2019 03 14 ELC Testimony to SDP Board Committee re English Learners

http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/dcl-factsheet-el-students-201501.pdf http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/dcl-factsheet-el-students-201501.pdf https://www.education.pa.gov/Documents/Codes%20and%20Regulations/Basic%20Education%20Circulars/PA%20Code/Educating%20English%20Learners%20(EL).pdf https://www.education.pa.gov/Documents/Codes%20and%20Regulations/Basic%20Education%20Circulars/PA%20Code/Educating%20English%20Learners%20(EL).pdf Educational Needs of English Learners in the School District of Philadelphia 4 Education Law Center – March 14, 2019 education services. An evaluation for an EL…

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AEDY Agreement – 3 25 2019

…than 60 days from the site visit prior to PDE’s implementation of its electronic site visit tool or more than 45 days from the site visit after the electronic site

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2016-10-19-issa-third-circuit-brief-of-appellee

…are limited-English-proficient (“LEP”) students, JA55 (Complaint); 110 (Answer), also known as English Language Learners (“ELLs”).2 All are also “students with limited or interrupted formal education,” referred to as “SLIFE.” SLIFE…

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Comments oF ELC-PA ESSA 01-21-2016

…improving the English language proficiency of their English-language learners. Improving English language proficiency is a required indicator in every state’s school accountability system, which will help ensure that schools prioritize…

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Opposition To Mootness Application File Copy

…statewide 2016-17 results for English language learners were even worse. 90.8% of English language learners scored below proficient in Algebra, 91.7% scored below proficient in Literature, and 94.1% scored below…

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WilliamPennSD_etal_v_PADepartmentofED_etal_11_10_14

…the School Code to require, subject to annual appropriations, that the Department of Education [] develop and implement Keystone Exams in the following subjects: Algebra I, Literature, Biology, English Composition,…

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ELC_EarlyLearning_Guide_2ndedition_2012

…http://www.ada.gov/childq%26a.htm http://www.zerotothree.org https://www.humanservices.state.pa.us/compass.web https://www.humanservices.state.pa.us/Compass.Web/ProviderSearch/pgm/PSWEL.aspx http://disabilities.temple.edu/programs/leadership/c2p2ei.shtml http://www.eita-pa.org/index.html http://www.elc-pa.org/pubs/downloads/english/dis-Early%20Intervention%20Handbook%202008.pdf http://www.elc-pa.org/pubs/downloads/english/dis-Early%20Intervention%20Handbook%202008.pdf http://www.elc-pa.org/pubs/downloads2010/2009A-TheRighttoSpecialEducationinPennsylvaniaGuideforParents.pdf http://www.elc-pa.org/pubs/downloads2010/2009A-TheRighttoSpecialEducationinPennsylvaniaGuideforParents.pdf http://www.paearlyhearing.org/gbys.php https://www.paiu.org/ius.php http://paprom.convio.net/site/PageServer?pagename=EEin_ceg http://www.pakeys.org/pages/get.aspx?page=Community_LICC http://pattan.net-website.s3.amazonaws.com/files/materials/publications/docs/EI-Family-Guide.pdf http://pattan.net-website.s3.amazonaws.com/files/materials/publications/docs/EI-Family-Guide.pdf http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/http;//www.portal.state.pa.us;80/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_148494_1235732_0_0_18/A%20Familys%20Introduction%20to%20Early%20Intervention%20in%20Pennsylvania%20-%20Spanish.pdf http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/http;//www.portal.state.pa.us;80/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_148494_1235732_0_0_18/A%20Familys%20Introduction%20to%20Early%20Intervention%20in%20Pennsylvania%20-%20Spanish.pdf http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/http;//www.portal.state.pa.us;80/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_148494_1235732_0_0_18/A%20Familys%20Introduction%20to%20Early%20Intervention%20in%20Pennsylvania%20-%20Spanish.pdf http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/forchildren/childcareearlylearning/fivestepstoselectingachildcareprovider/index.htm http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/forchildren/childcareearlylearning/fivestepstoselectingachildcareprovider/index.htm 8.1 Resources 83 69. OCDEL Glossary – http://www.pakeys.org/uploadedcontent/docs/OCDEL%20Glossary%20of%20Terms.pdf 70….

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elc_right_to_specialeducation_revisedapndx_sept2016

…regular classroom. 23 http://www.pattan.net/category/Legal/Forms/Browse/Single/?id=4db2885acd69f9c443330000&bor=ag=Preschool* *l=English 24 http://pattan.net-website.s3.amazonaws.com/files/materials/forms/ER-Ann060908.pdf 97 http://www.pattan.net/category/Legal/Forms/Browse/Single/?id=4db2885acd69f9c443330000&bor=ag=Preschool**l=English http://pattan.net-website.s3.amazonaws.com/files/materials/forms/ER-Ann060908.pdf http://drnpa.org/File/publications/the-right-to-early-intervention-for-infants-and-toddlers-and-their-families-in-pennsylvania-.pdf http://drnpa.org/File/publications/the-right-to-early-intervention-for-infants-and-toddlers-and-their-families-in-pennsylvania-.pdf http://www.pattan.net/category/Legal/Forms/Browse/Single/?id=4db2885acd69f9c443330000&bor=ag=Preschool**l=English http://www.pattan.net/category/Legal/Forms/Browse/Single/?id=4db2885acd69f9c443330000&bor=ag=Preschool**l=English http://pattan.net-website.s3.amazonaws.com/files/materials/forms/ER-Ann060908.pdf The most likely way for a preschooler with a disability to get a free appropriate…

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ELC_AltEdPA_FullReport_03_2010

…Pa. Code § 4.26; PDE Basic Education Circular “Educating Students With Limited English Proficiency (LEP) and English Language Learners (ELL),” available at http://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pa_codes/7501/educating_students_with_limited_english_proficiency_%2 8lep%29_and_english_language_learners_%28ell%29/507356. 114 Ibid. 115 For information about…

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EDM Toolkit May 2018 CASA PA FINAL

…programs for students pursuing post-secondary education. www.pheaa.org http://www.elcpa.org/pubs/downloads%202009/SchoolDisciplineinPA11-09.pdf http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/purdon’s_statutes/7503/alternative_education_for_disruptive_youth/507342 http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/purdon’s_statutes/7503/alternative_education_for_disruptive_youth/507342 http://drnpa.org/publications/special-education—discipline https://www.elc-pa.org/resource/pennsylvanias-new-truancy-law/ https://www.elc-pa.org/resource/pennsylvanias-new-truancy-law/ http://www.jlc.org/sites/default/files/topic_related_docs/Transition%20Planning%20for%20Youth%20with%20Disabilities%20-%20A%20Guide%20for%20Professionals%20-%20November%202013.pdf http://www.jlc.org/sites/default/files/topic_related_docs/Transition%20Planning%20for%20Youth%20with%20Disabilities%20-%20A%20Guide%20for%20Professionals%20-%20November%202013.pdf http://www.jlc.org/sites/default/files/topic_related_docs/Transition%20Planning%20for%20Youth%20with%20Disabilities%20-%20A%20Guide%20for%20Professionals%20-%20November%202013.pdf http://www.jobcorps.doleta.gov/ http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/adult_basic_and_literacy_education_(able)/8703 http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/adult_basic_and_literacy_education_(able)/8703 http://www.dli.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/l_i_home/5278 http://www.pheaa.org/ 74 Made possible by the generous support of Impact100…

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Ex. B to Complaint

…the act of reading text in one language out loud in another language. 4. The Student’s native language is [not English]. The Student has limited English proficiency. 5. The Guardian…

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elc-pas-comments-re-proposed-essa-regulations-impacting-at-risk-student

…At Risk, 4 (August 2011), http://www.neglected-delinquent.org/sites/default/files/docs/ELLFactSheet.pdf. 13 Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Youth’s Characteristics and Backgrounds, Juvenile Justice Bulletin, 6 (December 2010), https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/227730.pdf. http://helpinggangyouth.homestead.com/disability-best_corrections_survey.pdf http://www.neglected-delinquent.org/sites/default/files/docs/ELLFactSheet.pdf https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/227730.pdf 12 culminates…

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access_Moving_the_Dial_Styer

site or in public schools. To understand the scope of the problem and possible solutions, Styer and colleagues initiated research that ultimately resulted in concrete and positive outcomes for children…

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Ex. A to Complaint

…and so the evaluation was conducted in English by English speaking evaluators. NT passim. 37. On March 25, 2014, the District convened an IEP meeting with a [mother’s native language-…

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