McKeesport.Settlement.Final

…website; Education Law Center website; Disability Rights Network website; Email to County Children & Youth and Probation for the above listed counties; Auberle website and McKeesport Area School District website….

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ELC_CharterBillAnalysis_10_12_12

that charter schools serve as models of innovation for traditional public schools, this legislation allows charter schools to simply replicate traditional public schools. Text of the bills: HB 1330 and…

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ELC Testimony on Senate Bill 6

schools into other charter schools. What’s left are 25 schools from 17 different school districts that geographically span the entire state. The legislation is unclear about where this new “Achievement…

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wmpenn_v_pde_brief_execbranch_respondents_po_1_16_15

the statutory scheme for funding K-12 education in Pennsylvania violates the state Constitution. Petitioners are six school districts, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools, several parents of school-…

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2018 National School Walkout Fact Sheet

unexcused reasons. Whether or not a student will get in trouble for walking out will vary based on the school district and the school. Some schools and districts, including the…

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Your Rights Disability 8.2017

…disciplinary purposes is either: (1) an exclusion from school for ten (10) or more school days in a row or (2) a “pattern” of excluding you from school. In Pennsylvania,…

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Your Rights Disability 8.2017

…disciplinary purposes is either: (1) an exclusion from school for ten (10) or more school days in a row or (2) a “pattern” of excluding you from school. In Pennsylvania,…

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The Comeback of Charters

current members—like some Universal charter schools—will not make the cut. (Because of changes to state assessments last school year, the education department last issued SPP scores in the 2013-2014 school

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Philadelphia’s shift in discipline policy

Dec. 9, 2014 – By Dan Hardy, Philadelphia Public School Notebook – In the wake of the catastrophic Columbine school shooting in 1999, many school district leaders, politicians, and police…

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

…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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Newsletters

…Lawsuit Update, Black Girls Equity, and More ELC Back-to-School Guide September 2020 – ELC’s September Back-to-School Guide ELC Newsletter August 2020 – Reopening Schools, Federal Funding, Police Free Schools, and…

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