…Some examples are unfair residency rules that impact children experiencing homelessness, refusals to include children with disabilities in the regular school program, the failure to address language barriers affecting immigrant…
Morethey were meeting those standards, according to the attorneys in the new lawsuit. Two key factors have changed since that ruling, attorneys for the plaintiffs said. First, a costing-out study…
More…Date, a new Presumptive Exit Date period begins. All new Presumptive Exit Dates will be within 45 days of the prior Presumptive Exit Date. Pending development and implementation of the…
More…Court ruled that the student qualified as homeless pursuant to Subtitle VII-B of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (“McKinney-Vento Act” or “the Act”), 42 U.S.C. § 11434a(2) and § 11434(g)(3)(A)(i)….
More…Youth, and the Public Interest Law Center filed an amicus brief today in support of the Tamaqua Education Association’s challenge to the Tamaqua Area School District’s new policy to arm…
More…a new formula for distributing any increases in the state’s basic education funding. This new formula did not, however, increase statewide education funding. Instead, the law expressly locked in the…
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…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…be restoring the state funding cuts to school districts and enacting a new system that provides sufficient funding for public schools so every child has an opportunity to learn. In…
More…case was carefully reviewed in its entirety. In special education due process hearings, there is a world of difference between what is technically admissible and what is truly necessary to…
More…2 http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/school-discipline/files/dcl-summary-for-stakeholders.pdf 3 U.S. Department of Education Press Release, September 8, 2016 available at http://www.ed.gov/news/press- releases/obama-administration-releases-resources-schools-colleges-ensure-appropriate-use-school-resource- officers-and-campus-police 2 The field needs a more forceful message. For a number of reasons,…
Morerulings, Pennsylvania has adopted the Keystone exams as a graduation requirement and completed a costing-out study setting levels for what each school district needs to provide an adequate education. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150521_School_funding_lawsuit_headed_to_the_Pa__Supreme_Court.html#Bt79IG2ek53W1y14.99…
MoreApril 21, 2015 – by Solomon Leach, Philadelphia Daily News – COMMONWEALTH Court yesterday dismissed a lawsuit accusing the state of failing to adequately and equitably fund Pennsylvania public schools….
MoreJanuary 08, 2014 – Solomon Leach, Philadelphia Daily News – The battle over fair and equitable school funding in Pennsylvania will soon be headed back to court, activists said yesterday….
MoreMay 3, 2017 – WHYY Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane Last year, the Philadelphia School District ended most out-of-school suspensions for kindergartners. However, thousands of elementary school children—first through fifth…
MoreDiscipline and Policing in Pennsylvania Public Schools. We’ll also hear from DEBORAH GORDON KLEHR of the Education Law Center about the need for mandating training of school police officers. http://whyy.org/cms/radiotimes/2015/11/03/the-role-of-police-officers-in-schools/#sthash.3MWxxzK6.dpufhttp://whyy.org/cms/radiotimes/2015/11/03/the-role-of-police-officers-in-schools/…
MorePrevention Report to State Roundtable (2013) at p. 5, available at http://www.ocfcpacourts.us/assets/upload/Resources/Documents/2013%20State%20RT%20report%20on%20Educat ional%20Success%20and%20Truancy%20Prevention(9).pdf (Of 42 counties surveyed, nearly 80%reported that children living in congregate care settings with on-site schools “sometimes”…
More…against students in early elementary grades. Minneapolis, Seattle, Chicago, Houston, Connecticut, and most recently, New York City, have all banned or substantially limited this harmful and developmentally-inappropriate practice. Philadelphia should…
Morefrom Connecticut, District of Columbia, Minneapolis, Seattle, Chicago, Baltimore, and Houston. Several state legislatures are also currently considering similar legislation, including Georgia and New York. We respectfully request that the…
More…the Eastern District of New York. She was selected for and served on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s Juvenile Court Procedural Rules Committee and currently serves on the Executive Committee…
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