…FOSTER CARE OR JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMS New and Notable Students in juvenile detention : ELC secured a significant win for students with disabilities placed at the Philadelphia Juvenile Justice Services…
More…Discipline Truancy Bullying & Harassment Students with Disabilities – IEP, 504 Plan Early Childhood Education Students Involved in Foster Care or Juvenile Justice Systems Students Experiencing Homelessness English Learners &…
More…our juvenile justice systems may be on the horizon in Pennsylvania as the General Assembly moves forward recommendations from the 2021 Juvenile Justice Task Force report. Over a dozen related…
MoreAct 1: New Tools to Support Students Experiencing Educational Instability Pennsylvania students who experience “education instability” due to homelessness, involvement in the foster care or juvenile justice systems, or court-ordered…
Moreto access a “comprehensive, effective, and contemporary public education” – the standard set by the court. IMPLEMENTING A REMEDY The state’s Basic Education Funding Commission took on the task of developing a…
Morelike other advocates, sees the budget deal as a missed opportunity. Read coverage of the new budget and our school funding lawsuit from the June 28, 2021 Philadelphia Inquirer here….
MoreDespite an unanticipated one-month delay, public school students in Pennsylvania will soon have their day in court. Commonwealth Court Judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer has scheduled a trial start date of November…
MoreChild advocates from across Pennsylvania sent a letter to the General Assembly in April 2021 advocating for a $200 million increase for special education funding in the 2021-22 budget and…
MoreLocal 32 BJ (“SEIU Local 32 BJ”) represents, for purposes of collective bargaining, over 20,000 employees in the state of Pennsylvania. Most of these employees work as custodians, janitors, food…
Moresufficient numbers of qualified professional employees to enforce the curriculum requirements of Chapter Four of the Pennsylvania Code and “employ the necessary qualified professional employees, substitutes and temporary professional employees…
MoreIn the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. ELC joined with ACLU Pennsylvania in filing an amicus brief in support of a student who was expelled for off-campus speech in J.S. v. Manheim…
More…trial. Commonwealth Court Judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer is presiding over the case. The 48-day trial started on Nov. 12, 2021 in the Pennsylvania Judicial Center in Harrisburg. A decision from…
More…March 15, 2021. Welcoming Schools Campaign Student Surveys English: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-English Spanish: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Spanish Mandarin Chinese: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Chinese Vietnamese: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Vietnamese Arabic: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Arabic Haitian Creole: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-HaitianCreole Somali: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Somali Welcoming Schools Campaign Parent Surveys English: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-English Spanish: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Spanish Mandarin Chinese: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Chinese Vietnamese: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Vietnamese Arabic: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Arabic Haitian Creole: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-HaitianCreole…
More…more state revenue for schools, resulting in better academic and life outcomes for children.” Read her full column from the public interest page of the Sept. 20, 2021, Legal Intelligencer….
More…discrimination, and view our slides here. Follow this guidance to submit complaints to PA Human Relations Commission. Read our 2023 complaint filed against Pennridge School District for hostile environment discrimination…
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