child’s right to receive mandated services during this critical transition, and if so, to issue compensatory education to make up for lost services. At ELC’s urging through a Request for…
MoreDecember 1, 2015 Parents, school districts urge courts to intervene in school funding crisis Harrisburg, Pa. –Parents and school districts challenging Pennsylvania’s school funding system told the state Supreme Court…
More(“School District”) provides inadequate translation and interpretation services to limited English proficient (“LEP”) students with disabilities and their parents. Plaintiffs assert that this failure deprives students and their parents of…
Moreto shutter charter schools in a timely manner. A year later, some of last year’s hoped-for closures have not occurred. Based on the district’s numbers and projections, Newsworks estimates that…
MoreDeputy Security of Policy and Planning 2 2016 State Policy Analysis: State-by-State Profiles, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHARTER SCHOOL AUTHORIZERS (2016) https://www.qualitycharters.org/wp- content/uploads/2016/12/QC_TXStateReport_IndvStateReport_Web_Pennsylvania.pdf. 3 Id. 4 Our research indicates that charter…
Moretolling, the merits of this case address whether the PHRA recognizes claims of indirect discrimination against school districts that fail to address student-to-student harassment. We urge that it does. Currently,…
Moredecision was made by the District and that http://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/basic_education_circulars/7497 http://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/basic_education_circulars/7497 6 his only role was to provide technical assistance and not to make final legal determinations. Therefore, because the District…
Moreadvancements in education funding.” https://www.pubintlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/18-08-03-Wolf-Answer-to-Mootness-Application.pdf https://www.pubintlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/18-08-03-Scarnati-Response.pdf https://www.pubintlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/18-08-03-Wolf-Answer-to-Mootness-Application.pdf https://www.pubintlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/18-08-03-Wolf-Answer-to-Mootness-Application.pdf https://www.pubintlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018.07.06-Opposition-To-Mootness-Brief.pdf https://www.pubintlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/18-08-03-Scarnati-Response.pdf https://www.pubintlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018.07.06-Opposition-To-Mootness-Brief.pdf “The Governor recognizes that our public schoolchildren continue to suffer the painful consequences of underfunded schools every day. He…
Moredecisions for the child, including: general education decisions such as signing permission slips, attending to disciplinary matters, school stability decisions, and making all special education and early intervention decisions, including…
Moreof Child Welfare Report, available at http://www.papartnerships.org/reports/2016_socw/source_files/Pennsylvania%202016%20SOCW.pdf. http://www.ocfcpacourts.us/assets/upload/2015%20Final%20Truancy%20Report(1).pdf http://www.ocfcpacourts.us/childrens-roundtable-initiative/state-roundtable-workgroupscommittees/educational-success-and-truancy-prevention http://www.ocfcpacourts.us/childrens-roundtable-initiative/state-roundtable-workgroupscommittees/educational-success-and-truancy-prevention http://www.papartnerships.org/reports/2016_socw/source_files/Pennsylvania%202016%20SOCW.pdf 3 increase in the number of students experiencing homelessness between the 2011-12 school year to 2013-14 school year, Pennsylvania’s…
Morechanges in the District’s policies or practices. Therefore, I grant the District’s motion to dismiss claims of systemic violations. Statute of Limitations – Hearing 15181-1314KE In sum, the IDEA imposes…
Moreup at least two-thirds of those involved in the juvenile justice system. The complaint identifies Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) as the host district for students at ACJ responsible for providing educational…
Moreleast, simply because of where they live. Our leaders are severely shortchanging students in low-wealth school districts across the state, including where most of our Black and Brown students live. It’s…
MoreRECONSIDERING TEXAS’ CRIMINALIZATION OF TRUANCY 14 (2015) [hereinafter CLASS, NOT COURT], https://www.texasappleseed.org/sites/default/files/TruancyReport_All_FINAL_Sin glePages.pdf. Courts often miss these underlying issues, as “courts neither seek out nor are provided with detailed, specific…
Moreservices and access to special admission schools across the District. 2 Increasingly, however, ELC has handled cases and responded to calls from parents, students, community members, and advocates who have…
Moreand the Public Interest Law Center on behalf of parents, school districts, and statewide organizations, alleging that the state’s school funding system violates Pennsylvania’s constitution, due to significant underfunding and…
MoreSchool District, The School District of Lancaster, Greater Johnstown School District, Wilkes-Barre Area School District, Shenandoah Valley School District, and Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools. IN THE COMMONWEALTH…
Morebecause you are an immigrant or ELL.4 • Schools must provide appropriate language supports where needed so students can access educational opportunities. This includes specialized programs, special admit schools, counseling,…
Morebecause you are an immigrant or ELL.4 • Schools must provide appropriate language supports where needed so students can access educational opportunities. This includes specialized programs, special admit schools, counseling,…
MoreThis fact sheet provides information for parents and guardians on the rules and procedures for student suspensions in all public schools, including charter schools, in Pennsylvania. A suspension is an…
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