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

…reserves space for the enrollment of an equitable number of students in their communities who are experiencing homelessness, living in foster care, and returning from juvenile justice placement. Relatedly, the…

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

…2017 National School Climate Survey (2018), https://www.glsen.org/ sites/default/files/GLSEN-2017-National-School-Climate-Survey-NSCS- Full-Report.pdf ……………………………………………………………………………. 10, 13 GLSEN, School Climate in Pennsylvania (2019), https://www.glsen.org/sites/ default/files/Pennsylvania%20State%20Snapshot%20-%202017%20 NSCS_0.pdf ……………………………………………………………………………………. 5, 9 Angela Irvine & Aisha Canfield, Reflections…

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Philadelphia’s shift in discipline policy

…the Philadelphia-based Education Law Center, who has represented students facing expulsion, agrees. “There’s a willingness now to … look at mitigating circumstances and not just blindly say, `This happened; this…

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McKeesport FINAL COMPLAINT 10 14

…also includes a Supervised Independent Living (SIL) program for youth ages sixteen through twenty-one (16-21) years old. 37. Auberle provides therapeutic care and treatment to children on-site, but does not…

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GS Filed AMICUS Brief 2018

…adequate workspaces or to school supplies” in doubled-up situations. These students often report that they “feel unsafe, lack privacy, and a quiet space to do school work.”23 Students who are…

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WmPenn_v_PDE_Response_to_PrelimObjs_2_17_15

…4.23(d); (Pet. ¶ 118). The Court can therefore look to whether schools have sufficient funds to hire qualified employees and provide statutorily required programs and services to determine if Respondents…

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Newsletters

…February 2024 – Court Decision Anniversary; A Plan for Full Funding; Celebrating Black History Month; and More ELC 2023 Year in Review – A Look Back: Victories Worth Celebrating ELC…

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We are the counter force

…current harmful policie and practice. The legac of tructural racim i apparent in all the tem in which we work: jutice, education, child welfare, houing, ene�t. We care! We will…

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ELC Nicole B. Amicus

…e.g. Maura McInerney & Alex Dutton, ELC Steps Up to Protect the Rights of Bullied Students with Disabilities, The Legal Intelligencer (Dec. 26, 2017, 2:45 PM), https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/sites/thelegalintelligencer/2017/12/26/elc-steps-up-to- protect-the-rights-of-bullied-students-with-disabilities/?slreturn=20180014222304. https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/sites/thelegalintelligencer/2017/12/26/elc-steps-up-to-protect-the-rights-of-bullied-students-with-disabilities/?slreturn=20180014222304 https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/sites/thelegalintelligencer/2017/12/26/elc-steps-up-to-protect-the-rights-of-bullied-students-with-disabilities/?slreturn=20180014222304…

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todayschoice

Today’s Choice. Tomorrow’s Graduate. Early education sets our children up for success! Call 1-844-PHL-PreK (1-844-745-7735) to find affordable child care and pre-K today! Find quality child care or pre-K programs…

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Amici Brief: Consortium for Public Education

…City, Monessen City and Wilkinsburg. Without adequate funding for public schools, the children in these economically distressed communities will grow up ill-equipped for careers, citizenship and lifelong learning.  Parents…

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Gov. Wolf Signs Credit Transfer Bill

…students who are at risk of losing course credits as a result of foster care or juvenile justice placements or who experience homelessness. Join us in celebrating this important victory!…

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