…cuts made under former Gov. Tom Corbett. Wolf and state lawmakers resumed talks on the budget at 2 p.m. today, the Associated Press reported. Read the article on Phillymag.com: http://www.phillymag.com/news/2015/07/01/gop-school-funding-philadelphia/…
Moreby Commonwealth Court, which ruled that education funding should be left to the legislature, not the courts. The lawsuit comes as Gov. Wolf has proposed millions more in new money…
Moreaccess 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…
More…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….
More…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/…
MoreDisability 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…
More…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…
More…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/…
More…reputation and, ultimately, its survival, comparing and judging schools based on results has become a commonplace ritual. Parents often use the scores as a North Star for deciding where to…
Morethat are still in process listed with a target completion date. RECOMMENDATIONS RECOMMENDATION #1 – Foster effective general communications between EL parents and schools. Recommendations Completed to Date • It…
More…brutality and racist violence against communities of color, COVID-related attacks against Asians, the mass detainment and removal of immigrants, and an unprecedented number of unaccompanied youth seeking refuge in our…
More…the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and state common law claims. Read our press release here. Read our complaint…
More1 Response to Request for Public Comments on Proposed Rule DHS Docket No. ICEB-2018-0002 Submitted By Education Law Center-PA November 6, 2018 Debbie Seguin, Assistant Director Office of Policy, U.S….
More…PA Human Relations Commission. Read our 2023 complaint filed against Pennridge School District for hostile environment discrimination. Content warning: The complaint contains descriptions of racial epithets and racial and sexual…
More…Lancaster settles refugee lawsuit, ending legal battle with ACLU The Sentinel 3/28: Letter: “Inner city” comments by Eichelberger ‘vitriolic’ PennLive 3/26: Lawmakers need to come through for school kids this #PABudget…
More…215.690.1722; kag@berneylaw.com; @k_golembiewski (Twitter). Philadelphia, PA: An appeal filed last week against the School District of Philadelphia seeks to overturn a Court of Common Pleas decision finding that Pennsylvania school…
More…clock, before an Oklahoma City school resource officer allegedly punched a 16-year-old in the face, Philadelphia Deputy Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel had had enough. As a Philly cop for 29…
More…Rogers Company Pittsburgh Richard Karcher Parent and Community Activist Shippensburg Tonya Trembly Karcher Parent and Community Activist Shippensburg Diane L. Kirk, Ph.D. Department of Administrative and Policy Studies, School of…
Moreby 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…
More…levels for 2016-2017: “We welcome Governor Wolf’s proposal to finally bring an end to Pennsylvania’s months-long budget stalemate. Additional resources are desperately needed for school districts across our commonwealth that…
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