…Allentown Deb Lowenburg, Librarian Pleasant Valley High School Pleasant Valley School District Broadheadsville Katie Makatche, Librarian Warrior Run Middle School Warrior Run School District Turbotville Janet Malloy, Retired High School…
More…the long run.” The ruling in the school-funding suit had been long awaited in Philadelphia, where budget cuts have rocked the district. Mayoral candidate Lynne Abraham had used it as…
More…Protection Clause. 4 After hearing argument, this Court overruled, without prejudice, the preliminary objections regarding the nature of the constitutional rights at issue and the level of scrutiny to be…
More…Court ruled that the student qualified as homeless pursuant to Subtitle VII-B of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (“McKinney-Vento Act” or “the Act”), 42 U.S.C. § 11434a(2) and § 11434(g)(3)(A)(i)….
More…public educational environments. We appreciate the Safe School-based Enforcement through Collaboration, Understanding and Respect (SECURe) Rubrics that detail steps school districts should take to ensure that police in schools have…
More…Johnstown, Wilkes-Barre Area and Shenandoah Valley – the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools, and the NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference. “Today’s ruling represents a major victory for civil rights…
More…Page 7 17 McCarthy, A.M., Kelly, M.W., & Reed, D. (2000). Medication administration practices of school nurses. Journal of School Health, 70(9), 371-376. 18 http://www.philadelphiacontroller.org/publications/audits/FireDept- AnalysisofAmbulanceFees.pdf 19 DeNardo, M. (2013)….
More…resources to support these changes. 14 In the 2009-10 school year, African American students represented 78% of students suspended and 62% of students enrolled; white students represented 7% of students…
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…bringing a child’s claim does not begin until the child turns 18, but the court ruled that minority tolling does not apply to PHRA claims. Minority tolling is a vital…
More…7, 2018, the Court overruled, without prejudice, certain preliminary objections that Respondents had filed. It issued an Order that permitted the parties to conduct discovery regarding the nature of the…
More…Absences, THE NEW REPUBLIC (Mar. 6, 2015), https://newrepublic.com/article/121186/truancy-laws- unfairly-attack-poor-children-and-parents …………………………………………………. 18 DEBORAH FOWLER ET. AL., TEXAS APPLESEED, CLASS, NOT COURT: RECONSIDERING TEXAS’ CRIMINALIZATION OF TRUANCY 14 (2015), https://www.texasappleseed.org/sites/default/files/TruancyReport_ All_FINAL_SinglePages.pdf ……………………………………………………………..passim…
More…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…
More…by the coronavirus, have also borne the brunt of school disruption, receiving diminished educational services. And students in underfunded school districts have been subjected to deplorable school building conditions. See…
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…
MoreThe Education Law Center (ELC) filed comments strongly opposing the Department of Education’s (DOE) proposed rules regarding Title IX investigations. The proposed rules would protect schools from liability at the…
More…98.3% 77.6% 62.1% 93.1% 79.3% 44.8% 75.9% 55.2% 20.7% 93.1% 72.4% 87.9% 94.8% 40.7% 58.6% 58.6% 22.4% 62.1% 84.5% 70.7% 65.5% 81.0% 100.0% 87.9% No (Percentage) 5.2% 31.0% 15.5% 15.5%…
More…with the Court’s May 7, 2018 Memorandum Opinion and Order (the “May 7 Order”), and in response to Respondent Senator Joseph B. Scarnati’s Application for Decision on the Application in…
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