Civil Rights Division (1-877-292-3804) • See ELC’s factsheet about bullying and harassment at www.elc-pa.org • Contact ELC for more information: 215-238- 6970, 412-258-2120, www.elc-pa.org. 3 The following municipalities in Pennsylvania…

…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]…

…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…

Civil Rights Division (1-877-292-3804) • See ELC’s factsheet about bullying and harassment at www.elc-pa.org • Contact ELC for more information: 215-238- 6970, 412-258-2120, www.elc-pa.org. 3 The following municipalities in Pennsylvania…

…improve educational outcomes for pregnant and parenting students which were developed as a result of a multi-year project focused on this vulnerable student cohort. mailto:[email protected] https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-public-health/ https://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/sites/default/files/tpp-ss-phmc-2018.pdf http://www.philaedfund.org/sites/default/files/Pregnant%20and%20Parenting%20Teens%20in%20Philadelphia–%20Academic%20and%20Social%20Outcomes.pdf http://www.philaedfund.org/sites/default/files/Pregnant%20and%20Parenting%20Teens%20in%20Philadelphia–%20Academic%20and%20Social%20Outcomes.pdf http://articles.philly.com/2012-08-30/news/33477284_1_teen-mothers-teen-pregnancy-rate-teen-births…

…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…

…(1838) ……………………………………………………………….. 31 ix Other Authorities Augenblick, Palaich & Assocs. Inc., Costing Out the Resources Needed to Meet Pennsylvania’s Public Education Goals, 1-2 (Dec. 2007), available at http://www.stateboard.education.pa.gov/Documents/Research%20 Reports%20and%20Studies/PA%20Costing%20Out%20Study%20 rev%2012%2007.pdf…

…resources and services in the areas of public education, housing, health care, employment, environmental justice and voting. For more information visit www.pubintlaw.org or follow on Twitter @PubIntLawCtr. https://www.pubintlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2018-01-25-Supplemental-Brief-Support-Preliminary-Objections.pdf http://www.elc-pa.org/ http://www.pubintlaw.org/…

…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…

| www.education.state.pa.us | www.dpw.state.pa.us 2 22 Pa. Code § 14.154(d)(1) The IEP of each eligible young child shall be implemented as soon as possible, but no later than 14 calendar…

January 30, 2019 Submitted via www.regulations.gov Kenneth L. Marcus Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue SW Washington DC, 20202 Re: ED Docket No. ED-2018-OCR-0064, RIN…

…being eliminated, Denton Record Chronicle (June 2015) http://www.dentonrc.com/news/state/2015/06/20/criminal-truancy-courts-for-students-being-eliminated http://youthlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Truancy-Research.pdf. https://www.texasappleseed.org/sites/default/files/TruancyReport_All_FINAL_SinglePages.pdf http://www.publiccounsel.org/tools/assets/files/Counterproductive-and-Wasteful-Los-Angeles-daytime-curfew-report_FINAL.pdf. 4 • Confine a person in parental relation to a child who is habitually truant only as a last…

…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…

…http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/dcl-factsheet-el-students-201501.pdf http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/dcl-factsheet-el-students-201501.pdf https://www.education.pa.gov/Documents/Codes%20and%20Regulations/Basic%20Education%20Circulars/PA%20Code/Educating%20English%20Learners%20(EL).pdf https://www.education.pa.gov/Documents/Codes%20and%20Regulations/Basic%20Education%20Circulars/PA%20Code/Educating%20English%20Learners%20(EL).pdf Educational Needs of English Learners in the School District of Philadelphia 4 Education Law Center – March 14, 2019 education services. An evaluation for an EL…

…See, Inequities in Pennsylvania’s Charter Sector: Segregation by Disability, 2017, https://www.elc-pa.org/wp- content/uploads/2017/02/ELC-Analysis-Inequities-in-PA-Charter-Schools-Segregation-by-Disability.pdf 5 See, e.g., Demand Letter to Franklin Towne Charter High School, 2018, https://www.elc-pa.org/wp- content/uploads/2018/07/2018-06-26-ltr-to-FTCHS.pdf https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ELC-Analysis-Inequities-in-PA-Charter-Schools-Segregation-by-Disability.pdf https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ELC-Analysis-Inequities-in-PA-Charter-Schools-Segregation-by-Disability.pdf https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-06-26-ltr-to-FTCHS.pdf https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-06-26-ltr-to-FTCHS.pdf…

…23 Justice Quarterly 462, 473-477 (2006). https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf%22%EF%B7%9FHYPERLINK%20%22https:/www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf 2 should be limited to criminal offenses that impact school safety. Unfortunately, this is not currently the reality in…

…social security, school employees’ retirement.) 3 https://www.education.pa.gov/Teachers%20- %20Administrators/School%20Finances/Education%20Budget/Pages/default.aspx 4 https://www.budget.pa.gov/PublicationsAndReports/CommonwealthBudget/Documents/2018- 19%20Enacted%20Budget/2018-19%20Web%20Track%20-%20ENACTED.pdf 4 In 2018-19, the Commonwealth appropriated $6,095,079,000 in basic education funding, which is a $100 million increase over the…

…the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling 1-800-732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement. http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001a2rmUQEClGkulpSJi2bpGl890rDNJeo3NHJkl2e_K3vbS2w6LuNKMrZdvs2xJJhmm49a8foboh-e30J2yrjdqjswtPOJfxx0cJ32nnt-XmWL70wwBumQY7L8G6i-gk7MPBXX33EGxADxN25eGj3byCrReZXOLFYBchXbrIm16L0fsEHymBeYJQ==&c=&ch= http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001a2rmUQEClGkulpSJi2bpGl890rDNJeo3NHJkl2e_K3vbS2w6LuNKMsWS-DPtfWzHJ70WwHM9c3qySZARb24aFR01-FPnJu7ay1vkChH_R8f2dwAcsbAYPzfEz1FS3acjGJu3HE-EkIUXS-PdhhzQxZKLfOXwlfmRcWHrTOnMYvlvhV2RxLLYs5CJerJzo0wuOe9D-0gYjcl9Kz6ZiT8Giw==&c=&ch= Ensuring access to a quality public education for all children in Pennsylvania http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001a2rmUQEClGkulpSJi2bpGl890rDNJeo3NHJkl2e_K3vbS2w6LuNKMrKwvyxPf6TU65QDasuJGARsMr4AgVyoUJePugM-DVx25jhSp6Q4WDjtU2dvn_EZiMH0rSNTm6nY1ID-QIPR-mFbstj14OSxsAYHYrKngoQ-OorsaEswgJRVZQRDkfpxo2rF_Bz_rBhPhglDggiuBYc=&c=&ch= http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001a2rmUQEClGkulpSJi2bpGl890rDNJeo3NHJkl2e_K3vbS2w6LuNKMr-XDvkL1qwNheZDLX3F7RH2WAMaqPavYn7akfRrPYkLtr8o01ewkPk6LMhKqkPEQccu_NY2nXjqEI85LPpvfE1msDKK3uDC6T7gUrDIgA1Cf8kUpK5kp5yy474k-i6BJA==&c=&ch= http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001a2rmUQEClGkulpSJi2bpGl890rDNJeo3NHJkl2e_K3vbS2w6LuNKMg3jwc-nX67MV0J5V_ga2mG2LbfWDb8lNuuK2f56t8ywDV_XXWer-xLsCr2KOuzhjOEML-HnP9iIIJuME9HDeG73F5c8i3zOlGND4wkyCLgIkgMf60y6LlGF5xQtVjHShtrkChor3qc2XDQI4bBfw7xq7JZXkGajvKV9pkaO5EUh&c=&ch=…

…PA, 18017 1Continued Cuts: Losing Confidence, Losing Learning (June 2016) at p. 6 available at http://www.pasa- net.org//Files/SurveysAndReports/2016/PASA-PASBOReportSpring2016.pdf http://www.pasa-net.org/Files/SurveysAndReports/2016/PASA-PASBOReportSpring2016.pdf http://www.pasa-net.org/Files/SurveysAndReports/2016/PASA-PASBOReportSpring2016.pdf The Arc of Philadelphia, Tanya Regli, Executive Director Philadelphia, PA, 19140…

…Pa. Dep’t of Educ., Finances AFR Expenditures 2015-2016, at “2015-16 Revenue by Source” tab at H746, J746, available at http://www.education.pa.gov/_layouts/download.aspx?SourceUrl=http://www.education.pa.gov/ Documents/Teachers- Administrators/School%20Finances/Finances/Summary%20of%20AFR%20Data/AFR%20Data %20Summary%20Level/Finances%20AFR%20Revenues%202015-2016.xlsx. 19 Pa. Dep’t of Educ., 2017-18 Estimated…