Final ELC Testimony for NCD 05 05 15

…the accuracy and proper identification of students with disabilities, taking specific steps to address the needs of culturally diverse learners and parents. Turning to our second concern – the increasing…

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ELC memo to DOJ 8-31-2015

…what the other exclusionary discipline numbers (i.e. suspensions and expulsions) look like in these districts. Of course, if the decline in AEDY enrollment is attributable to using new, positive, prevention…

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ELC-memo-to-DOJ-8-31-2015

…what the other exclusionary discipline numbers (i.e. suspensions and expulsions) look like in these districts. Of course, if the decline in AEDY enrollment is attributable to using new, positive, prevention…

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November 2018 City Council School Board Hearing Testimony

…improve educational outcomes for pregnant and parenting students which were developed as a result of a multi-year project focused on this vulnerable student cohort. mailto:[email protected] https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-public-health/ https://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/sites/default/files/tpp-ss-phmc-2018.pdf http://www.philaedfund.org/sites/default/files/Pregnant%20and%20Parenting%20Teens%20in%20Philadelphia–%20Academic%20and%20Social%20Outcomes.pdf http://www.philaedfund.org/sites/default/files/Pregnant%20and%20Parenting%20Teens%20in%20Philadelphia–%20Academic%20and%20Social%20Outcomes.pdf http://articles.philly.com/2012-08-30/news/33477284_1_teen-mothers-teen-pregnancy-rate-teen-births…

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COVID-19 Response (2020-2021)

…a series of resources with key facts for families to help navigate the COVID-19 educational landscape. The following 1-page resources are now available. COVID-19 School Closures: General Information COVID-19 School…

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ELC Nicole B. Amicus

…e.g. Maura McInerney & Alex Dutton, ELC Steps Up to Protect the Rights of Bullied Students with Disabilities, The Legal Intelligencer (Dec. 26, 2017, 2:45 PM), https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/sites/thelegalintelligencer/2017/12/26/elc-steps-up-to- protect-the-rights-of-bullied-students-with-disabilities/?slreturn=20180014222304. https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/sites/thelegalintelligencer/2017/12/26/elc-steps-up-to-protect-the-rights-of-bullied-students-with-disabilities/?slreturn=20180014222304 https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/sites/thelegalintelligencer/2017/12/26/elc-steps-up-to-protect-the-rights-of-bullied-students-with-disabilities/?slreturn=20180014222304…

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ELC Testimony on Senate Bill 6

…improvement to the bill would be to exempt from ASD jurisdiction all intervention schools located in districts already under any form of state operation. http://www.researchforaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/RFA-Revisiting-Cyber-Charter-Performance-November-2014.pdf There are examples of these…

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2019 School Code Bill – Letter to Governor

…Violence 5 (September 2015), https://www.ojjdp.gov/pubs/248547.pdf?ed2f26df2d9c416fbddddd2330a778c6=nnxrpdoznnzubdzrr&utm_source=y outh.gov&utm_medium=federal-links&utm_campaign=reports-and-resources. We also urge you to reject legislation, currently billed as HB 357, that would constrain authorizers’ ability to hold charter schools accountable for equitably,…

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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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Supreme Court Amicus Petition for Allowance of Appeal

…in Foster Care, https://bit.ly/2CpN0Nu (last visited Jan. 16, 2019) ………………………………………………………………………. 10 Rebecca Klein, Schools See Major Uptick in Racial Harassment, New Data Suggests, Huffington Post (Feb. 23, 2018), https://bit.ly/2FC6Jg3 …………

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