ELC Analysis Youth Voices Count 2017 FINAL

access to computers to complete assignments which is often unavailable to them outside the classroom. They may also need additional remedial supports, http://www.youthmattersphilly.org/instructions http://www.youthmattersphilly.org/instructions Voices of Youth Count: Missed Educational…

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ELC_StudentsDisabilities_Charters_2013

…highly charterized community examined below. 1 See, e.g., Bruce Baker, The Commonwealth Triple-Screw: Special Education Funding & Charter School Payments in Pennsylvania, School Finance 101 (June 5, 2012), http://schoolfinance101.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/the-commonwealth-triple-screw-special- education-funding-charter-school-payments-in-pennsylvania….

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NOTICE_OF_CLASS_ACTION_SETTLEMENT_TP_10_19_12

…Estate 1000 FedEx Drive Moon Township, PA 15108 For additional information:  Visit www.elc-pa.org or www.kidsvoice.org; Please do not call DHS, CYF, Auberle, the Court, or the Judge. http://www.elc-pa.org/ http://www.kidsvoice.org/…

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Press release_FINAL

…resources and services in the areas of public education, housing, health care, employment, environmental justice and voting. For more information visit www.pubintlaw.org or follow on Twitter @PubIntLawCtr. https://www.pubintlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2018-01-25-Turzai-Brief.pdf http://www.elc-pa.org/ http://www.pubintlaw.org/…

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support-for-special-education-funding-12-2016

…PA, 18017 1Continued Cuts: Losing Confidence, Losing Learning (June 2016) at p. 6 available at http://www.pasa- net.org//Files/SurveysAndReports/2016/PASA-PASBOReportSpring2016.pdf http://www.pasa-net.org/Files/SurveysAndReports/2016/PASA-PASBOReportSpring2016.pdf http://www.pasa-net.org/Files/SurveysAndReports/2016/PASA-PASBOReportSpring2016.pdf The Arc of Philadelphia, Tanya Regli, Executive Director Philadelphia, PA, 19140…

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District – Charter – Disability 2013-2014

Disability data comes from http://penndata.hbg.psu.edu/documents/PennDataBooks/Statistical_Summary_2013- 2014.pdf. The numbers for the charter schools were calculated by taking the totals for Philadelphia IU 26 (which includes all district and charter schools in…

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Join ELC as Who’s Next in Education Honors Cheryl

https://the-incline.ticketleap.com/whos-next-education/dates/Jul-26-2017_at_0530PM https://theincline.com/2017/07/12/whos-next-education-meet-18-young-educators-preparing-pittsburgh-for-the-future/ Please come join US for a Special CELEBRATION honoring: CHERYL KLEIMAN for The Incline’s “Who’s Next in Education” JULY 26, 2017 at 5:30 PM at Ascender Cost: $22.00…

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Law Reform Alert_Defining Weapons in School (8.22.18)

Education Law Center | www.elc-pa.org | facebook.com/educationlawcenter | @edlawcenterpa LAW REFORM ALERT: Defining “Weapons” in School August 2018 The Education Law Center is pleased to share the Commonwealth Court of…

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Your Rights Safe in School 8.2017

hand deliver this letter.  File a complaint using the complaint procedures outlined in your district’s policy.  Write a letter to your school board or speak at a board…

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Campaign for Fair Education Funding: Earned Media

…Inquirer, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Morning Call, The Patriot News, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, The Philadelphia Public School Notebook, NBC10, WSEE, WESA, and numerous regional media outlets across the commonwealth. Notes:…

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18-1-25 Bd of Ed in Support of POs

Kuren v. Luzerne County, 146 A.3d 715 (Pa. 2016) …………………………………………11 Pennsylvania State Assn. of Jury Comrs. v. Com., 78 A.3d 1020 (Pa. 2013) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..10 Shore v. Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections,…

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Your Rights Safe in School 8.2017

hand deliver this letter.  File a complaint using the complaint procedures outlined in your district’s policy.  Write a letter to your school board or speak at a board…

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Your Rights Race Color National Origin 8.2017

Education Law Center | www.elc-pa.org | facebook.com/educationlawcenter | @edlawcenterpa KNOW YOUR RIGHTS MARCH 2017 Your Right To Be Free from Discrimination and to Equal Educational Opportunities • You cannot be…

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18-08-03 Scarnati Response

119-20. There are exceptions to the mootness doctrine, which may come into play if “(1) the conduct complained of is capable of repetition yet evading review, or (2) -4- involves…

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…plaintiffs within the five-day period mandated by state law. For those plaintiffs ultimately enrolled in Phoenix, a common complaint is that they did not understand the vast majority of content…

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PAFundingSuit_Executive_Summary

by adopting an irrational means of financing public education that drastically underfunds school districts across the Commonwealth and ignores the state’s own funding targets. According to the complaint, the Commonwealth…

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McKeesport.Settlement.Final

card statement, or similar evidence of payment. (b) Managing and distributing individual compensatory education service hours. Upon written request to access compensatory education services communicated to the Third Party Administrator,…

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