Pennsylvania’s Costing‐out Study of 2007 ‐‐ http://www.pde.state.pa.us/stateboard_ed/cwp/view.asp?a=3&q=130714&stateboard_edNav= |10890|10910| Special Education Data for Pennsylvania ‐‐ http://penndata.hbg.psu.edu/ Student Assessment Results for Pennsylvania ‐‐ http://www.pde.state.pa.us/a_and_t/cwp/browse.asp?a=3&bc=0&c=27525&a_and_tNav=|633 |&a_and_tNav=| Adequate Yearly Progress Results for Pennsylvania ‐‐…
Morestate officials on Wednesday. State officials sought to have a lawsuit that claims Pennsylvania doesn’t provide sufficient funding for education dismissed by Commonwealth Court. School District of Lancaster is one…
MoreId. The State has also established comprehensive assessments to measure student achievement of the content-based standards and to hold local districts and schools accountable for student performance. The State has…
MoreStudents in partial hospitalization programs (PHPs) or day treatment programs maintain their right to a free public education, like all other public school students. To learn more about the rights…
MoreHomeless Children and Youths, 1 (2016), https://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/essa/160315ehcyfactsheet072716. pdf. 2 Stacey A. Havlik, College and Career Counseling for Students Experiencing Homelessness: Promising Practices for Secondary School Counselors, 5 (2017), https://nche.ed.gov/downloads/res-summ-sch-couns.pdf [hereinafter,…
Moreexperiencing homelessness have special rights under a federal law called the McKinney-‐Vento Act.1 This law defines homelessness broadly. You qualify for its protections if you have no consistent, appropriate place…
More“hold harmless provision;” a helping of history from the executive director of the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials, who outlined the different formulas Pennsylvania has used over the years;…
Moreoffice is often empty (September 18, 2013) available at http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/education/59927-in-philly-when-students-with-dreams-or- traumas-seek-counseling-the-office-is-often-empty http://new.every1graduates.org/new-york-city-finds-success-in-cutting-chronic-absenteeism-in-school/ http://new.every1graduates.org/new-york-city-finds-success-in-cutting-chronic-absenteeism-in-school/ http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/education/59927-in-philly-when-students-with-dreams-or-traumas-seek-counseling-the-office-is-often-empty http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/education/59927-in-philly-when-students-with-dreams-or-traumas-seek-counseling-the-office-is-often-empty 14 support student success. When this happens, we see reductions in truancy, increases in on-time…
MoreAssessment is a standards -based, criterion -referenced assessment which provides students, parents, educators and citizens with an understanding of student and school performance related to the attainment of proficiency of…
MoreStudent. Parents filed separate requests for due process, naming as respondents all three of the agencies with possible responsibility to provide transportation to Student pursuant to Student’s 1 Student, Parent…
Moresupports. Sign our letter of support for S.B. 324 using our sign on form. For more information, please see our factsheet or the Bill’s text. CALL YOUR STATE SENATORS ! Tell your legislator that you support S.B. 324. Your…
Moreour schools. WHO: Leading Philadelphia Attorneys WHAT: Take Action on School Funding WHERE: Outside City Hall, North Broad Street entrance WHEN: Thursday, April 24, 11:45 a.m. RSVP today! http://www.eventbrite.com/e/lawyers-day-of-action-for-education-tickets-8171817125 …
MoreCheck out this 7/9/17 national story from NBC News about charter schools. ELC’s Executive Director Deborah Gordon Klehr talks to reporter Craig Melvin about charter schools often failing to serve…
Morebalanced than in previous iterations. However, the purpose to “examine how charter school entity Support with Amendments http://thenotebook.org/december-2014/147977/state-needs-rational-fix-its-method-funding-charter-students-disabilities http://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ELC_Testimony_Charters_LegislativeIntent_12_11_14.pdf http://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ELC_CharterBillAnalysis_SB1085_10_29_13.pdf http://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ELC_CharterBillAnalysis_SB1085_10_29_13.pdf finances affect opportunities … to establish and maintain schools…
Moretime of multidisciplinary evaluation/reevaluation, the below framework 9 will be used to best inform subsequent educational recommendations. Non-Discriminatory Assessment Guidelines (Ortiz) A Comprehensive Framework for Nondiscriminatory Assessment. • Assess for…
Moretoward expelling more students for violent behavior. The numbers of out-of-school suspensions and students expelled to disciplinary schools soared. Stories surfaced of students suspended or expelled for seemingly minor infractions….
MoreServices McKinney-Vento Eligible Students (Students Experiencing Homelessness) McKinney-Vento Eligibility Screener Students in Care Self-Advocacy Tool: Best Interest Determination for Children in Foster Care Addressing Bullying/Harassment Self-Advocacy Tool: Request for Bullying/Harassment…
Moreis in discovery stage. 9. STUDENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS Back-to-School Basics: Students in all public schools, both district and charter, who are experiencing homelessness or housing instability are entitled to school…
MorePhiladelphia School District eyeing external providers for some nursing services. CBS Philly. Retrieved from http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/02/02/ philadelphia-school-district-eyeing-external-providers-for-some-nursing-services/#respond. Recommendations for Pennsylvania State Law Must Be Revised: Currently, Section 1402 of Pennsylvania’s Public…
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