Penn, the plaintiffs include the Panther Valley School District in Carbon County, the School District of Lancaster, the Greater Johnstown School District in Cambria County, the Wilkes-Barre Area School District…
Moreof Groundhog Day” because similar cases have been brought unsuccessfully. But Brad Elias, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said there was a key difference. In the earlier suits, the court…
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MoreThe Campaign for Fair Education Funding has issued the following statement on the announcement by the Basic Education Funding Commission that it needs more time to complete its recommendations: It…
Morethe case, citing previous cases which it said require that school funding issues must be left solely to the political process. On September 18, the districts and parents appealed to…
More50 charters calling itself Philadelphia Charters for Excellence (PCE), along with the advocacy arm of charter-friendly Philadelphia School Partnership, issued a position paper that called for the closing of poor-performing…
Moreover- identification of students of color in special education and the disproportionate number of students being unfairly excluded from school is significant to the system of special education, because it…
MoreIEP meeting to discuss your concerns and make suggestions for changes to your child’s IEP. The law does not limit how many IEP meetings a parent can request. You can…
More…But a few have chosen to help with some of the worst. Parents of public school students can call the The School Discipline Advocacy Service which pairs law students from…
Moreinclusive and comprehensive community-‐based transition services for all students with disabilities. The District appointed half of the working group members and selected personnel with expertise in vocational education and transition…
MoreTO THE PETITION FOR REVIEW Respondents Governor Thomas W. Corbett, Acting Secretary of Education Carolyn Dumaresq, the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Pennsylvania State Board of Education (the “Executive…
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Moreschools and sent to educationally inferior AEDY or similar alternative education programs, often in violation of federal laws. Parents, students, caregivers, social service professionals, and others who have had experience…
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More…order finding no probable cause is not an adjudication subject to appeal to Commonwealth Court, but the Baker court reached this conclusion because the PHRC’s finding of no probable cause…
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