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…delegate its responsibility for transportation as a related service. I do not so conclude based upon my reading of the statute; however, I need not reach that question in view…

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Amici Brief: PCCY et al

…MARTINEZ, parent of A.M., a minor; BARBARA NEMETH, parent of C.M., minor; TRACEY HUGHES, parent of P.M.H., a minor; PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION OF RURAL AND SMALL SCHOOLS; and THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION…

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Partners_HS_PKC vacancies 2015-16

…482-3900 PKC Young World Early Learning Ctr. 1737 Fairmount Ave. 19130 (215) 763-7656 HS / PKC Your Child’s World – Main 7120 N. Broad Street 19126 (215) 924-4195 PKC Your…

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phlprek-prequalified-sites

…6501 Roosevelt Blvd., Phila. 19149 (215) 289-2026 Your Child’s World Learning Center 7120 N Broad St., Phila. 19126 (215) 924-4195 Your Child’s World Learning Center – Southwest 2406 S 71st…

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FederalPolicy_ESEA_and_SchoolToPrisonPipeline.03.09.11

…http://www.edlawcenter.org/ELCPublic/ elcnews_080822_SRAPolicyBrief.pdf; see also educAtion lAw center-PA, imProving “AlternAtive educAtion For disruPtive Youth” in PennsYlvAniA, 15-16 (2010), available at http://www.elc-pa.org/pubs/downloads2010/ ELC_AltEdPA_FullReport.pdf. 5 See, e.g., AdvAncement Project, at 27-29; AmericAn FederAtion…

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Ex. C to Complaint

…parent or student must exhaust the IDEA’s administrative procedures before brining an ADA civil action. 20 U.S.C. § 1415(l) provides: Rule of Construction Nothing in this chapter shall be construed…

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Ways to Give

Support the Education Law Center-PA today. Together, we can shape the future of public education. Advancing the Education Law Center-PA’s mission – to ensure every child in Pennsylvania has access…

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Title IX Comments

…the Department of Education’s (the Department) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM” or “proposed rules”). We echo the concerns voiced by our partners at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human…

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We are the counter force

…Law Center (h�p://www.jlc.org) http://thenotebook.org/articles/2017/06/22/pa-guidelines-for-school-discipline-may-change http://www.sentencingproject.org/criminal-justice-facts/ http://generocity.org/philly/2016/09/29/technology-criminal-records-expungement-clinics/ http://generocity.org/philly/2017/04/25/these-cuts-hurt-panel-budget-trump/ http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2016/10/how_did_pennsylvania_s_criminal_justice_system_fail_this_profoundly.html http://www.safetyandjusticechallenge.org/2015/11/decision-points-disproportionate-pretrial-detention-of-blacks-and-latinos-drives-mass-incarceration/ http://generocity.org/philly/2016/09/29/reforming-justice-system-keir-bradford-grey/ http://www.safetyandjusticechallenge.org/2017/02/pretrial-detention-costs-13-6-billion-year/ http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/opinion-and-essays/item/105966-op-ed-expungements-can-erase-the-stigma-that-haunts-people-of-color&Itemid=20&linktype=hp_opinionessays https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX3a9hbQZNU&feature=youtu.be https://www.law.upenn.edu/institutes/quattronecenter/conference/springsymposium2016/risk-assessment-tools.php http://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/color-of-justice-racial-and-ethnic-disparity-in-state-prisons/ http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20161003_From_drugs_to_diplomas.html http://aldianews.com/articles/local/philadelphia/want-save-life-push-few-buttons/47305 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT8ta1tfWos https://www.cbsnews.com/news/friends-in-court-the-growing-impact-of-participatory-defense/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/a-replacement-for-overworked-public-defenders/532476/ https://thecrimereport.org/2017/06/13/will-justice-reform-survive-the-revival-of-tough-on-crime-policies/ https://www.themarshallproject.org/2017/07/19/nine-lessons-about-criminal-justice-reform#.Ohu4ywCjO https://billypenn.com/2017/06/12/philly-slashed-its-jail-population-by-almost-20-percent-in-just-2-years/ http://www.philadefender.org/ https://clsphila.org/ http://www.elc-pa.org/ http://www.jlc.org/ 8/25/2017 ‘We are…

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Zero Tolerance for Zero Tolerance

of the American justice system, school arrests, suspensions and expulsions disproportionately affect black students; Klehr says African American girls are the fastest growing population in the justice system, and students…

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ELC_StrategicPlan_2014_17_Update10-2016

…African American students comprise only 15 percent of Pennsylvania public school students, yet in 2010-11 they comprised 35 percent of the students placed into alternative education programs. African American Students…

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