ELC Testimony Before City Council Re Residential Placements May 17, 2018

and 22 Pa Code §51.4 (Private Academic License requirements). 8 See 22 Pa Code § 4.12 (Academic standards applicable to public education providers.) http://www.ocfcpacourts.us/assets/upload/Resources/Documents/2013%20State%20RT%20report%20on%20Educational%20Success%20and%20Truancy%20Prevention(9).pdf http://www.ocfcpacourts.us/assets/upload/Resources/Documents/2013%20State%20RT%20report%20on%20Educational%20Success%20and%20Truancy%20Prevention(9).pdf http://www.edna.ed.state.pa.us/Screens/wfSearchEntityResults.aspx?AUN=&SchoolBranch=&CurrentName=&City=&HistoricalName=&IU=-1&CID=-1&CategoryIDs=18%2c&StatusIDs=1%2c2%2c http://www.edna.ed.state.pa.us/Screens/wfSearchEntityResults.aspx?AUN=&SchoolBranch=&CurrentName=&City=&HistoricalName=&IU=-1&CID=-1&CategoryIDs=18%2c&StatusIDs=1%2c2%2c 4 youth are…

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

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…

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ELC_SchoolNurseReport_May2013

Health Policies and Programs Study 2006. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/shpps/2006/summaries/pdf/ HS_State_Level_Summaries_SHPPS2006.pdf. NASN-recommended nurse-to-student ratios: 1:750 for healthy students 1:250 for students with special health care needs 1:125 for medically complex students…

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real student needs, and builds successful schools and successful communities. Anything less puts the future of the Commonwealth’s students and communities at risk. Recommendations State lawmakers should examine the findings…

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ELC’s monthly newsletter provides updates and analysis on how opportunities to learn are developing in Pennsylvania’s public education system, especially for underserved student populations. Subscribe here! ELC Newsletter June 2024…

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CRRT Paper on Civil Rights Rollbacks Final for Distribution 111518

days of school.) . https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/us/politics/education-department-civil-rights-betsy-devos.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/us/politics/education-department-civil-rights-betsy-devos.html https://www.usccr.gov/press/2017/06-16-Efficacy-of-Federal-Civil-Rights-Enforcement.pdf https://www.usccr.gov/press/2017/06-16-Efficacy-of-Federal-Civil-Rights-Enforcement.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/23/upshot/dismal-results-from-vouchers-surprise-researchers-as-devos-era-begins.html?_r=0 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/23/upshot/dismal-results-from-vouchers-surprise-researchers-as-devos-era-begins.html?_r=0 https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/education-k-12/reports/2018/03/20/446699/highly-negative-impacts-vouchers/ https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/education-k-12/reports/2018/03/20/446699/highly-negative-impacts-vouchers/ 3 children with disabilities, English Language Learners, or students impacted by trauma in the same manner as public…

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Education Circular, Charter School (2004), available at http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/purdon%27s_statutes/7 503/charter_schools/507318 ……………………………………………………………….. 13, 38 Pa. Dep’t Education, Basic Education Circular, Enrollment of Students (2009), available at http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/purdon’s_statutes/7503/ enrollment_of_students/507350 ……………………………………………………………..7, 12 vi Pa….

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Meeting the Needs of Unaccompanied Homeless Youth_ELC City Council Testimony_April 2016

examples of individuals who meet the definition of “homeless children and youth.” 42 U.S.C. § 11434a(2)(B)(i)-(iv). https://www2.ed.gov/programs/homeless/data-comp-04-07.pdf http://www.dedcmdasfaa.org/docs/conferences/2014/presentations/UnaccompaniedHomelessTouthAndHigherEducationAccess.pdf http://www.dedcmdasfaa.org/docs/conferences/2014/presentations/UnaccompaniedHomelessTouthAndHigherEducationAccess.pdf 5 Having lost touch with their families and their source of…

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ELC_DOJ_AEDYComplaint_8_7_13

has encountered. http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/offices/r/renaissance-schools/about-us http://www.sesi-schools.com/schools/success-schools/ http://thenotebook.org/april-2013/135809/olneys-approach-strict-discipline-personal-attention http://thenotebook.org/april-2013/135809/olneys-approach-strict-discipline-personal-attention 19 I V . L E G A L C L A I MS A . Policies and Practices Discriminate Against Students with Disabilities…

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has encountered. http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/offices/r/renaissance-schools/about-us http://www.sesi-schools.com/schools/success-schools/ http://thenotebook.org/april-2013/135809/olneys-approach-strict-discipline-personal-attention http://thenotebook.org/april-2013/135809/olneys-approach-strict-discipline-personal-attention 19 I V . L E G A L C L A I MS A . Policies and Practices Discriminate Against Students with Disabilities…

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18-09-19 Wolf Answer and New Matter

by ensuring that 5 https://www.education.pa.gov/Teachers%20- %20Administrators/School%20Finances/Education%20Budget/Pages/default.aspx 6 http ://budgetfiles. pa. gov/budget2016e/GBD 2016e. html 7 http ://budgetfiles. pa. gov/budget2017e/GBD 2017e. html 8 http://budgetfiles.pa.gov/budget2018e/GBD 2018e. html 9 https://www.budget.pa.gov/PublicationsAndReports/CommonwealthBudget/Documents/2018- 19%20Enacted%20Budget/2018-19%20Web%20Track%20-%20ENACTED.pdf; 5 technical support,…

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School Payments in Pennsylvania, School Finance 101 (June 5, 2012), http://schoolfinance101.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/the-commonwealth-triple-screw-special-education- funding-charter-school-payments-in-pennsylvania. 3 http://febp.newamerica.net/background-analysis/federal-school-nutrition-programs). http://schoolfinance101.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/the-commonwealth-triple-screw-special-education-funding-charter-school-payments-in-pennsylvania http://schoolfinance101.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/the-commonwealth-triple-screw-special-education-funding-charter-school-payments-in-pennsylvania http://febp.newamerica.net/background-analysis/federal-school-nutrition-programs ! “#$%&'()*!+&,!-.*’./!! 01(2&#.231(&!4!0(”56$/71! ,,,8.2%93&8)/7! ! comprehensive enrollment, since the charter sector is also…

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sole discretion of the Legislature? Suggested Answer: Yes 2. Whether the statutory scheme enacted by the Legislature is reasonably related to the purposes of the Pennsylvania Constitution’s Education Clause? Suggested…

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3-15-18 House Education Committee Hearing on School Safety Testimony – ELC Final

media, and increased efforts to limit inappropriate access to guns. Available at http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Updated_Lists_1-8-13- OFFICIAL_FOR_DISSEMINATION-Connecticut_School_Shooting_Position_Statement_12-19-2012- 2_pm_ET.pdf. mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] http://www.schoolsecurity.org/trends/arming_teachers.html http://www.repgrove.com/Display/SiteFiles/103/OtherDocuments/SelectCommitteeSchoolSafetyFinalReport.pdf.pdf http://www.repgrove.com/Display/SiteFiles/103/OtherDocuments/SelectCommitteeSchoolSafetyFinalReport.pdf.pdf http://jsg.legis.state.pa.us/resources/documents/ftp/publications/2016-10-27%20Final%20REPORT%20for%20WEBSITE%20updated%2011.16.16%20%20WB.pdf http://jsg.legis.state.pa.us/resources/documents/ftp/publications/2016-10-27%20Final%20REPORT%20for%20WEBSITE%20updated%2011.16.16%20%20WB.pdf http://www.publicopiniononline.com/story/news/2016/09/12/teacher-resigns-after-child-finds-her-loaded-gun-school/90280916/ http://www.publicopiniononline.com/story/news/2016/09/12/teacher-resigns-after-child-finds-her-loaded-gun-school/90280916/ http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-teacher-shooting-utah-idUSKBN0H62HL20140911 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/08/us/schools-seeking-to-arm-employees-hit-hurdle-on-insurance.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1& http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/08/us/schools-seeking-to-arm-employees-hit-hurdle-on-insurance.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1& http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Updated_Lists_1-8-13-OFFICIAL_FOR_DISSEMINATION-Connecticut_School_Shooting_Position_Statement_12-19-2012-2_pm_ET.pdf http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Updated_Lists_1-8-13-OFFICIAL_FOR_DISSEMINATION-Connecticut_School_Shooting_Position_Statement_12-19-2012-2_pm_ET.pdf http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Updated_Lists_1-8-13-OFFICIAL_FOR_DISSEMINATION-Connecticut_School_Shooting_Position_Statement_12-19-2012-2_pm_ET.pdf…

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