…for the state judiciary, see Pennsylvania State Ass’n of 8 Cnty. Comm’rs v. Com., 617 Pa. 231, 234-51, 52 A.3d 1213, 1215-25 (2012), and there is no reason for the…
More…it overruled “without prejudice, preliminary objections concerning the nature of the constitutional rights at issue and the corresponding level of judicial scrutiny to be applied.” It also deferred ruling on…
MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 21, 2018 Contact: Paul Socolar, Education Law Center, 215-906-1250, [email protected] Jonathan McJunkin, Public Interest Law Center, 267-546-1305, [email protected] In victory for students, Court rules that Pa….
More…distressed schools. The ruling, which held that legislation giving the SRC authority under the Distress Law to suspend portions of the code violated the nondelegation rule of the state constitution,…
More…of the class action settlement, is hereby GRANTED. The Court makes the following findings of fact and conclusions of law under Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure 1702, 1708, and 1709…
More…parent or student must exhaust the IDEA’s administrative procedures before brining an ADA civil action. 20 U.S.C. § 1415(l) provides: Rule of Construction Nothing in this chapter shall be construed…
More…OBJECTIONS TO PETITION Petitioners, through their counsel and pursuant to Rules 1516(b) and 1517 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Appellate Procedure and Rules 1028 and 1029 of the Pennsylvania Rules…
More…PRELIMINARY OBJECTIONS TO THE PETITION FOR REVIEW Petitioners, through their counsel and pursuant to Rules 1516(b) and 1517 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Appellate Procedure and Rules 1028 and 1029…
More…Risk of Increased Segregation, PHI DELTA KAPPAN (Feb. 2014), available at http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/003172171409500507. 7 See, e.g., NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, Truth in Labeling: Disproportionality in Special Education (2007), available at http://www.nea.org/assets/docs/HE/EW-TruthInLabeling.pdf; J….
More…receive an appropriate and adequate program of language instruction, including assignment to the International School if appropriate, ESL instruction, modifications in the delivery of instruction and testing to facilitate their…
More…1238, 1241 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1978). Petitioners’ argument was specifically rejected by the Supreme Court in Danson, which held that the School District of Philadelphia “has no greater duty to provide…
More…truancy elimination plan. 12. The Charter’s IEP contemplated the immediate development and implementation of a positive behavior support plan (PBSP). S-9E. 13. The Student did not receive special education from…
MoreMay 20, 2015 – Denisa R. Superville, Education Week – A group of Pennsylvania school districts, parents, and two statewide organizations is appealing a court ruling that dismissed a lawsuit…
Moreis this $5.5 billion distributed in basic education funding with no rhyme or reason?’ ” In 1991, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools, a coalition of rural and…
More…on,” said O’Donnell. Charter school enthusiasts celebrated the ruling. “We think it is a correct and long-overdue decision,” said Robert Fayfich, executive director of the Philadelphia Coalition for Public Charter…
More…highly charterized community examined below. 1 See, e.g., Bruce Baker, The Commonwealth Triple-Screw: Special Education Funding & Charter 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….
More…February 2017, the Trump Administration withdrew 2016 guidance from the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice that affirmed Title IX’s protection of transgender students. However, while the 2016 guidance served…
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