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…due to homelessness, or foster care or juvenile justice system involvement, are at high risk of not graduating high school. Senate Bill 662 helps youth experiencing education disruptions achieve school…
More…due to homelessness, or foster care or juvenile justice system involvement, are at high risk of not graduating high school. Senate Bill 662 helps youth experiencing education disruptions achieve school…
MoreThe Education Law Center sent an open letter to Philadelphia’s School Reform Commission expressing renewed concern about issues of equity and universal access at Philadelphia charter schools. Data…
More“We are the counter force: Four public interest lawyers on fighting racial injustice.” An article by Education Law Center’s Deborah Gordon Klehr, Juvenile Law Center’s Sue Vivian Mangold,…
MoreThe return of the School District of Philadelphia to local control and the formation of a nine-member school board over the next few months present a unique opportunity…
MoreThis column by ELC legal director Maura McInerney and Juvenile Law Center staff attorney Kate Burdick highlights the urgent need to address harmful practices in Pennsylvania’s juvenile justice…
More…be advertised in community spaces such as libraries and businesses, schools will be asked to add 3 the Nine-Line number to all routine home-school communication that is distributed in the…
More…granddaughte on a placement through the lottery and had been accepted into FTCHS. Ms. – and ~isited FTCHS and toured the school on or about January 12, 2018. While at…
More…the next 50 kids on its wait list as space becomes available. Other schools will replace those empty spots at the beginning of the next school year, including filling seats…
More…(M.D. Pa. 2017). 5 See Whitaker By Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified Sch. Dist. No. 1 Bd. of Educ., 858 F.3d 1034 (7th Cir. 2017), cert. dismissed sub nom. Kenosha Unified…
More…students who are highly-mobile, including students experiencing homelessness or living in foster care; or returning from delinquency or other placement; – students living in poverty; – students who have previously…
More…care. “Parents’ll say, ‘Go see your school nurse, see what she thinks. Do I really need to make a doctor’s appointment?’” she said. “It’s tough for parents these days. You…
More…at Glen Mills Schools, a residential facility located in Delaware County. This site, the oldest reform school in the country, housed as many as 1,000 boys from all over the…
MoreJan. 18, 2015 – By Angie Mason, York Daily Record – With the appointment of a York City School District receiver put on hold, many are now looking at how…
More…contention is that Marrero is inapposite because “Petitioners here are not asking the Court to define as a matter of public policy what constitutes an ‘adequate’ education.” [Petitioners’ Brief at…
More…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…
More…looking at Westinghouse, looking at Carrick, looking at [University Prep] in 10 years and saying they’re still no better off.” Chad Aldeman, an associate partner at the education consulting and…
More…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…
More…a few hours of education each week. https://www.senatorbrowne.com/special-education-funding-commission/ https://www.senatorbrowne.com/special-education-funding-commission-gallery/ http://www.senatorbrowne.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/37/2015/05/Special-Education-Funding-Commission-Report-121113.pdf Shortchanging Students with Disabilities: State Underfunding of Special Education in PA| 2018 2 billion.8 Local districts had to allocate funds…
More…ELC Staff Attorney Alex Dutton. “We look forward to working with the District to attempt to resolve the individual and systemic concerns raised in the Complaint to the benefit of…
More…annual training requirements. And notably, the agreement forbids the placement of students with disabilities or English learners in “unapproved” alternative disciplinary programs. “We look forward to working with the Pennsylvania…
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