FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 7, 2018 Contact: Paul Socolar, Education Law Center, 215-906-1250, [email protected] Barb Grimaldi, Public Interest Law Center, 267-546-1304, [email protected] In new school funding lawsuit filings, Governor…
MoreFeb. 17 – PennLive – by Jan Muphy A state Supreme Court ruling that limits the power of the commission that oversees the Philadelphia School District is viewed by others…
More…six school districts, seven parents, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools and the NAACP called on the panel of seven judges to hold a trial on their claims…
More…family lives is a 24 by 7 foot trailer truck which is not winterized and was not intended for year-round use. The camper, which is nine years old, often loses…
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…3-301 to 5-5427 ………………………………………………………………….. 7 24 P.S. §§ 7-701 to 7-791 ……………………………………………………………………. 7 24 P.S. §§ 8-801 to 8-810 ……………………………………………………………………. 7 24 P.S. §§ 9-951 to 9-974 ……………………………………………………………………. 7 24…
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…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…support also for a “make whole” approach. See generally, Ferren C. v. School Dist. of Phila., 612 F.3d 712, 718 (3d Cir. 2010). In this matter, the evidence is insufficient…
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…for Youth Justice & Ed 4 Children with Disabilities are MORE likely to enter the juvenile justice system It is estimated that as many as 77.5% of youth in…
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…Education, Education Report of Rule 706 Expert Panel presented in B.H. v. Johnson, 715 F. Supp.1387 (N.D. Ill. 1989), 1991. 10 Molly W. Metzger, et. al., Residential mobility during adolescence:…
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…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…The complaint was filed by six school districts, seven parents, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools and the NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference, who said they plan to appeal…
More…Kuren v. Luzerne County, 146 A.3d 715 (Pa. 2016) …………………………………………11 Pennsylvania State Assn. of Jury Comrs. v. Com., 78 A.3d 1020 (Pa. 2013) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..10 Shore v. Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections,…
More…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…(2005). 7 See, e.g., AdvAncement Project, supra note 1, at 15-21; nAAcP legAl deFense And educAtionAl Fund, inc., supra note 1. 8 20 U.S.C. § 7115(b)(2)(E). 9 Jessica Feierman, et…
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…
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