COVID-19 Response (2020-2021)

…and more. In the grips of a severe economic downturn, the federal government is the only branch that has the capacity to spend what is needed for schools. The federal…

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ELC Public Comments to USCCR on School Discipline FINAL (1-16-18)

…https://www.jjeducationblueprint.org. http://fostercareandeducation.org/ https://www.jjeducationblueprint.org/ In response to data demonstrating significant disproportionality based on race and disability and research establishing its substantial deleterious impact on students, the U.S. Departments of Education and…

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ELC Testimony on Senate Bill 6

…(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…

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Supreme Court Amicus Petition for Allowance of Appeal

…Judicial System of Pennsylvania that require filing confidential information and documents differently than non-confidential information and documents. /s/ Maura McInerney Maura McInerney (I.D. No. 71468) Kristina Moon (I.D. No. 306974)…

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ELC Opposition to Policy 805 FINAL

…11 J. of Applied Security Research 422 (2015). 7 Abigail Hankin, et. al., Impacts of Metal Detector Use in Schools: Insights from 15 Years of Research, 81 J. of School…

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2019 School Code Bill – Letter to Governor

…would cripple school districts’ ability to effectively monitor and oversee charter operators. It would expect less of charter schools – less information about their proposed or actual operations, less transparency…

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Read the decision

…including Student. It does so under the terms of a grant agreement with DOE. The grant agreement format has replaced and constitutes the current-day Mutually Agreed-upon Written Arrangement (MAWA) between…

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ELCOpenLetterTransRights

…Stat. Ann. § 7-740 (West) prevents schools from allowing transgender students to use the facilities with which they identify; (2) the presence of a transgender person in a sex-segregated space

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SDAS – Charter Schools and ELC

…control over student enrollment:  Enrollment barriers  Many do not “backfill” (Stop enrolling students after particular times of the year, even when space is available).  That many “counsel…

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Charter School Equity Pledge – ELC Jan 2016

…immunizations, and completion of an Act 26 statement). – Ensure application materials are available to families, both in our main office and on the front page of our school’s website,…

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Pre-K-Flyer-2016-17

…at 440 N. Broad Street Space is limited. Please Note: Completing and submitting an application does not guarantee enrollment Translated versions of this document will be available at: www.philasd.org/translation Enrollment…

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Scarnati Brief

…the Appellate and Trial Courts that require filing confidential information and documents differently than non-confidential information and documents. January 25, 2018 /s/ Thomas R. DeCesar CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby…

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