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…T.P. v. McKeesport Area School District, Case No. GD-10- 019236. Did you live at the Auberle Group Home at any time from October 14, 2008 to January 1, 2011? …
More…T.P. v. McKeesport Area School District, Case No. GD-10- 019236. Did you live at the Auberle Group Home at any time from October 14, 2008 to January 1, 2011? …
More…to ensure fair funding for small rural school districts. Advocates said that the funding formula isn’t enough to help the state’s worst-off schools: A new funding formula must be accompanied…
More…in response to the court’s decision from August, 2016. Click here to view the court’s ruling on August 26, 2016. Click here to view the Third Circuit’s decision from January…
More…dis-enroll truant students rather than implement necessary supports and interventions, forcing school districts to do all the work associated with eliminating truancy. Support HB 530 SB 856 Section Amendment Comments…
More…justice systems. “Children in foster care are often forced to change schools multiple times, disrupting important relationships and derailing children’s educations. The new provisions in ESSA are an important advance…
More…or sleeping outdoors or in a public place; or living in a shelter. The law protects youth who have run away from home, been thrown out of their home, been…
More…90 are schools that are already under state operation in some form. Eighty-two are from school districts in Philadelphia, York City, Chester-Upland, Harrisburg, or Duquesne City, which all have either…
More…appropriate instruction at on-site educational programs. For many different reasons, academic skills were not adequately developed, and frequently credits were not earned or were not accepted by school districts towards…
More…support to modify instructional methods and implement effective instructional programs across content areas. The failure to provide both quality ESOL programs and modified instruction through all teachers can result in…
More…pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 23(a) and 23(b)(2). The class named plaintiffs seek to represent is composed of: All children, currently or in the future, who are under…
More…the Education Law Center-PA are representing the petitioners. The plaintiffs include the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools, which represents 150 school districts, and the NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference….
More…not able to get me services and supports due to lack of interpretation and translation in the IEP process. Today, I run a monthly support group for immigrant parents to…
More…on his education. After years of struggling in school, Walter was making progress with full-time special education instruction and counseling as a related service due to his emotional dis-regulation and…
More…the power to suspend provisions of the School Code without any clear limitation, violated the non-delegation rule in the Pennsylvania Constitution. Specifically, under this ruling, the SRC is not able…
Moreneed changes. For starters, we need to revise our state’s convoluted truancy laws in order to clarify the rules. Schools also need support to prevent and address truancy. We need…
More…100 students, most diagnosed with social-emotional disabilities and now placed in facilities run by Wordsworth. The new program will be run initially by the private education provider Catapult Learning before…
More…Valley – the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools (PARSS) and the NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference. “Pennsylvania’s public school children are entitled to have their day in court. The…
More…courtroom. The lawsuit, William Penn School District vs. Pennsylvania Dept. of Education, seeks to remedy decades of inequitable education funding that have robbed children of the resources they need to…
MoreOn Feb. 7, 2023, Commonwealth Court Judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer issued a historic ruling in the Pennsylvania school funding case, declaring the PA school funding system unconstitutional. “All witnesses agree that every child…
MoreApril 21, 2015 – by Joel Mathis, Philadelphia Magazine – A Commonwealth Court ruling overturning a challenge to Pennsylvania’s method of funding schools will be appealed to the state’s Supreme…
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