Education Law Center | www.elc-pa.org | facebook.com/educationlawcenter | @edlawcenterpa Exiting Alternative Education Programs for Students with Disabilities: Advocacy Tips for Parents in Pennsylvania May 2019 The Pennsylvania Department of Education…

a formal complaint with one of the following agencies • Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (717-787-4410) • Philadelphia Human Relations Commission (215-686-4670) • Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations (412-255-2600) • Pennsylvania…

(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…

education so that it cannot be treated just as any other service.” mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] http://www.pacourts.us/assets/opinions/Commonwealth/out/587MD14_5-7-18.pdf?cb=1 http://www.pacourts.us/assets/opinions/Commonwealth/out/587MD14_5-7-18.pdf?cb=1 Second, Senator Scarnati continues to assert that the entire case is moot, arguing that…

…child welfare systems, students experiencing homelessness, low-income students, students of color, and students with disabilities. This point is essential to us here at ELC: chronic absenteeism can impact any student,…

See, Inequities in Pennsylvania’s Charter Sector: Segregation by Disability, 2017, https://www.elc-pa.org/wp- content/uploads/2017/02/ELC-Analysis-Inequities-in-PA-Charter-Schools-Segregation-by-Disability.pdf 5 See, e.g., Demand Letter to Franklin Towne Charter High School, 2018, https://www.elc-pa.org/wp- content/uploads/2018/07/2018-06-26-ltr-to-FTCHS.pdf https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ELC-Analysis-Inequities-in-PA-Charter-Schools-Segregation-by-Disability.pdf https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ELC-Analysis-Inequities-in-PA-Charter-Schools-Segregation-by-Disability.pdf https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-06-26-ltr-to-FTCHS.pdf https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-06-26-ltr-to-FTCHS.pdf…

http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/dcl-factsheet-el-students-201501.pdf http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/dcl-factsheet-el-students-201501.pdf https://www.education.pa.gov/Documents/Codes%20and%20Regulations/Basic%20Education%20Circulars/PA%20Code/Educating%20English%20Learners%20(EL).pdf https://www.education.pa.gov/Documents/Codes%20and%20Regulations/Basic%20Education%20Circulars/PA%20Code/Educating%20English%20Learners%20(EL).pdf Educational Needs of English Learners in the School District of Philadelphia 4 Education Law Center – March 14, 2019 education services. An evaluation for an EL…

23 Justice Quarterly 462, 473-477 (2006). https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf%22%EF%B7%9FHYPERLINK%20%22https:/www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf 2 should be limited to criminal offenses that impact school safety. Unfortunately, this is not currently the reality in…

students in the criminal justice system are severe, especially for specific groups of students (i.e. students of color and/or students with disabilities), and may negatively affect the trajectory of students’…

2502.53(b)(1) & (2). The student-based allocation takes into account numerous -6- student-focused and school-district-centric factors, including, among others, the district’s wealth, current tax effort, size, population density, number of children…

…free, appropriate public education for mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] https://at.elc-pa.org/GlenMillsComplaint https://at.elc-pa.org/GlenMillsComplaint https://www.philly.com/crime/a/glen-mills-schools-pa-abuse-juvenile-investigation-20190220.html children with disabilities. CCIU, a local educational agency, contracted with Glen Mills to provide educational services, yet failed to be…

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…

…the fig leaf of helping children with disabilities to introduce vouchers, we expect it to be substantially similar to HB 1717. http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2017/03/jeb_bush_foundation_staffers_trump_education_department.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2017/03/jeb_bush_foundation_staffers_trump_education_department.html http://www.excelined.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Education-Savings-Account-Act-Students-w-Disabilities-Model-Legislation-12.20141.pdf http://www.excelined.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Education-Savings-Account-Act-Students-w-Disabilities-Model-Legislation-12.20141.pdf http://www.excelined.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Education-Savings-Account-Act-Students-w-Disabilities-Model-Legislation-12.20141.pdf 2 received a voucher…

…gross disparities in per-student expenditures—without any regard to students’ educational needs—and denies students in low-wealth districts the same opportunity to obtain a basic education that students in high-wealth districts enjoy….

…1, 2016 and not be age-eligible for kindergarten. Families must meet Head Start or Pre-K Counts income guidelines. Children and parents/legal guardians must be residents of Philadelphia PA. http://www.philasd.org/prek http://www.philasd.org/translation…