…162.) 10 Historical PSSA results are available on the PDE website. See PA DEP’T OF EDUC., 2011-2012 PSSA and AYP Results, http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/school_ assessments/7442 (last visited Sept. 17, 2015). 15 Students…
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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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…Sch. Dist., 160 A.3d at 944- 45. The Court further stated that if the object, when looked at in a “vacuum,” is intended to inflict serious bodily harm, then the…
More…their ZIP code. We look forward to presenting our case to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on September 13, 2016.” ### The Education Law Center-PA (“ELC”) is a non-profit, legal advocacy…
More…ensure that all Philadelphia schoolchildren can learn free from discrimination. We look forward to continuing to partner with you and to ensure that all Philadelphia schoolchildren have access to a…
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…education. Through legal representation, impact litigation, trainings, and policy advocacy, ELC advances the rights of vulnerable children, including children living in poverty, children of color, children in the foster care…
More…to homelessness. Nationally, 25% of unaccompanied youth reported prior familial homelessness, and one-third had faced the death of a https://www.glsen.org/sites/default/files/2015%20National%20GLSEN%202015%20National%20School%20Climate%20Survey%20%28NSCS%29%20-%20Full%20Report_0.pdf https://www.glsen.org/sites/default/files/2015%20National%20GLSEN%202015%20National%20School%20Climate%20Survey%20%28NSCS%29%20-%20Full%20Report_0.pdf Voices of Youth Count: Missed Educational Opportunities 2 caregiver…
More…youth who are “awaiting foster care placement” to fall within the definition of children experiencing homelessness because all children in foster care now have the right to school stability and…
More…of vulnerable populations by ensuring they have access to fundamental resources including a high-quality public education, access to health care, employment, housing, safe and healthy neighborhoods and the right to…
More…child care options near you and determine whether you qualify for public programs to help pay for child care. Over the next four years the City will create a total…
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MoreThis toolkit, released in October 2016, is designed to help Pennsylvania youth with disabilities who are in the foster care or juvenile justice system to prepare for Individualized Education Program…
More…children in the foster care and juvenile justice systems, children with disabilities, English language learners, LGBTQ students, and children experiencing homelessness. For more information visit https://elc-pa.org/ or follow on Twitter…
More…in the country by a wide margin3— is not the natural or 2 See Nat’l Ctr. for Educ. Statistics, Education Finance Statistics Center Table A-1, http://nces.ed.gov/edfin/Fy11_12_tables.asp (last visited Feb. 15,…
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