Turzai Brief

…into law a new Basic Education Funding Formula, which was created and unanimously adopted by a bipartisan Basic Education Funding Commission after holding hearings throughout the state. The new funding…

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

…dis-enroll truant students rather than implement necessary supports and interventions, forcing school districts to do all the work associated with eliminating truancy. Support HB 530 SB 856 Section Amendment Comments…

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New Title IX Rule: Schools’ Obligation

This fact sheet highlights important comparisons between the 2020 and 2024 Title IX rule and explains the implications of recent legal challenges to the 2024 Title IX rule for students…

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policy-statement-ece-expulsions-suspensions

…public, private, and faith-based Pre-K/preschool programs. 2 Gilliam, W. S. (2005). Prekindergarteners left behind: Expulsion rates in state prekindergarten systems. New York, NY: Foundation for Child Development. 3 U.S Department…

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10CriteriaforK12Funding

…1.4 – 2.4 (small districts) times Base Cost Count times Weight of 0.3 for small districts times Base Cost Corbett’s $100 million Total ADM times $100 Count times $20 or…

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18-08-03 Scarnati Response

…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…

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Title IX Comments

new school quickly became hell, PHILLY.COM (May 6, 2014), http://www.philly.com/philly/news/Lawsuit_Boys_move_to_new_school_quickly_became_hell.html. 13 See id. 14 See id. 15 See id. 16 See id. 4 Under the Department’s proposed, narrower definition of…

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The Comeback of Charters

…future of schools.” Kagan, formerly head of New Jersey’s charter school office, started in the middle of what was, by many accounts, a tough year for the perception and politics

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2019.05.22-Brief-of-Amici-Curiae-23-Organizations

…Risk Behavior, 30 J. Adolescent Health 364 (2002), https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X (01)00415-3/abstract ……………………………………………………………………………. 9 Steinar Brandslet, All Forms Of Sexual Harassment Can Cause Psychological Harm, Gemini (Sept. 11, 2017), https://geminiresearchnews.com/2017/11/ forms-sexual-harassment-can-cause-psychological-harm…………………………. 6…

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ELC_AltEdPA_FullReport_03_2010

…Education for Disruptive Youth…………. 42 24 P.S. Article XIX-C: Disruptive Student Programs……………………………………………………….. 42 24 P.S. Article XIX-E: Private Alternative Education Institutions for Disruptive Students………. 45 Appendix 2: Pennsylvania Department of…

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FederalPolicy_ESEA_and_SchoolToPrisonPipeline.03.09.11

…http://www.edlawcenter.org/ELCPublic/ elcnews_080822_SRAPolicyBrief.pdf; see also educAtion lAw center-PA, imProving “AlternAtive educAtion For disruPtive Youth” in PennsYlvAniA, 15-16 (2010), available at http://www.elc-pa.org/pubs/downloads2010/ ELC_AltEdPA_FullReport.pdf. 5 See, e.g., AdvAncement Project, at 27-29; AmericAn FederAtion…

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ELC_StudentsDisabilities_Charters_2013

…Special Education Students Served in Public Schools in York City3 3 Because of the relatively small size of the York City School District and the charter schools in York City,…

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