NC_Easton_PreliminaryInjunction

…– : v. : : EASTON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT, : : and : : CAROLYN DUMARESQ, : Acting Secretary for the Pennsylvania : Department of Education, : : Defendants. :…

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Erie School District on the brink of disaster

its structural deficit and begin pouring money back into classrooms. Per-pupil funding would jump from $12,904 to more than $15,000. “This quantifies how underfunded we’ve been,” Erie CFO Brian Polito…

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The Comeback of Charters

…charter schools. “When charter schools are effective, they should be encouraged to grow,” the paper, “Better Isn’t Good Enough,” says. “But when they are ineffective, they should be closed or…

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Your Rights Disability 8.2017

…your disability—and even then for only forty-five (45) days. • Before a school may change your educational placement for violating a school rule, your IEP Team, which should include you,…

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Your Rights Disability 8.2017

…your disability—and even then for only forty-five (45) days. • Before a school may change your educational placement for violating a school rule, your IEP Team, which should include you,…

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Civil-Rights-Roundtable-Letter-Sessions-1-06-2016

…Opinion of the Justices, 624 So. 2d 107, 114 (Ala. 1993). http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/ http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/jeff-sessions-says-he-handled-these-civil-rights-cases-he-barely-touched-them/2017/01/03/4ddfffa6-d0fa-11e6-a783-cd3fa950f2fd_story.html?utm_term=.f09e50846bba https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/jeff-sessions-says-he-handled-these-civil-rights-cases-he-barely-touched-them/2017/01/03/4ddfffa6-d0fa-11e6-a783-cd3fa950f2fd_story.html?utm_term=.f09e50846bba 4 authority to oversee the state’s school funding plans.20 He then petitioned the court to…

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Historic Victory in Fight for Fair Funding!

On 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…

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Your Rights as LGBTGNC student 8.2017

…February 2017, the Trump Administration withdrew 2016 guidance from the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice that affirmed Title IX’s protection of transgender students. However, while the 2016 guidance served…

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Education Law Center _ Head Start Comments_9 17 15

…programs often struggle with competing compliance mandates and fail to put this requirement into effect. Additionally, the Head Start regulations need to prioritize children in foster care by extending them…

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