Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools and the NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference. The Commonwealth Court ruling was the latest in a long line of Pennsylvania state court decisions basically…
More…fruition, as schools continued to grapple with community spread of the coronavirus. Now in 2021, with many school districts still not returned to fully in-person instruction, the need for continued…
Moreheld last month. The ruling is the latest in a long line of Pennsylvania state court decisions affirming that school funding is a function of the Legislature and executive branch,…
More…1500 Market Street, Suite 3500E Philadelphia, PA 19102-2101 215-575-7000 Attorneys for Legislative Respondents 118068094_2 CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 2135(D) This Brief complies with the length-of-brief limitation of Pa.R.A.P. 2135,…
Morestatewide average of Actual Instructional Expenses (AIE) to determine the per pupil base cost. This base cost is then adjusted to reflect the current federal share of education funding for…
More…to recruit and hire teachers with ESL Teaching Credentials to instruct ELs in AEDY Programs. B. PDE will provide professional development and trainings by qualified trainers for all LEA Coordinators,…
More…dis-enroll truant students rather than implement necessary supports and interventions, forcing school districts to do all the work associated with eliminating truancy. Support HB 530 SB 856 Section Amendment Comments…
More…share your request with family and friends and streamline donations directly to ELC-PA. Host an event: Please consider hosting a house party or other friend-raiser to share information about ELC-PA…
More…is an overuse and misuse of SROs which results in inappropriate and disproportionate discipline and arrest of students with disabilities and/or students of color. We share the concern that the…
More…(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…
More…the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools, the NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference, and six districts: William Penn School District, Panther Valley School District, School District of Lancaster, Greater Johnstown…
More…Supporter Deb Carlos and Dan MirarchiSusan DeJarnatt and Peter SchneiderFeldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP Gender Justice FundAmy MalenDanielle MoseleyCarol and Lou RulliLisa and Steve Silverman A copy of the…
More…experiencing poverty also had higher levels of teacher turnover, ELC argued. The complaint brought scrutiny to the way the district assigned teachers; at the time, qualified and experienced teachers were…
More…nothing more than an ill-conceived privatization scheme to convert the 7,500-student school district into charter schools run by the for-profit company, Charter Schools USA. This massive overhaul of an entire…
More…through February 2015, the Student received 3.5 to 4.5 hours of homebound instruction per week. S-56. 59. In February of 2015, the Student returned to LA with bus transportation and…
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…
MoreFunding gaps between high-wealth and low-wealth districts are growing, and state funding for classroom expenses has declined over four years. Those are key points in our latest brief in the…
MoreELC Newsletter: June 2015 ELC Newsletter: May 2015 ELC Newsletter: April 2015 ELC Newsletter: March 2015 ELC Newsletter: February 2015 ELC Newsletter: January 2015 ELC Newsletter: December 2014 ELC Newsletter:…
MoreMarch 11, 2015 – by Jan Murphy, Patriot News – Saying just turning on the lights and keeping the school doors open falls short of the Legislature’s constitutional obligation of…
More…18 iii CONCLUSION ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 20 CERTIFICATE OF WORD COUNT ……………………………………………………………. 21 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE …………………………………………………………….. 21 iv TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Page(s) CASES Albright v. Keystone Rural Health Ctr., 320 F….
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