Issa v. School District of Lancaster (3d Cir., 2016)
…lawsuit filed on this issue in the past fifteen months, with earlier cases filed against school districts in Utica, New York, and Collier County, Florida. Click here to download a…
More…lawsuit filed on this issue in the past fifteen months, with earlier cases filed against school districts in Utica, New York, and Collier County, Florida. Click here to download a…
More…schools. Attorneys in the case said they did not know when a ruling might be expected, but that a typical timeline for the court is four to five months. http://www.phillymag.com/news/2015/03/11/pennsylvania-school-funding-lawsuit-wolf-budget/…
MoreMarch 11, 2015 – by Kara Newhouse, LancasterOnline – As long as public schools are open and running, the state Legislature is meeting its constitutional obligation, argued legal representatives for…
More…the Commonwealth Court ruled that education funding was a legislative issue and not a legal matter. “This is a question of paramount importance to all Pennsylvanians, and we always knew…
More…workbook). 15 See 20 U.S.C. 1232d(b)(3)(E); 34 CFR §§ 300.149, 300.600(e). 16 24 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 1-122 (West). https://elc365-my.sharepoint.com/personal/tvonoehsen_elc-pa_org/Documents/Education%20Law%20Center/Special%20Education%20Report/elc-pa.org/contact https://www.bls.gov/news.release/disabl.nr0.htm https://www.marketplace.org/2017/07/14/economy/what-unemployed-look Governors Letter – Special Education Report.pdf FROM: The…
More…2013 complaint challenging discriminatory practices in the state’s disciplinary “alternative education” programs. Read ELC’s full news release here. The programs covered by the agreement are known as Alternative Education for…
More…cuts made under former Gov. Tom Corbett. Wolf and state lawmakers resumed talks on the budget at 2 p.m. today, the Associated Press reported. Read the article on Phillymag.com: http://www.phillymag.com/news/2015/07/01/gop-school-funding-philadelphia/…
More…JJ facilities are students who need special education services. Many are not identified. Currently, the percentage of youth with disabilities in juvenile correctional facilities is 4-7 times the national…
More…placed multiple former staffers at the Devos-led Department of Education. See Alyson Klein, Former Jeb Bush Foundation Staffers Working at Trump’s Ed. Dept., Education Week, Mar. 9, 2017, http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k- 12/2017/03/jeb_bush_foundation_staffers_trump_education_department.html;…
More…attached thereto, the allegations are accepted as true and considered in the light most favorable to the plaintiff. Id. at 176. Under Rule 12(b)(6), “the court evaluates the merits of…
More…state government. And our community has faced some tough economic times. But I also recognized our strengths. I knew we had an incredibly dedicated teaching staff, committed parents and the…
MoreThere is a new start date for the trial in our historic lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s school funding system. The date is moved back a month to Oct.12. The later date…
MorePennsylvania’s state legislature approved a new budget for 2021-22 but chose to put billions into a Rainy Day Fund rather than addressing the urgent need to address adequacy gaps facing…
More…access to computers to complete assignments which is often unavailable to them outside the classroom. They may also need additional remedial supports, http://www.youthmattersphilly.org/instructions http://www.youthmattersphilly.org/instructions Voices of Youth Count: Missed Educational…
MorePa Funding Lawsuit edfundinglawsuit.wordpress.com November 10, 2014 Executive Summary Lawsuit: Pennsylvania School Funding Unconstitutional Six school districts from across the Commonwealth, an association of 150 rural and small schools, as…
More…new special education dollars to ensure that children with disabilities receive the high quality inclusive education they need and to which they are legally entitled. A 2009 study showed that…
MoreOn November 1, in a letter to the Philadelphia School Reform Commission, ELC is requesting revision to the School District of Philadelphia’s proposed new Language Instruction Policy. ELC asks that…
MoreOn October 24, The American Law Institute announced the election of 37 new members nationwide, including ELC’s Executive Director Deborah Gordon Klehr. The American Law Institute is the leading independent…
More…the new behavior matrix is a notable step forward. We are hopeful that it will provide increased transparency for parents and families around available interventions, and help enable greater data…
More…poor school districts have argued that a zip code all-too-often determines the quality of a student’s education. Apparently the color of a student’s skin matters even more. New research has…
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