…Chapter 12-Student and Student Services Departments of Education and Human Services 333 Market Street | 6th Floor | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17126 | 717.346.9320 | F 717.346.9330 | www.education.state.pa.us | www.dhs.state.pa.us…

…district has to immediately enroll you into the school you prefer.7 You can find more information about this process in Education Law Center’s publication here: http://www.elc-­‐pa.org/resource/how-­‐to-­‐enroll-­‐a-­‐child-­‐who-­‐is-­‐homeless/ What if I don’t…

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…The disparities are consistent with the data that informed the 2013 complaint. Meanwhile, the overall number of students reported to be placed in AEDY has continued to drop. http://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ELC_AltEdPA_FullReport_03_2010.pdf http://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ELC_AltEdPA_FullReport_03_2010.pdf…

…is available at https://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/school- discipline/fedefforts.html#guidance. https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-201401-title-vi.html https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-201401-title-vi.html https://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/school-discipline/fedefforts.html#guidance https://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/school-discipline/fedefforts.html#guidance individualized education supports. The result is the excessive punishment of students of color, especially those who have disabilities. The Guidance contributes…

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…approximately 9.9% 1 See Pennsylvania Department of Education, Education Budget (last visited August 2, 2018) https://www.education.pa.gov/Teachers%20- %20Administrators/School%20Finances/Education%20Budget/Pages/default.aspx (showing 2018-19 Enacted Basic Education Funding Budget); Pennsylvania Department of Education, Historical Subsidy…

…Board’s web site. See Augenblick, Palaich and Associates, Inc., Costing Out the Resources Needed to Meet Pennsylvania’s Public Education Goals, Revised (December 2007), available at http://www.stateboard.education.pa.gov/Reports/Costing-Out/Pages/default.aspx. -5- percentage of students…

…way can charter schools be a tool to expand opportunity and improve our system of public education for all communities. Contact: David Lapp, [email protected], 215-238-6970 x. 309 http://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ELC_Testimony_Charters_LegislativeIntent_12_11_14.pdf http://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ELC_Testimony_Charters_LegislativeIntent_12_11_14.pdf mailto:[email protected]…

…in the foster care and juvenile justice systems, children with disabilities, English language learners, and children experiencing homelessness. For more information, visit http://www.elc-pa.org or follow @edlawcenterpa on Twitter. http://www.elc-pa.org/ http://www.twitter.com/edlawcenterpa…

legal protections and entitlements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.8 This includes the right to a “Free Appropriate Public 1 http://www.elc-pa.org/ http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/index.html http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/index.html http://www.justice.gov/crt/complaint/%23three Education” (FAPE); the right to…

…III, Sec. 14, that: “The General Assembly shall provide for the maintenance and support of a thorough and efficient system of Education Law Center | www.elc-­‐pa.org 2 public education to…

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…decision was made by the District and that http://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/basic_education_circulars/7497 http://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/basic_education_circulars/7497 6 his only role was to provide technical assistance and not to make final legal determinations. Therefore, because the District…