Lawsuit: School Funding in Pennsylvania is Unconstitutional
It didn’t work. Commonwealth Court rejected the suit, and the state Supreme Court in 1999 refused to hear an appeal. Now school funding advocates are looking for a rematch. A…
MoreIt didn’t work. Commonwealth Court rejected the suit, and the state Supreme Court in 1999 refused to hear an appeal. Now school funding advocates are looking for a rematch. A…
More…charter schools was 65.7. See Pennsylvania School Performance Profile, available at http://paschoolperformance.org/. http://www.projectuturn.net/docs/supporting_needs.pdf http://paschoolperformance.org/ Inequities in Pennsylvania’s Charter Sector: Segregation by Disability | 2017 2 to serve.4 A 2016 report…
Moreeducation in Pennsylvania violates the state Constitution. The Petitioners are six school districts, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools, several parents of school-age children, and the Pennsylvania State…
Moreincome-rich districts receive a high-quality education.” The latest suit was filed by the Education Law Center and Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia on behalf of six school districts, parents…
More(finding that schools with higher rates of school exclusion had less satisfactory ratings of school climate). 3 suspended suffer when their classmates are removed from the learning environment.11 The study…
More…Rights and write separately to share our particular concerns regarding students in Pennsylvania’s publicly-funded Pre-Ks, kindergartens, elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools (“Pre-K–12” students). ELC–PA is a non-profit legal…
MoreTownship SD Lehigh $4,008,693 $5,947,109 $1,938,416 48% $86,223 $1,822,579 22% 17% 70% 78% Southern Lehigh SD Lehigh $5,028,384 $7,078,399 $2,050,015 41% $161,832 $1,986,575 23% 19% 68% 76% Whitehall-Coplay SD Lehigh…
Moreof the nurse shortage has been an increase during the 2012-13 school year in non-medical school personnel administering medications and treatments to students on a regular basis. A current school…
MoreRose Tree is in G.S.’s best interest. Rose Tree hosts the school where G.S. was enrolled when he became homeless; the school where G.S. was last enrolled; the school where…
More…http://www.projectuturn.net/docs/PromiseWorthKeeping.pdf http://www.philadelphiaofficeofhomelessservices.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/voices-of-youth-count-philadelphia-9-2017.pdf http://www.philadelphiaofficeofhomelessservices.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/voices-of-youth-count-philadelphia-9-2017.pdf https://www.dshs.wa.gov/sites/default/files/SESA/rda/documents/research-7-106.pdf 3 in the same school are twice as likely to graduate and a high school student with even one fewer school change is 1.8 times more…
Moreand Keystone Exams, and those in low-income districts are overwhelmingly failing them. “If our high school students aren’t graduating from high school because they can’t meet basic standards set by…
MoreHB 1717. Schools are part of school districts, and it is those entire school districts, rather than individual schools, that would suffer as funding is transferred from public to private…
MoreSmall Schools (PARSS), the NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference, and six districts including the William Penn School District, the Panther Valley School District, the School District of Lancaster, the Greater Johnstown…
Moreour concern about the overuse and misuse of school police and school resource officers (SROs) across Pennsylvania. Even when deployed in school settings, law enforcement personnel are primarily trained to…
MoreValley School District, The School District of Lancaster, Greater Johnstown School District, Wilkes-Barre Area School District, Shenandoah Valley School District, and Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools. 4 IN…
Morerenaissance charter schools—failing district schools awarded to operators to help turn them around—could be affected by the Supreme Court’s ruling. Continued dialogue among all the stakeholders, including the school district,…
More…that she developed psychological symptoms (depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety), or left the school. Your Right To Have Your School Take Action to Address Bullying & Harassment • No matter…
More…that she developed psychological symptoms (depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety), or left the school. Your Right To Have Your School Take Action to Address Bullying & Harassment • No matter…
More…move from home to home, and school to school. Along the way, records are lost, caregivers struggle to transport students to and from class, and school days — many times,…
MorePennsylvania, the School District of Lancaster, Panther Valley School District in Carbon County, Greater Johnstown School District, Shenandoah Valley School District in Schuylkill County and Wilkes-Barre Area School District. http://www.post-gazette.com/news/state/2015/04/21/Court-dismisses-lawsuit-claiming-Pa/stories/201504210172…
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