ESSA Vulnerable Students Feb 24 2016FINAL

…prior school – Access to magnet school, summer school, career and technical education, advanced placement, online learning, and charter school programs, if such programs are available at the State or…

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2018-06-26-ltr-to-FTCHS

…Ms. – was frustrated and confused by the school’s response. Ms. – scrambled to secure continued schooling_fQ~and luckily was able to ensure she remained at her old school, KIPP Charter….

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Title IX Comments

…alleged abuser and, when presented with the risk of this interaction, many students avoid school altogether. While schools generally do not have jurisdiction to discipline students for out-of-school behavior, schools…

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Supreme Court Amicus Petition for Allowance of Appeal

of Minority Tolling is a Critical Protection for Children Who Are Subject to Discriminatory Harassment in School …………………………………………………………………. 5 1. The pervasiveness and negative impact of school-based discrimination demonstrates the…

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PA-Special-Education-Funding-Data-Sheet-New

Special Education Funding by PA School District School District County 2008/09 Special Ed Expenditure 2016/17 Special Ed Expenditure Change in Special Ed Expenditure Expenditure Growth % Change in State Special…

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