…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 &…
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…
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…
Morestate’s school funding system into constitutional compliance, ensuring that all students have the opportunity to access a “comprehensive, effective, and contemporary public education” – the standard set by the court….
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…
More…a total of 16 school districts in Pennsylvania proposed or passed book bans from July 2021 through June 2023. Along with communities around the state, we are fighting back. Read…
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…
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…
MorePublic school students in Pennsylvania will soon have their day in court. A Commonwealth Court order released April 1 tentatively scheduled a trial start date of September 9, 2021, in…
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…state ‒ but that commitment was not enforced and was abandoned decades ago.” Read her full op-ed published in Pennlive on November 5, 2021. Learn more about our case here….
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…
MoreThis FAQ explains a law known as Act 110 , which concerns students who are convicted or adjudicated delinquent of sexual assault. The law became effective on January 3, 2021,…
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