In June 2012, after granting expedited review and oral argument en banc, the Commonwealth Court dismissed as moot ELC’s Emergency Petition for Mandamus filed on behalf of families facing potential…
MoreAugust 7, 2013 – by Christina Samuels – The Pennsylvania-based Education Law Center filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice today, saying that young people with disabilities and…
More…Republicans shot back claiming exactly the opposite. Gov. Corbett, said his campaign manager Mike Barley, has put “more state funding to education than any time in our Commonwealth’s history.” It’s…
More…arguing that the state had failed to provide a constitutionally-mandated “thorough and efficient” system of public education for students. A Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court denied the petition last month. The coalition…
More…reputation and, ultimately, its survival, comparing and judging schools based on results has become a commonplace ritual. Parents often use the scores as a North Star for deciding where to…
More…for her educational goals through the coming year. Before she began receiving services, however, she had to transfer back into a public school in the district, which decided to conduct…
More…the state Supreme Court. An appeal filed Wednesday by the plaintiffs seeks to force the state’s highest court to hear a case dismissed last month by Commonwealth Court. In that…
More…we have provided legal representation, advice and consultation to thousands of parents, students, advocates and community stakeholders. Our cases, our legislative advocacy and our community engagement work are all strategically…
More…Application: · Download an application from http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/offices/e/earlychild/forms or · Pick up an application at the School District of Philadelphia Education Center at 440 N. Broad Street BRING Completed Application to:…
More…WILL NEED: · Application: (Completed and signed) · Application for Admission of Child to School (EH-40) · Proof of Child’s age · Proof of current income of Parent(s)/Guardian(s) of child…
More…DAUPHIN ST. 19132 Head Start TO GET AN APPLICATION: · Pick up an application at 440 NORTH BROAD STREET · Download an application from http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/offices/e/earlychild/forms BRING Completed Application to 440…
More…2013 recommendations of the Legislature’s bipartisan special-education funding commission. It proposed a three-tiered system of funding for special education based on the severity of student need. Those recommendations were never…
More…1415(f)(3)(E)(ii)(II). Compensatory education is the remedy for substantive violations. Neither party presented evidence as to how much compensatory education is owed to the Student to compensate for the parental participation…
More…compensatory education to the Student to compensate for the District’s denial of the Guardian’s right to manfully participate in IEP meetings. The Guardian may decide how the hours of compensatory…
More…Discipline 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/…
More…progress over the last 10 or 15 years by providing some choice in low-income communities. “We have school choice. The problem is we don’t have access to equal choice. ……
More…communications at Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children. The report supports Wolf’s plan to complement the formula’s introduction with extra funds, helping to close large funding gaps among Pennsylvania’s school districts. Philadelphia,…
More…he lacked the authority to order systemic change to remedy the situation. The complaint asks the Court to order the District to provide complete and timely translations of special education…
More…of LGBTQ/GNC students your organization has worked with or want to get help for your LGBTQ/GNC client Contact Lizzy Wingfield, Stoneleigh Foundation Emerging Leader Fellow, at 215-346-6904 or [email protected]. http://www.elc-pa.org/contact…
More…compromise state budget agreement that provides modest but needed new funding for Pennsylvania’s schoolchildren. The bill includes $100 million more for basic education funding, an increase of 1.7 percent. It…
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