…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…: Docket No. 587 M.D. 2014 ANSWER TO PETITIONERS’ APPLICATION FOR RELIEF Pursuant to Pennsylvania Rule of Appellate Procedure 123, Respondent Joseph B. Scarnati, III, President pro tempore of the…
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…
More…Due Process Manifestation Determination Truancy Policy Code Consequences Code Website Manifestation Determination Transparency Early Elementary Suspensions Certified Teachers Certified ESL Teachers Certified SPED Teachers Certified Instructional Leader Food Safety Health…
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…Court is expected to issue a ruling in the coming months. Regardless of the decision, an appeal of the ruling to the state Supreme Court is likely. “We are asking…
More…student services must be “an integral part of the instructional program at all levels of the school system.” 22 Pa. Code § 12.41(c)(1); planned instruction in “[v]ocational-technical education, . ….
More…AND STANDARD OF REVIEW In ruling upon preliminary objections, the Court must accept as true all well- pleaded material allegations in the petition for review, as well as all inferences…
More…and the new cab company made the cab available on February 21, 2017. The meeting was scheduled for March 2017. (J 24, 25.) 17. Repeatedly during the period from September…
More…suburban, and rural districts are included in the long-anticipated suit, which names as respondents Gov. Corbett, acting Education Secretary Carolyn Dumaresq, and legislative leaders. The Philadelphia School District, a state-run…
More…that it was within the District’s discretion to find that a pencil constituted a weapon under Act 26. The court unanimously ruled that for purposes of the Pennsylvania School Code,…
More…Child lacks an “IDEA Parent” Family court judge can appoint an Educational Decision Maker (“EDM”) ◼ Juvenile Court Procedural Rules 147 and 1147 – applies to children in BOTH…
More…living facilities, residential treatment facilities, and hospitals—often have no adult in their lives to serve in this role. This can be true of youth in the delinquency system as well….
More…of Pennsylvania ruled that the school district had violated “clear law” by denying or delaying enrollment to older immigrants and by placing them in Phoenix Academy, a privately run alternative…
More…linked with one another. 25 Importantly, educational inequality is associated with less general public trust, trust in democracy, and trust of other citizens [24,128]. Greater levels of educational inequality cause…
More…oF leArning: the Forum For educAtion & democrAcY’s recommendAtions For the reAuthoriZAtion oF eseA (2010), available at http:// www.forumforeducation.org/files/u48/FED_Short_Paper_ on_ESEA.pdf; BroAder Bolder APProAch to educAtion, school AccountABilitY: A BroAder, Bolder…
More…up to its constitutional obligations. The plaintiffs come from large urban districts like Philadelphia and struggling rural districts like Panther Valley in Schuylkill and Carbon Counties, demonstrating that chronic underfunding…
More…of the class action settlement, is hereby GRANTED. The Court makes the following findings of fact and conclusions of law under Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure 1702, 1708, and 1709…
More…to be incarcerated than youth who complete high school. Youth find their worlds upended by the stress and chaos of homelessness. They desperately need the stability, structure, and hope of…
More…education in Pennsylvania violates the state Constitution. The Petitioners are six school districts, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools, several parents of school-age children, and the Pennsylvania State…
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