ELC Cyber Charter Testimony 2012
ELC’s November 2012 testimony to the Pennsylvania Department of Education on eight cyber charter school applications. An excerpt: “The academic performance of the existing cyber charter schools raises…
MoreELC’s November 2012 testimony to the Pennsylvania Department of Education on eight cyber charter school applications. An excerpt: “The academic performance of the existing cyber charter schools raises…
MoreOn August 23, 2012, the Court granted final approval of a Class Action Settlement Agreement providing comprehensive relief to over 300 former residents of a group home who…
More…by the coronavirus, have also borne the brunt of school disruption, receiving diminished educational services. And students in underfunded school districts have been subjected to deplorable school building conditions. See…
More…of seeking partial summary relief on the nature of the constitutional right underlying Petitioners’ equal protection claim and the corresponding level of judicial scrutiny (May 7 Order at 1), any…
More…Protection Clause. 4 After hearing argument, this Court overruled, without prejudice, the preliminary objections regarding the nature of the constitutional rights at issue and the level of scrutiny to be…
Morecreate rules, they must follow their own rules. Thus, a school can only expel a student for a violation of a school rule if the school has officially adopted and…
MoreApril 21, 2015 – by Karen Langle, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Harrisburg Bureau – HARRISBURG — A panel of judges ruled Tuesday that the power to make decisions on school funding rests…
MoreDecember 12, 2013 – by Peter Panepinto, The Express-Times – Two Easton Area School District students who were kicked out of the district on Monday because they are homeless and…
More…§ 754.” Monaghan v. Bd. of Sch. Directors of Reading Sch. Dist., 618 A.2d 1239, 1241 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1992) (footnote omitted). Here, common pleas did not take any additional evidence…
MoreEducation Law Center has submitted comments in response to the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed rules on Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. ELC’s concerns focus on the…
More…hardest hit by the coronavirus, have also borne the brunt of the resulting school disruption, receiving diminished educational services due in part to lack of access to healthcare and due…
MoreImmigration and Customs Enforcement Department of Homeland Security 500 12th Street SW Washington, DC 20536 Subject: DHS Docket No. ICEB-2018-0002 – Public Comment Opposing Proposed Rule Dear Ms. Seguin, On…
More…Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools and the state NAACP. The lawsuit claims Pennsylvania has failed to meet its obligation to “provide for the maintenance and support of a…
MoreDecember 17, 2018 Pittsburgh Public Schools Board of Directors 341 S. Bellefield Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 The Education Law Center’s Statement in Support of Pittsburgh Public Schools…
More…not a recommended practice. National School Safety and Security Services, a national school safety-consulting firm, advises against arming teachers and school staff. According to NSSSS president Kenneth Trump, “School districts…
MorePreliminary injunction granted; district was court ordered to immediately enroll 5-year-old child in foster care who had been turned away for failure to meet kindergarten registration deadline.
MoreCourt ordered school district to enroll youth returning from juvenile justice placement and living with grandparents in school and prohibited district from placing student in any alternative or…
MoreHeld that charter school abused its discretion by permanently expelling a 2nd grader for truancy.
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