Pennsylvania School Climate Coalition
school. PaSCC works to ensure that schools have a positive school climate as opposed to a negative one characterized by an over-reliance on exclusionary policies (expulsions, suspensions, transfers, use of…
Moreschool. PaSCC works to ensure that schools have a positive school climate as opposed to a negative one characterized by an over-reliance on exclusionary policies (expulsions, suspensions, transfers, use of…
More312: 1569-1575. After detecting elevated levels of lead in water from school drinking fountains, the Baltimore City Public School system decided to turn off all school drinking fountains and switch…
More…programs even if they start late. It ensures students can take required courses and earn credits in their new school. ▪ Facilitates Timely Transfer of School Records: Directs receiving schools…
MoreSchool District in Delaware County. School districts participating in the suit are William Penn, Panther Valley School District, Lancaster School District, Greater Johnstown School District, Wilkes-Barre Area School District and…
Morethe Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools, the NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference, and six districts: William Penn School District, Panther Valley School District, School District of Lancaster, Greater Johnstown…
More…decision, and overruled that earlier precedent, agreeing with advocates that school children and school districts must be able to seek relief from the Courts to protect their rights to a…
More…in Priority Area Three: Stopping the School-to-Prison Pipeline 1 Reduce exclusionary discipline practices in both regular and charter schools. These include suspensions, expulsions, transfers to disciplinary alternative schools, and school-based…
More…misleading to say that “Rather than identifying any affirmative policy adopted by the School District, the Plaintiffs instead complain of the School District’s refusal to adopt policies advocated by Plaintiffs.”…
MoreTelephone: (215) 627-7100 Attorneys for Appellants William Penn School District, Panther Valley School District, The School District of Lancaster, Greater Johnstown School District, Wilkes-Barre Area School District, Shenandoah Valley School…
More…on behalf of their sons. 4. Plaintiff students have attended schools in Easton Area School District all of their lives. 5. Plaintiffs first became homeless in March 2011, following M.C….
More…schools, which superintendents and school board members have cited as a growing budget headache for traditional public schools. Again, officials said this change could have an outsized impact on Philadelphia,…
More…individual school or an entire school district for better or worse. And it is a moment to recognize that Coatesville is not the only school district in our state that…
Moresure schools are using all of the various interventions they can use for students before we exclude students from school.” The proposal emphasizes positive progressive discipline aimed at improving behavior…
Moreto expel students under the weapons provision of the Pennsylvania School Code by holding that everyday objects cannot be treated as weapons for the purposes of school discipline. Background In…
MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 4, 2015 ED LAW CENTER FILES FEDERAL COURT COMPLAINT ASSERTING THE RIGHT OF HOMELESS STUDENT PLACED IN SHELTER SCHOOL TO ATTEND LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOL PENNSYLVANIA –…
MorePenn School District, the Panther Valley School District, the School District of Lancaster, the Greater Johnstown School District, the Wilkes-Barre Area School District, and the Shenandoah Valley School District. http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/District_Dossier/2015/05/school_districts_and_parents_a.html…
Moreare their first line of support.” Many nurses divide their time between several schools. Peiffer said just 45 percent of Pennsylvania schools have a certified school nurse on site all…
More…recognized, our challenge to the inadequacy and inequity of Pennsylvania’s broken school funding system will persist. We look forward to presenting our case at trial.” The petitioners’ brief responding to…
Morehigh school are in bad condition… There are no librarians in any school in the Wilkes-Barre Area School District.” https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Opposition-To-Mootness-Application-File-Copy.pdf https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Opposition-To-Mootness-Application-File-Copy.pdf As the filing explains, Act 35 of 2016 established…
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