…512-475-8765 National Center for Homeless Education at Serve www.serve.org/nche 800-308-2145 National Coalition for the Homeless www.nationalhomeless.org National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty www.nlchp.org 202-638-2535 National Coalition for the Homeless…

District.21 All EL students are entitled to a robust and effective language instruction bilingual-bicultural or English as a second language (ESL) instruction program supported by trained ESL instructors and subject…

…receive an appropriate and adequate program of language instruction, including assignment to the International School if appropriate, ESL instruction, modifications in the delivery of instruction and testing to facilitate their…

http://ed.psu.edu/news/2015-jan-march-news/accountability-measure). 26 Many of these suggestions are consistent with recent guidance from the federal government regarding best practices in school climate and discipline. http://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ELC_Testimony_Charters_LegislativeIntent_12_11_14.pdf http://www.saveourschoolsnj.org/save/corefiles/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/NJ-Charter-School-Report_10.29.2014.pdf http://www.saveourschoolsnj.org/save/corefiles/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/NJ-Charter-School-Report_10.29.2014.pdf http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/delaware/75875-aclu http://8rri53pm0cs22jk3vvqna1ub.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/RFA_PACER_SPP_Brief_March_2015.pdf http://8rri53pm0cs22jk3vvqna1ub.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/RFA_PACER_SPP_Brief_March_2015.pdf http://ed.psu.edu/news/2015-jan-march-news/accountability-measure…

…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…

…OF RURAL AND SMALL SCHOOLS; and THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE—PENNSYLVANIA STATE CONFERENCE, Petitioners, v. PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; JOSEPH B. SCARNATI III, in his official…

…linked with one another. 25 Importantly, educational inequality is associated with less general public trust, trust in democracy, and trust of other citizens [24,128]. Greater levels of educational inequality cause…

…proficient students who are English Language Learners (ELLs) receive specialized instruction and supports to overcome language barriers and learn English, including receiving direct bilingual or English as a Second Language…

…receive specialized instruction and supports to overcome language barriers and learn English, including receiving direct bilingual or English as a Second Language instruction, and modifications to instruction and testing in…

…receive specialized instruction and supports to overcome language barriers and learn English, including receiving direct bilingual or English as a Second Language instruction, and modifications to instruction and testing in…

…EArLy ChiLdhood LEArninG oPPortunitiEs For sPECiAL PoPuLAtions 6.1 English Language Learners If you or your child cannot speak English, you have rights as English language learners (ELLs). Q1: Who is…

…Truancy Elimination Plan BEC and TOOL 12: What Are the Rules for School Attendance and Truancy in Pennsylvania? (an ELC fact sheet). In addition, the Pennsylvania Truancy Toolkit at www.patruancytoolkit.info…

…Voice National Council of Jewish Women Pittsburgh National Crittenton National Women’s Law Center Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape Philadelphia NOW Education Fund…

…(July 2011), https://csgjusticecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Breaking_Schools_Rules_Report_Final.pdf. https://csgjusticecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Breaking_Schools_Rules_Report_Final.pdf 20 other advocates to comment more broadly on the school climate and discipline provisions of ESSA, we write to provide specific recommendations to ensure that states…

…was not English and that approximately 19,760 families had requested documents in a language other than English. During the same time period, the School District’s records indicate that 1,887 students…

…at http://www.naacpldf.org/document/barnhardt- and-us-v-meridian-joint-consent-order. 14 Tobias Salinger, Video Shows Florida Police School Resource Officer Slamming 13-Year-Old Boy to the Ground, Twisting His Arm, N.Y. DAILY NEWS, Nov. 11, 2015, http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/video-shows-florida-officer-slamming-boy-13-ground- article-1.2430410….

…for release of records, etc.  Homebound Instruction: School districts may provide “homebound instruction” to students because of a temporary medical emergency. Homebound instruction is different from “in-home instruction,” which…

…subgroup is subjected to overuse. Therefore, a regulatory definition should clarify that “reducing overuse” includes identification and reduction of the disproportionate use of any disciplinary practice that disrupts student learning,…

…Plaintiffs have failed to allege national origin-based discrimination. See Mot. to Dismiss at 23. In making that argument, the District ignores the well-recognized interrelationship between limited English proficiency and national…

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