…2016. The District’s School Reform Commission in June 2018 formally changed the School District’s student conduct and discipline policy, extending the existing ban on out-of-school suspensions to cover grades 1…
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More…to maintain basic resources like nurses, librarians and counselors. And while school boards can raise local property taxes in an attempt to cover the shortfall, many districts (such as those…
More…to the city’s schools, according to district spokesman Fernando Gallard. Although the GOP budget would have given the schools half a loaf, it still would have been enough to cover…
More…under the previously agreed-upon budget framework simply to cover additional payments to charter schools. The proposed school code language contains provisions – in effect directed only at Philadelphia — requiring…
More…would cover a complete overhaul of the district’s schools, Jerry Roseman, a teacher’s union member and environmental science consultant, said “to stabilize the interior of these buildings” would “cost tens…
More…cover violent offenses. In fact, black and Latino students in Philadelphia are being excluded for subjective behavior, including offenses like “defiance” and “disrespect.” This racial disparity exists in spite of…
More…individuals from the age 6 to 21, who have not yet graduated. 24 P.S. § 13-1301. After a new student seeking enrollment submits all requisite paperwork, the school district must…
More…class action while litigation proceeds, expressly extend the injunction to cover similarly situated immigrant English Language Learners so they can attend McCaskey, and order the district to share with plaintiffs’…
More…reason of such disability”); 29 U.S.C. § 794(a) (“solely by reason of her or his disability”)). “The RA allows a plaintiff to recover if he or she were deprived of…
More…instruction and support, barriers to special education evaluations and services, the failure to provide interpretation and translation services, and lack of access to special admission schools and post-secondary college and…
More…prepares them for college and career. This isn’t just an opinion – it’s the law, written into the state constitution in the 1870s. But in Pennsylvania, not every child gets…
More…Ensuring Equal Access Nationally, only one third of students in foster care receive a high school diploma in four years and only three percent graduate from a four-year college. Goals…
More… Possess a college degree or at least 3 years work experience in legal, similar or related position Excellent interpersonal skills and experience serving diverse populations, including people with…
More…state who lack basic educational supports and services – such as functioning school libraries, up-to-date textbooks and curriculum materials, reasonable class sizes, guidance counselors, school nurses, vocational ed and college…
More…website; Education Law Center website; Disability Rights Network website; Email to County Children & Youth and Probation for the above listed counties; Auberle website and McKeesport Area School District website….
More…E.D. PA) Lezlie Madden (Cozen O’Connor) Fred T. Magaziner (Dechert LLP) Edwin Mayorga (Swarthmore College) Danielle Moseley (Vanguard Group, Inc.) Al Motley (Techademics) Dorothy Novick (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia) Kathryn…
More…surprise that so many children face critical understaffing, outdated materials, and crumbling buildings – or that fewer than 40% of adult Pennsylvanians have earned a college degree, below the national…
More…and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and the Every Child Ready for College or Career Act of 2015 (ECRCCA) Discussion Draft. The Education Law Center is a non-profit legal advocacy and…
More…teachers who are equipped to meet the diverse language and learning needs of these students. Through an evidence-based program, the requisite level of language instruction services and modifications to instruction,…
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