Suit calls state school funding arbitrary and irrational
is 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…
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…
MorePa Funding Lawsuit edfundinglawsuit.wordpress.com November 10, 2014 Executive Summary Lawsuit: Pennsylvania School Funding Unconstitutional Six school districts from across the Commonwealth, an association of 150 rural and small schools, as…
MoreNov. 10, 2014 – Today six school districts, seven parents, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools (PARSS) and the NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference filed a lawsuit in Commonwealth…
More…disruptive. “Alternative education for disruptive youth” programs are for children (6-12TH grades) who have been found to be seriously and persistently disruptive. They must provide at least 20 hours of…
More…action by the Education Law Center. The Law Center filed the case in early December when the students — one of whom is in 12th grade — were abruptly disenrolled…
MoreFaced with a budget shortfall of more than $700 million, the School District of Philadelphia laid off 47 nurses effective December 31, 2011. Subsequent layoffs and the retirement…
More1 Philadelphia | Pittsburgh | www.elc-‐pa.org Analysis of Proposed Reforms to Pennsylvania’s Charter School Law: House Bill 1330 and Senate Bill 1115 | October 2012 The Law Center believes that…
More…of the nurse shortage has been an increase during the 2012-13 school year in non-medical school personnel administering medications and treatments to students on a regular basis. A current school…
More…to all students is an important part of ELC’s mission. The following principles, published in 2012, are an outgrowth of ELC’s work with and on behalf of thousands of families…
More…In March 2011, following their father family home, only for vacations. The 2 to keep the children in the same school district despite their living disruption in order to ensure…
MoreEducation Law Center www.elc-pa.org Offices in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh 10 Criteria for Evaluating K-12 Education Funding in Pennsylvania January 2012 Strong public schools are important for creating a successful future…
More…throughout Pennsylvania support this legislation, which was nearly adopted in 2012. “This is historic,” said Rhonda Brownstein, Executive Director of the Education Law Center, one of the lead advocacy groups…
More…have now had their 2011 funding cuts restored. There are 490 other school districts throughout the state that still have not. (Two school districts — Chester-Upland and Duquesne — received…
More…Child lacks an “IDEA Parent” Family court judge can appoint an Educational Decision Maker (“EDM”) ◼ Juvenile Court Procedural Rules 147 and 1147 – applies to children in BOTH…
MoreFebruary 5, 2019 Statement on Governor Wolf’s Budget Address Deborah Gordon Klehr, executive director of the Education Law Center, issued this statement following Governor Tom Wolf’s budget address today: “We…
More…state NAACP, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools, and handful of families with children enrolled in public schools. If the lawsuit is successful, the result would likely be…
More…Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools and the state NAACP. The lawsuit claims Pennsylvania has failed to meet its obligation to “provide for the maintenance and support of a…
More…projections, there’s reason to believe that view was shortsighted by millions of dollars. In February 2015, when the School Reform Commission voted to greenlight five of the 40 charters schools…
More…the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools and the NAACP are the plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed in state Commonwealth Court by Clark’s organization and the Philadelphia-based Education Law…
More…Johnstown, Wilkes-Barre Area and Shenandoah Valley, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools (PARSS), and the NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference. The Public Interest Law Center and the Education Law…
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