Memorandum Opinion (11-30-2016)

…The School District’s interpretation services are provided primarily by approximately 55 Bilingual Counseling Assistants. These individuals, however, do not provide translation services. (Compl. ¶ 53.)  During the 2012-2013 school…

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WmPenn_v_PDE_LegislativeBranch_PreliminaryObjections

…adopt the position expressed by Justice Manderino in dissent, where he opined that “[b]ecause appellants’ position alleges that the statutory financing scheme interferes with that constitutional right, it must be…

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Self-Advocacy Tools

…of your choice. Enrollment Self-Advocacy Tool: Enrollment Complaint Letter Self-Advocacy Tool: Sworn Statement by Resident Under § 13-1302 Attendance Self-Advocacy Tool: Family Needs Self-Assessment to Address Attendance Barriers Self-Advocacy Tool:…

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The Comeback of Charters

…waiting lists. Three commissioners supported her. And immediately, the decision was slammed by public school advocates like new Councilwoman-at-large Helen Gym, Philadelphia Federation of Teachers president Jerry Jordan, and Mayor…

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ELC Nicole B. Amicus

…e.g. Maura McInerney & Alex Dutton, ELC Steps Up to Protect the Rights of Bullied Students with Disabilities, The Legal Intelligencer (Dec. 26, 2017, 2:45 PM), https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/sites/thelegalintelligencer/2017/12/26/elc-steps-up-to- protect-the-rights-of-bullied-students-with-disabilities/?slreturn=20180014222304. https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/sites/thelegalintelligencer/2017/12/26/elc-steps-up-to-protect-the-rights-of-bullied-students-with-disabilities/?slreturn=20180014222304 https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/sites/thelegalintelligencer/2017/12/26/elc-steps-up-to-protect-the-rights-of-bullied-students-with-disabilities/?slreturn=20180014222304…

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ELC memo to DOJ 8-31-2015

…for all grades. http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2015/07/05/System-breakdown-leaves-student-trapped-in-alternative-program/stories/201506300258?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=editors-picks-news&utm_campaign=Headlines-Newsletter 3 likely adverse disparate impact on students of color and students with disabilities. We would consider it a significant missed opportunity if the result of DOJ’s…

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November 2018 City Council School Board Hearing Testimony

…improve educational outcomes for pregnant and parenting students which were developed as a result of a multi-year project focused on this vulnerable student cohort. mailto:[email protected] https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-public-health/ https://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/sites/default/files/tpp-ss-phmc-2018.pdf http://www.philaedfund.org/sites/default/files/Pregnant%20and%20Parenting%20Teens%20in%20Philadelphia–%20Academic%20and%20Social%20Outcomes.pdf http://www.philaedfund.org/sites/default/files/Pregnant%20and%20Parenting%20Teens%20in%20Philadelphia–%20Academic%20and%20Social%20Outcomes.pdf http://articles.philly.com/2012-08-30/news/33477284_1_teen-mothers-teen-pregnancy-rate-teen-births…

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ELC-memo-to-DOJ-8-31-2015

…for all grades. http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2015/07/05/System-breakdown-leaves-student-trapped-in-alternative-program/stories/201506300258?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=editors-picks-news&utm_campaign=Headlines-Newsletter 3 likely adverse disparate impact on students of color and students with disabilities. We would consider it a significant missed opportunity if the result of DOJ’s…

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The wheels on the bus are late

…get him to Kearny, in Northern Liberties, in time for the morning bell. “Look at this,” Klimas says, opening the log she has kept of Danny’s tardy pickups. Except for…

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Lunch-Shaming Must End

In a July 28, 2019, letter to PennLive, ELC legal director Maura McInerney questions new language in the Pennsylvania School Code that allows school districts to serve “alternative lunches” to…

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