balanced 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…

limiting the criteria for consideration. Also requiring consideration of the legislative intent, 24 P.S. § 17-1702-A, to expand options “within the public school system”). 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/2014/12/ELC_Testimony_Charters_LegislativeIntent_12_11_14.pdf http://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ELC_Testimony_Charters_LegislativeIntent_12_11_14.pdf Court. The neighboring…

to homelessness. Nationally, 25% of unaccompanied youth reported prior familial homelessness, and one-third had faced the death of a https://www.glsen.org/sites/default/files/2015%20National%20GLSEN%202015%20National%20School%20Climate%20Survey%20%28NSCS%29%20-%20Full%20Report_0.pdf https://www.glsen.org/sites/default/files/2015%20National%20GLSEN%202015%20National%20School%20Climate%20Survey%20%28NSCS%29%20-%20Full%20Report_0.pdf Voices of Youth Count: Missed Educational Opportunities 2 caregiver…

Homeless Education website at http://www.serve.org/nche/. http://www.nlchp.org/content/pubs/McKinney%20Vento%202001%20Law%20Into%20Practice%20UnaccompaniedYouth2.pdf http://www.nlchp.org/content/pubs/McKinney%20Vento%202001%20Law%20Into%20Practice%20UnaccompaniedYouth2.pdf http://www.serve.org/nche/ – 6 – Who Can Be a Surrogate Parent? Whenever possible, a surrogate parent should be someone who already knows and has…

available at http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/summaries_of_annual_financial_report_data/7673/afr_data __detailed/509049, by 15% of the Average Daily Membership of the school district. http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/charter_school_funding/8661 http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/summaries_of_annual_financial_report_data/7673/afr_data__detailed/509049 http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/summaries_of_annual_financial_report_data/7673/afr_data__detailed/509049 The current “system” of charter special education funding is based on two…

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…

(Available at http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=509059&mode=2). http://www.researchforaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/RFA-PACER-SPP-Brief-March-2015-Final.pdf https://www.ed.psu.edu/news/2015-jan-march-news/accountability-measure http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/03/12/in-23-states-richer-school-districts-get-more-local-funding-than-poorer-districts/ http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=509059&mode=2 If the sponsors of SB 6 are serious about improving outcomes for students in these schools, they should pass legislation that would ensure…

child’s IEP. SOURCES OF INFORMATION: The following sources of information were used to complete this Complaint Investigation Report: Documents: 1. Elwyn Problem Solving flowchart with timelines 2. Elwyn Revised PTE…

selected from the PaTTAN website under Early Intervention. http://www.pattan.net/Publications.aspx?ContentLocation=/teachlead/EarlyIntervention.aspx . Children Who Are “Wards of the State” The term “ward of the state” under IDEA means a child in the…

http://kirwaninstitute.osu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/racial-disproportionality-schools-02.pdf http://kirwaninstitute.osu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/racial-disproportionality-schools-02.pdf 3 the academic environment through the use of discriminatory, outdated, and ineffective discipline techniques. Furthermore, parents of students who are suspended are often forced to leave work to…

for all grades. http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2015/07/05/System-breakdown-leaves-student-trapped-in-alternative-program/stories/201506300258?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=editors-picks-news&utm_campaign=Headlines-Newsletter 3 likely adverse disparate impact on students of color and students with disabilities. We would consider it a significant missed opportunity if the result of DOJ’s…

for all grades. http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2015/07/05/System-breakdown-leaves-student-trapped-in-alternative-program/stories/201506300258?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=editors-picks-news&utm_campaign=Headlines-Newsletter 3 likely adverse disparate impact on students of color and students with disabilities. We would consider it a significant missed opportunity if the result of DOJ’s…

https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ELC-Analysis- Inequities-in-PA-Charter-Schools-Segregation-by-Disability.pdf. 2 than making accommodations and providing the required services and supports.4 Students of color are also counseled out of charters through the overuse of suspensions5 plus codes of…

at http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/education/2016/09/03/jcps-117- student-arrests-only-part-story/87998298/ mailto:[email protected] 4 Ronald L. Davis, Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office), U.S. Department of Justice Vanita Gupta, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General,…

Deputy Security of Policy and Planning 2 2016 State Policy Analysis: State-by-State Profiles, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHARTER SCHOOL AUTHORIZERS (2016) https://www.qualitycharters.org/wp- content/uploads/2016/12/QC_TXStateReport_IndvStateReport_Web_Pennsylvania.pdf. 3 Id. 4 Our research indicates that charter…

and continuous improvement The early childhood education community in Pennsylvania has a long-standing commitment to positive behavior supports and practices. To foster commitment to a positive climate, early childhood educators…

Constitution. We cannot avoid our responsibility to monitor the General Assembly’s efforts in service of its mandate and to measure those effects against the constitutional imperative, ensuring that non-constitutional considerations…

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