2018 National School Walkout Fact Sheet

Gun control that does not result in targeted policing of black and brown bodies. https://www.womensmarch.com/enough-toolkit https://www.womensmarch.com/enough-toolkit https://www.actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/enough-national-school-walkout https://townhallproject.com/ https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/ban-military-style-assault-2?source=c.em&r_by=236359 https://www.facebook.com/pg/marchforourlives/events/?ref=page_internal http://nationalschoolwalkout.us/ https://www.facebook.com/215studentunion/posts/10156159559271740 NATIONAL SCHOOL WALKOUT | 2018 Education Law Center…

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20170920 Updated Memo in Opposition to HB 1717

the fig leaf of helping children with disabilities to introduce vouchers, we expect it to be substantially similar to HB 1717. http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2017/03/jeb_bush_foundation_staffers_trump_education_department.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2017/03/jeb_bush_foundation_staffers_trump_education_department.html http://www.excelined.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Education-Savings-Account-Act-Students-w-Disabilities-Model-Legislation-12.20141.pdf http://www.excelined.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Education-Savings-Account-Act-Students-w-Disabilities-Model-Legislation-12.20141.pdf http://www.excelined.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Education-Savings-Account-Act-Students-w-Disabilities-Model-Legislation-12.20141.pdf 2 received a voucher…

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Glen Mills Letter to Appropriations and Children & Youth

to meet the educational needs of its at-risk students, including students with disabilities. https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018_Pennsylvania-Residential-Facilities_Childrens-Rights_Education-Law-Center.pdf https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018_Pennsylvania-Residential-Facilities_Childrens-Rights_Education-Law-Center.pdf https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018_Pennsylvania-Residential-Facilities_Childrens-Rights_Education-Law-Center.pdf https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018_Pennsylvania-Residential-Facilities_Childrens-Rights_Education-Law-Center.pdf https://www.philly.com/crime/a/glen-mills-schools-pa-abuse-juvenile-investigation-20190220.html https://www.philly.com/crime/a/glen-mills-schools-pa-abuse-juvenile-investigation-20190220.html 3 In light of PA-DHS’ inaction in response to these developments,…

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Supreme Court – Brief of Appellant e-filed

to Meet Pennsylvania’s Public Education Goals, 1-2 (Dec. 2007), http://www.stateboard.education.pa.gov/Documents/Research%20Reports%20and%20Studies/P A%20Costing%20Out%20Study%20rev%2012%2007.pdf. 10 adequacy target, i.e., the amount necessary for students to meet proficiency expectations. The study also found that the…

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Every Student Every Day Response

families, and schools. See Maura McInerney, Education Law Center, Effective Approaches to Increasing Attendance: Testimony Before Senate Education Committee (June 9, 2015), available at http://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ELC-Testimony-For- Legislative-Hearing-on-Truancy-June-9-2015.pdf. http://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ELC_AltEdPA_FullReport_03_2010.pdf http://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ELC-Testimony-For-Legislative-Hearing-on-Truancy-June-9-2015.pdf http://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ELC-Testimony-For-Legislative-Hearing-on-Truancy-June-9-2015.pdf 3…

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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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Press release_FINAL

reality, and wasting the time of our children, who will not get a second chance at the education they deserve once this case has been tried.” mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] https://www.pubintlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2018-01-25-Governor-Brief.pdf https://www.pubintlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2018-01-25-Supplemental-Brief-Support-Preliminary-Objections.pdf

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ELC_schoolfundingreport.2013

http://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/summaries_of_ annual_financial_report_data/7673/afr_data__summary-level/509047. Test score data from Pennsylvania Department of Education, 2011-2012 PSSA and AYP Results, Excel Data Files. 2013. Available at http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/ school_assessments/7442. 6 24 P.S. § 25-2502.48. 7 Augenblick,…

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Your Rights as LGBTGNC student 8.2017

Bristol, Borough of (school); Cheltenham Township; Conshohocken, Borough of (school); Doylestown, City of; East Norriton, City of; Easton, City of; Erie County; Harrisburg, City of (school); Hatboro; City of Haverford…

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Your Rights as LGBTGNC student 8.2017

Bristol, Borough of (school); Cheltenham Township; Conshohocken, Borough of (school); Doylestown, City of; East Norriton, City of; Easton, City of; Erie County; Harrisburg, City of (school); Hatboro; City of Haverford…

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NC_Easton_Complaint

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…

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ELC_Guide_FairnessinDiscipline_Sept09

provided in the parent’s native language, unless this is clearly not feasible. 20 U.S.C. § 1415(b)(4). 2 See, e.g., http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/eeolep/index.html (last visited September 14, 2009). 3 Available at http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pa_codes/7501/educatin g_students_with_limited_english_proficiency_(lep)_and_english_language_learn…

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2019 01 07 Amicus Motion to Convert Opinion to Precedential G.S. FILED (002)

Counselors, 5 (2017), https://nche.ed.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/res-summ-sch-couns.pdf. 3 Pa. Dep’t of Educ., Education for Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness, (ECYEH) 2016-2017 State Evaluation Report, 29 (Feb. 2018), https://www.education.pa.gov/Documents/K-12/Homeless%20Education/2016- 17%20Pennsylvania%20ECYEH%20State%20Evaluation%20Report.pdf. 6 the simple passage…

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ESSA Vulnerable Students Feb 24 2016FINAL

http://www.elc-pa.org/resource/elc-toolkit-school-success- for-students-without-homes/ •Fact Sheet for Education of Students Experiencing Homelessness: http://www.elc-pa.org/wp- content/uploads/2014/01/ELC_FactSheet_EducationforHo melessYouth_Jan2014.pdf •Other relevant resources: http://www.elc- pa.org/resourcetag/students-experiencing-homelessness/ 30 http://www.elc-pa.org/resource/elc-toolkit-school-success-for-students-without-homes/ http://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ELC_FactSheet_EducationforHomelessYouth_Jan2014.pdf http://www.elc-pa.org/resourcetag/students-experiencing-homelessness/ http://www.fostercareandeducation.org/ Contact Information Maura McInerney, Esq. Education Law…

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Title IX Comments

(Oct. 21, 2018), https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/21/us/politics/transgender-trump-administration-sex- definition.html. 6 Department the authority to tell schools when they cannot protect students against sex discrimination.24 ————— Instead of effectuating Title IX’s prohibition on sex discrimination…

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ELC ESAA-Updated McKinney Vento Fact Sheet August 2017

Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery and Northampton counties) Pennsylvania’s McKinney-Vento State Coordinator Storm Camara can be reached at 717 772-2066 or [email protected]. http://www.education.pa.gov/Documents/K-12/Homeless%20Education/Dispute%20Letter%20English.pdf http://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Homeless%20Education/Pages/Region-1.aspx http://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Homeless%20Education/Pages/Region-2.aspx http://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Homeless%20Education/Pages/Region-3.aspx http://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Homeless%20Education/Pages/Region-4.aspx http://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Homeless%20Education/Pages/Region-5.aspx http://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Homeless%20Education/Pages/Region-6.aspx http://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Homeless%20Education/Pages/Region-7.aspx http://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Homeless%20Education/Pages/Region-8.aspx mailto:[email protected]

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Civil-Rights-Roundtable-Letter-Sessions-1-06-2016

Opinion of the Justices, 624 So. 2d 107, 114 (Ala. 1993). http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/ http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/jeff-sessions-says-he-handled-these-civil-rights-cases-he-barely-touched-them/2017/01/03/4ddfffa6-d0fa-11e6-a783-cd3fa950f2fd_story.html?utm_term=.f09e50846bba https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/jeff-sessions-says-he-handled-these-civil-rights-cases-he-barely-touched-them/2017/01/03/4ddfffa6-d0fa-11e6-a783-cd3fa950f2fd_story.html?utm_term=.f09e50846bba 4 authority to oversee the state’s school funding plans.20 He then petitioned the court to…

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ELC_TrainingforSurrogateParents_9_24_13

Helpline: 1-800- 692-7443 • Legal Center for Foster Care and Education: www.fostercareandeducation.org 47 http://www.pattan.net/category/Legal/Forms/ http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/basic_education_circulars/7497 http://www.elc-pa.org/ http://drnpa.org/ Pop Quiz  What is the role of the Surrogate Parent?  How…

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