regardless of the timing, the District informed the Guardian that the doctor’s note was insuf…

effective communication between EL parents/guardians and schools, promoting the parental involvement of EL parents/guardians, and ensuring the availability of meaningful training and engagement opportunities for EL parents/guardians and District staff….

…students, teachers, and parents about the procedures of health exams • Assist in explaining the health needs of individual children to parents and teachers and facilitate access to community resources…

…Unfortunately, current law is too permissive of 4 Research for Action, cellent Program. available at http://www.researchforaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/RFA-Policy-Note-on-SPP-Analysis-Feb-4- 20141.pdf. http://www.researchforaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/RFA-Policy-Note-on-SPP-Analysis-Feb-4-20141.pdf http://www.researchforaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/RFA-Policy-Note-on-SPP-Analysis-Feb-4-20141.pdf ! “#$%&'()*!+&,!-.*’./!! 01(2&#.231(&!4!0(”56$/71! ,,,8.2%93&8)/7! ! expansion, and charter legislation currently under…

the District did not have an adequate system to track and assign surrogate parents. Alarmingly, it also found that the District had only assigned two surrogate parents across the District…

…website; Education Law Center website; Disability Rights Network website; Email to County Children & Youth and Probation for the above listed counties; Auberle website and McKeesport Area School District website….

…appointment of “surrogate parents” for infants and toddlers who do not have “parents,” including infants and toddlers who are wards of the state under the IDEA. 28. The facilities in…

…foster care and juvenile justice systems, English language learners, and children experiencing homelessness Over its 40-year history, ELC has handled hundreds of individual cases involving truancy and listened to concerns…

…(last visited May 17, 2019). 23 See Diaz & Kosciw, supra note 20, at xii. 24 Tucker & Chaudhry, supra note 22, at 3. 25 Id. 13 LGBTQ girls experience…

…Students & Parents: Through A Truancy Lens Hundreds of parents, many impoverished and overwhelmed, have been jailed in Pennsylvania for failing to pay court fines that arise from truancy hearings…