ELC applauds the adoption of the Pennsylvania Human Rights Commission’s final regulation putting in place new significant new nondiscrimination protections for Pennsylvania students. It provides important protections for LGBTQ students, who…
Moreis this $5.5 billion distributed in basic education funding with no rhyme or reason?’ ” In 1991, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools, a coalition of rural and…
More…to do that by overhauling the state’s taxes and introducing a new severance tax on the natural gas industry. But the governor’s proposals have encountered resistance in the legislature. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/pa-proposes-new-school-funding-formula-to-help-low-income-students/2015/06/18/92c39b4c-15f2-11e5-89f3-61410da94eb1_story.html…
Moremake our schools a safe and supportive environment for children and their families. Pennsylvania’s newly enacted truancy legislation, adopted this week, represents a significant overhaul of the state’s truancy laws….
MorePlease join us in welcoming our Two new Board members: W. John Lee and Lezlie Madden, Two new Board Officers: Gretchen Santamour and Al Suh, Five new members of ELC’s…
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More…media, and increased efforts to limit inappropriate access to guns. Available at http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Updated_Lists_1-8-13- OFFICIAL_FOR_DISSEMINATION-Connecticut_School_Shooting_Position_Statement_12-19-2012- 2_pm_ET.pdf. mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] http://www.schoolsecurity.org/trends/arming_teachers.html http://www.repgrove.com/Display/SiteFiles/103/OtherDocuments/SelectCommitteeSchoolSafetyFinalReport.pdf.pdf http://www.repgrove.com/Display/SiteFiles/103/OtherDocuments/SelectCommitteeSchoolSafetyFinalReport.pdf.pdf http://jsg.legis.state.pa.us/resources/documents/ftp/publications/2016-10-27%20Final%20REPORT%20for%20WEBSITE%20updated%2011.16.16%20%20WB.pdf http://jsg.legis.state.pa.us/resources/documents/ftp/publications/2016-10-27%20Final%20REPORT%20for%20WEBSITE%20updated%2011.16.16%20%20WB.pdf http://www.publicopiniononline.com/story/news/2016/09/12/teacher-resigns-after-child-finds-her-loaded-gun-school/90280916/ http://www.publicopiniononline.com/story/news/2016/09/12/teacher-resigns-after-child-finds-her-loaded-gun-school/90280916/ http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-teacher-shooting-utah-idUSKBN0H62HL20140911 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/08/us/schools-seeking-to-arm-employees-hit-hurdle-on-insurance.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1& http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/08/us/schools-seeking-to-arm-employees-hit-hurdle-on-insurance.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1& http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Updated_Lists_1-8-13-OFFICIAL_FOR_DISSEMINATION-Connecticut_School_Shooting_Position_Statement_12-19-2012-2_pm_ET.pdf http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Updated_Lists_1-8-13-OFFICIAL_FOR_DISSEMINATION-Connecticut_School_Shooting_Position_Statement_12-19-2012-2_pm_ET.pdf http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Updated_Lists_1-8-13-OFFICIAL_FOR_DISSEMINATION-Connecticut_School_Shooting_Position_Statement_12-19-2012-2_pm_ET.pdf…
More…approved recommendations for a new school funding formula. After months of hearings, analysis and negotiations, the commission developed a formula that would address the concerns of schools and remove politics…
MoreJanuary 6, 2015 – Philadelphia Daily News – by Ronnie Polaneczky IN PHILLY, if your child is late to school often enough, you may be hauled into Truancy Court to…
MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 30, 2018 Contact: Paul Socolar, Education Law Center, 215-906-1250, [email protected] PDE Orders Philadelphia School District to Create New System to Protect Students with Disabilities Experiencing Homelessness…
MoreMay 25, 2016 – Newsworks WHYY: Keystone Crossroads – by Kevin McCorry Pennsylvania will soon join the overwhelming majority of states that have a student-based formula for distributing state education…
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More1 Book Policy Manual Section 1000 Community Title Engagement with English Learner Parents/Guardians and Students (NEW POLICY) Number 1012.1 Status DRAFT Proposed: November/December 2018 Purpose The Board of Education is…
More…with billions of dollars of new funding for public education? New Jersey’s Supreme Court did. In 1990, the court ruled that the state had provided inadequate and unequal funding for…
MoreELC praises the Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) for release of two new policy announcements that now make clear its commitment to decrease exclusionary discipline and…
MoreAct 1: New Tools to Support Students Experiencing Educational Instability Pennsylvania students who experience “education instability” due to homelessness, involvement in the foster care or juvenile justice systems, or court-ordered…
MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 30, 2018 Contact: Paul Socolar, Education Law Center, 215-906-1250, [email protected] PDE Orders Philadelphia School District to Create New System to Protect Students with Disabilities Experiencing Homelessness…
MoreELC joined more than a dozen other civil rights organizations in releasing a new report highlighting the ways the Trump Administration is aggressively and intentionally limiting the civil rights protections…
MoreMay 15, 2013 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New policy guidance issued last week by the Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning improves access to early learning…
MoreMay 15, 2013 – New policy guidance issued last week by the Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning improves access to early learning opportunities for homeless children under…
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