Final ELC Testimony for NCD 05 05 15
…on the most at risk students, including students with disabilities. Thank you for the opportunity to present public testimony today and for the Council’s good work on behalf of individuals…
More…on the most at risk students, including students with disabilities. Thank you for the opportunity to present public testimony today and for the Council’s good work on behalf of individuals…
More…2013 complaint challenging discriminatory practices in the state’s disciplinary “alternative education” programs. Read ELC’s full news release here. The programs covered by the agreement are known as Alternative Education for…
Morein 5 African-American boys and more than 1 in 10 African-American girls received out-of-school suspensions at rates that are more than three times than their white peers. If those figures…
More…of Pennsylvania ruled that the school district had violated “clear law” by denying or delaying enrollment to older immigrants and by placing them in Phoenix Academy, a privately run alternative…
More…below the average percentage of students with IEPs for all charter schools in Philadelphia. Read our news release here. Read the complaint here. Read media coverage here, here, and here….
More…“adequacy gaps.” • Read, download, print, and distribute fliers and fact sheets about the lawsuit. • Read more about ELC’s other statewide funding advocacy on our “Fighting for Fair School…
More…or to identify as a class member and receive monies for educational purposes contact: Jennifer Fox Rabold, Settlement Administrator Phone: 800-543-8921 Email:[email protected] McKeesport Settlement c/o Jennifer Fox Rabold Senior Counsel-Legal…
Moreaddition to per-student licensing fees. o Programs that support reading acquisition skills or that make instructional materials accessible to students with visual impairments, such as text-to-speech or screen reader software….
More…this Brief complies with Pennsylvania Rule of Appellate Procedure 2135(a)(1) in that it contains 7,745 words, not including the portions excluded by Rule 2135(b), as counted by Microsoft Word word-processing…
More…all children begin school ready, and are ready to learn and succeed in their schooling careers, as lifelong learners and productive citizens. Research confirms what most parents already know; all…
More…wasn’t supposed to take, all because he wanted a girl’s “digits” – her phone number. He told administrators he expected to be suspended, the usual punishment for breaking the rules….
More…students were receiving a fair and equal education. Hite responded with one word: “No.” He chuckled, and the auditorium erupted with laughter. But the level of inequity is no laughing…
More…to rescind the 2014 federal guidance on school discipline: “Today, the Trump administration rescinded the 2014 federal guidance that had addressed bias in school discipline, ignoring massive opposition to this…
MoreNAACP, PairUP Society, and Bucks County Families File Federal Civil Rights Complaint Challenging Discriminatory School Policies November 15, 2023 – Several Bucks County families have joined with civil rights and…
More…District.21 All EL students are entitled to a robust and effective language instruction bilingual-bicultural or English as a second language (ESL) instruction program supported by trained ESL instructors and subject…
MoreJuly 19, 2016 LANCASTER, PA – The ACLU of Pennsylvania, the Education Law Center, and pro bono counsel Pepper Hamilton LLP filed a federal lawsuit today alleging that the School…
Moreacademic standards and thrive in today’s world. The Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia and the Education Law Center-PA are representing the petitioners. After the order was issued, lawyers for…
More…public education that state officials have deemed necessary to succeed in today’s 2 world. Those lost educational opportunities can never be retrieved. And that would be a loss not just…
MoreNov. 10, 2014 – Today six school districts, seven parents, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools (PARSS) and the NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference filed a lawsuit in Commonwealth…
More…taken to enforce the agreement in court or through other special education dispute resolution processes. Online Form: You are able to submit a request for mediation directly to ODR using…
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