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school board meeting, against police presence at Pittsburgh schools Chalkbeat Philadelphia 6/11: Movement for police-free schools reaches Philadelphia Public Source 6/10: Should police be in Pittsburgh schools? Advocates’ call for…

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ELC analysis of HB 530 and SB 856-6-19-2015

• Revoke the power of school districts to negotiate charter school enrollment caps. • Permit charter schools to unilaterally amend their own charters. • Stack the Charter Appeals Board against…

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ELC_schoolfundingreport.2013

…each school district. But no two school districts are exactly the same size, and in many states, such as Pennsylvania, there’s a tremendous disparity in school district size. Imagine a…

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ELC Nicole B. Amicus

that the district’s school zoning resulted in unmitigated de facto segregation. The school district argued that the PHRA only prohibited affirmative acts of discrimination and that it contained no express…

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ELC_EarlyLearning_Guide_2ndedition_2012

…“Transition of Toddlers to Preschool or Other Community Services” – http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/http;//www.portal.state.pa.us;80/portal/server. pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_148494_1235754_0_0_18/EI%2012-04%20Transition%20of%20 Toddlers%20to%20Preschool%20or%20Other%20Community%20Services.pdf http://pattan.net-website.s3.amazonaws.com/files/materials/forms/IFSP-IEP-Ann070108.pdf http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/purdon�s_statutes/7503/early_intervention_transition__preschool_programs_to_school-aged_programs/507334 http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/purdon�s_statutes/7503/early_intervention_transition__preschool_programs_to_school-aged_programs/507334 http://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/early_intervention/8710/announcements/1133294 http://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/early_intervention/8710/announcements/1133294 http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/http;//www.portal.state.pa.us;80/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_148494_1235837_0_0_18/EI%2009-19%20Transition%20of%20Preschool%20Children%20to%20School%20Age%20Programs.pdf http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/http;//www.portal.state.pa.us;80/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_148494_1235837_0_0_18/EI%2009-19%20Transition%20of%20Preschool%20Children%20to%20School%20Age%20Programs.pdf http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/http;//www.portal.state.pa.us;80/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_148494_1235837_0_0_18/EI%2009-19%20Transition%20of%20Preschool%20Children%20to%20School%20Age%20Programs.pdf http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/http;//www.portal.state.pa.us;80/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_148494_1235847_0_0_18/EI%2010-06%20Funding%20Responsibilities%20for%20Early%20Intervention.pdf http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/http;//www.portal.state.pa.us;80/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_148494_1235847_0_0_18/EI%2010-06%20Funding%20Responsibilities%20for%20Early%20Intervention.pdf http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/http;//www.portal.state.pa.us;80/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_148494_1235847_0_0_18/EI%2010-06%20Funding%20Responsibilities%20for%20Early%20Intervention.pdf http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/http;//www.portal.state.pa.us;80/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_148494_1235754_0_0_18/EI%2012-04%20Transition%20of%20Toddlers%20to%20Preschool%20or%20Other%20Community%20Services.pdf http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/http;//www.portal.state.pa.us;80/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_148494_1235754_0_0_18/EI%2012-04%20Transition%20of%20Toddlers%20to%20Preschool%20or%20Other%20Community%20Services.pdf http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/http;//www.portal.state.pa.us;80/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_148494_1235754_0_0_18/EI%2012-04%20Transition%20of%20Toddlers%20to%20Preschool%20or%20Other%20Community%20Services.pdf education law center…

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GS Filed AMICUS Brief 2018

Rose Tree Media School District, Appellant, v. G.S., a minor, by his parents, J.S. and E.S., Appellee. ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF…

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Turzai Brief

Panther Valley School District (“Panther Valley”) with those in wealthier districts such Lower Merion School District (“Lower Merion”). [Id. at ¶ 10]. Petitioners concede that “the state has made some…

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Read the decision

…young children by school districts or intermediate units may be funded through section 2541 of the Public School Code of 1949, 24 P.S. §25-2541(b)(3)(providing funding as approved by DOE to…

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McKeesport.Settlement.Final

…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….

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AEDY Agreement – 3 25 2019

…than 60 days from the site visit prior to PDE’s implementation of its electronic site visit tool or more than 45 days from the site visit after the electronic site

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ELC_Fact Sheet_Ed_DecisionMakers_4_15_14

District or EI Agency Appoint a Surrogate Parent? The school district or EI agency must take steps to ensure that the child’s rights are protected if: 1) The school district

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access_Moving_the_Dial_Styer

school for children with emotional disturbance. The school district’s treatment of this child and other students similarly assigned to the on-site school was found to violate federal and state disability…

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ELC_TrainingforSurrogateParents_9_24_13

…You must request an evaluation in writing  School District must provide you a “Permission to Evaluation” (PTE) form  School District has 60 calendar days, (minus summer vacation) from…

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Your Rights as LGBTGNC student 8.2017

school’s claim that other students objected, the court stated “The [F]irst [A]mendment does not tolerate mob rule by unruly school children”). 9 See Philadelphia School District, School District of Pittsburgh,…

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