…brought the suit along with the Public Interest Law Center and pro bono counsel from O’Melveny & Myers LLP. “We look forward to presenting extensive evidence proving that decades of…
More…those in Philadelphia, say the new protocol could spell disaster for the nation’s most vulnerable students. “If they’re not going to look at patterns the way you would normally investigate…
More…look forward to continued collaboration. Please do not hesitate to contact Diane Smith Howard at [email protected] with any questions about this letter, or to organize additional meetings to discuss this…
More…environment, especially at critical developmental stages. It’s little surprise that we continue to struggle to close the racial achievement gap when we look at how frequently young students of color…
More…officials apply the law according to its purposes in an effort to avoid the imposition of punitive consequences like fines and jail. “We look forward to working with partners and…
More…At Risk, 4 (August 2011), http://www.neglected-delinquent.org/sites/default/files/docs/ELLFactSheet.pdf. 13 Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Youth’s Characteristics and Backgrounds, Juvenile Justice Bulletin, 6 (December 2010), https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/227730.pdf. http://helpinggangyouth.homestead.com/disability-best_corrections_survey.pdf http://www.neglected-delinquent.org/sites/default/files/docs/ELLFactSheet.pdf https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/227730.pdf 12 culminates…
More…Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Children and Youth who are Neglected, Delinquent, or At Risk, 4 (August 2011), http://www.neglected-delinquent.org/sites/default/files/docs/ELLFactSheet.pdf.] [13: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Youth’s…
More…resources through a new funding formula as recommended by the Special Education Funding Commission. Details of that formula have not yet been released but the funding increase and intent to…
More…The General Assembly’s Special Education Funding Commission, which spent months traveling the state gathering testimony from school officials, researchers, and advocates on special education costs, services and best practices, developed…
More…high school programs which includes different application review process and waiver of certain testing on a case-by-case basis; resolution of School Reform Commission extends this entitlement to English Language Learners….
More…schools failing to meet state academic standards and a study commissioned by the Legislature quantifying the disparity in resources. The latest complaint called the current funding system arbitrary and irrational,…
More…funding by $2 billion over four years and the ongoing work of the Basic Education Funding Commission to craft a school funding formula, the groups filing the lawsuit say those…
More…commission is holding hearings on what factors should be considered in establishing a new basic education funding formula. The lawsuit charges that state officials, lawmakers and the governor have failed…
More…Commission has commenced its work. Petitioners aver that Act 51 of 2014 speaks for itself. Except as so admitted and so averred, the averments in paragraph 45 are deemed denied;…
More…body known as the School Reform Commission. See 24 P.S. §§ 6-691, 6-696. 6 These state funds, however, are not distributed evenly among school districts. Rather, state funds are distributed…
MoreEducation Law Center Attorney David Lapp’s Feb. 18, 2015 testimony to the School Reform Commission of Philadelphia examines the legal precedents for considering the fiscal stability of a school district…
More…increases in state education funding. A commission made up of legislators and other state officials has been charged with recommending a funding formula. “This is a public policy debate,” said…
More…legislators looking for a vehicle to rush charter school law changes through the General Assembly. For these reasons and the reasons below, the charter legislation should be removed these bills….
MoreA new report recommending strategies for policy makers to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline and address disparities in school discipline was issued by the Pennsylvania Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission…
More…academic achievement; in fact, it may be having the opposite effects.19 In short, even the most simple cost-benefit analysis demonstrates the failure of these approaches. How the “No Child Left…
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