In an opinion released today, the Commonwealth Court overruled various preliminary objections to the Pennsylvania school funding lawsuit. In a victory for students across Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth Court today overruled…
MoreMay 13, 2016 The Education Law Center applauds the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education for today’s important guidance clarifying that Title IX, the law that bans sex discrimination in…
More…funding lawsuit Meanwhile Pa. Legislators waste time in attempt to delay the case HARRISBURG – Today Governor Wolf filed a response in Pennsylvania’s school funding lawsuit, urging the court to…
MoreCommonwealth Court Refuses to Review Whether School Funding Complies with State Constitution Harrisburg, Pa. – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania today issued an order in the lawsuit challenging the state’s…
MoreNov. 10, 2014 – Today six school districts, seven parents, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools (PARSS) and the NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference filed a lawsuit in Commonwealth…
More…Following its October report, “Shortchanging Children with Disabilities: State Underfunding of Special Education in Pennsylvania,” the Education Law Center today wrote Gov. Tom Wolf, urging that his 2019-20 budget proposal…
MoreNewsletter: July 2015 ELC Newsletter: June 2015 ELC Newsletter: May 2015 ELC Newsletter: April 2015 ELC Newsletter: March 2015 ELC Newsletter: February 2015 ELC Newsletter: January 2015 ELC Newsletter: December…
More…disabilities and appropriate supports for English learners. In the letter (news release here), advocates express grave concern that children, particularly children with disabilities, English learners, and children living in poverty,…
More…Then, in February, the Governor presents his proposal to the General Assembly. The General Assembly makes changes as it sees fit, and eventually adopts a final budget. There are negotiations…
More…Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and state common law claims. Read our press release here. Read our complaint here. Read press coverage of the lawsuit here, here, and here. …
More…and English language learners? And is it connected to the distinct needs of school districts that are rural, urban, very small, or fast growing? The 2011-12 state budget used two…
MoreJuly 19, 2016 – by Colin Deppen – PennLive The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed suit against a Lancaster school district arguing that the district has…
MoreUSA Today reporter Alia Wong analyzes two neighboring Pennsylvania school districts and finds that the schools are funded based on the community’s local wealth, leaving one community at a huge…
More…according to a report released Thursday by The Education Trust released Thursday by The Education Trust (Ed Trust), a group in Washington that advocates for closing economic and racial inequities…
More…greater absenteeism, impairment of reading skills sufficiently extensive to be labeled reading disability (indicated by scores two grades below the expected scores), and deficits in vocabulary, fine motor skills, reaction…
More…lead exposure has a profound, sadly irreversible effect on learning. In a groundbreaking 1979 study by pediatrician Herbert Needleman and other researchers, first and second grade children with high levels…
More…wasn’t supposed to take, all because he wanted a girl’s “digits” – her phone number. He told administrators he expected to be suspended, the usual punishment for breaking the rules….
MoreDistrict, which has cut hundreds of millions from its budget and still approached the new school year facing roughly a $300 million dollar budget gap. Read the full story: http://axisphilly.org/article/breaking-down-claim-of-historic-education-funding-under-corbett/…
More…In March 2011, following their father family home, only for vacations. The 2 to keep the children in the same school district despite their living disruption in order to ensure…
More…times in the neck. The ruling means the suspension will not appear on her permanent record. The Barack Obama International Academy student, who was 14 when the incident occurred May…
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