Comments oF ELC-PA ESSA 01-21-2016

educational and life outcomes for our nation’s most vulnerable students. We would welcome any opportunity to work with the Department towards achieving this critical goal. http://thenotebook.org/articles/2014/12/10/state-needs-a-rational-fix-for-its-method-of-funding-charter-students-with-disabilities http://www.researchforaction.org/publications/revisiting-cyber-charter-school-performance/ http://www.researchforaction.org/publications/revisiting-cyber-charter-school-performance/ http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/education/80533-beyond-failing-schools-the-difficulty-of-fairly-comparing-public-schools-on-an-uneven-playing-field http://www.pccy.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/CharterRenewalDocsCombined1-2013.pdf…

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At Risk, 4 (August 2011), http://www.neglected-delinquent.org/sites/default/files/docs/ELLFactSheet.pdf. 13 Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Youth’s Characteristics and Backgrounds, Juvenile Justice Bulletin, 6 (December 2010), https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/227730.pdf. http://helpinggangyouth.homestead.com/disability-best_corrections_survey.pdf http://www.neglected-delinquent.org/sites/default/files/docs/ELLFactSheet.pdf https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/227730.pdf 12 culminates…

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2019 J.L. amicus – residential placement based purely on truancy

…OUTCOMES FOR YOUTH PLACED IN CONGREGATE CARE SETTINGS? 2 (2018), https://caseyfamilypro-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/media/SF_CC- Outcomes-Resource.pdf …………………………………………………………………….. 23, 25 Children’s Defense Fund, Family First Prevention Services Act, Historic New Reforms for Child Welfare, https://www.childrensdefense.org/policy/policy-priorities/child-…

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ELC Analysis – Inequities in PA Charter Schools – Segregation by Disability

…http://www.pasa-net.org/Files/SurveysAndReports/2016/PASA-PASBOReportSpring2016.pdf http://escholarship.org/uc/item/4r07q8kg#page-1 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/003172171409500507 http://www.nea.org/assets/docs/HE/EW-TruthInLabeling.pdf https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/07/the-racial-imbalances-of-special-education/397775/ https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/07/the-racial-imbalances-of-special-education/397775/ https://penndata.hbg.psu.edu/Portals/66/documents/PennDataBooks/Statistical_Summary_2014-2015.pdf https://penndata.hbg.psu.edu/Portals/66/documents/PennDataBooks/Statistical_Summary_2014-2015.pdf http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-charter-school-education-funding-20150823-story.html http://triblive.com/news/education/6196278-74/education-charter-special http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2012/05/27/Special-needs-education-is-battleground-for-charter-schools-other-districts-in-Pa/stories/201205270267 http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2012/05/27/Special-needs-education-is-battleground-for-charter-schools-other-districts-in-Pa/stories/201205270267 http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2012/05/27/Special-needs-education-is-battleground-for-charter-schools-other-districts-in-Pa/stories/201205270267 http://www.pilcop.org/how-the-charter-formula-games-special-education/ Inequities in Pennsylvania’s Charter Sector: Segregation by Disability | 2017 3 creates a perverse incentive for…

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WmPenn_v_PDE_AmicusCuriae_Consort_for_PubEd_2_17_15

21, 2014), http://www.post- gazette.com/news/education/2014/11/21/State-student-scores-declined-with-reduced-funding- test-results-show/stories/201411240030. 21 See Petition, Allen v. Dumaresq, No. 474 MD 2014 at 4, 9 (Pa. Commonw. Sept. 9, 2014), available at http://www.pilcop.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/14.09.09-Allen-Petition- for-Review-without-exhibits.pdf. 22 See Sharon…

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ELC-Testimony-For-Legislative-Hearing-on-Truancy-June-9-2015

at http://www.ldnews.com/ci_22036769/lebanon-school-district-loses-truancy-lawsuit http://jjlp.law.ucdavis.edu/archives/vol-10-no-1/Truancy.pdf http://www.schoolengagement.org/TruancypreventionRegistry/Admin/Resources/Resources/TheLegalandEconomicImplicationsofTruancyExecutiveSummary.pdf http://www.schoolengagement.org/TruancypreventionRegistry/Admin/Resources/Resources/TheLegalandEconomicImplicationsofTruancyExecutiveSummary.pdf http://readingeagle.com/news/article/woman-in-berks-county-prison-for-truancy-found-dead-in-her-cell#.VBcu8qPD-Uk http://readingeagle.com/news/article/woman-in-berks-county-prison-for-truancy-found-dead-in-her-cell#.VBcu8qPD-Uk http://www.ldnews.com/ci_22036769/lebanon-school-district-loses-truancy-lawsuit 7 There was no evidence that these policies actually reduced truancy. In addition, most magistrate judges tell me that they believe fines…

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ELC_AltEdPA_FullReport_03_2010

…§ 1210.568. 123 W. Va. Code St. R. § 126-20-6. 124 20 U.S.C. § 6319. 125 Ibid. 126 24 P.S. § 19-1901-C(1). 127 BEC at 7. 128 Ibid. 129 Ager,…

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FederalPolicy_ESEA_and_SchoolToPrisonPipeline.03.09.11

…relAted ProBlems conFronting new jerseY Youth returning to locAl communities And schools From juvenile detention FAcilities And juvenile justice commission ProgrAms 6 (2003), available at http://www.njisj.org/document/giles_ report.pdf. 11 AdvAncement Project,…

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2016-10-19-issa-third-circuit-brief-of-appellee

…3000 Two Logan Square Eighteenth & Arch Streets Philadelphia, PA 19103-2799 Telephone: (215) 981-4000 Fax: (215) 981-4750 morleym@pepperlaw.com gurneyk@pepperlaw.com aryanih@pepperlaw.com Maura McInerney (PA71468) Kristina Moon (PA306974) Alex Dutton (PA267321) EDUCATION…

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Supreme Court – Brief of Appellant e-filed

…of a demurrer and dismissal of the equity complaint is a final appealable order.”). II. ORDER IN QUESTION Appellants seek reversal of the Order of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania,…

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ELC Opposition to Policy 805 FINAL

…https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf https://www.glsen.org/sites/default/files/Pennsylvania%20State%20Snapshot%20-%202017%20NSCS_0.pdf https://www.glsen.org/sites/default/files/Pennsylvania%20State%20Snapshot%20-%202017%20NSCS_0.pdf https://gsanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/LGBTQ_brief_FINAL.pdf https://gsanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/LGBTQ_brief_FINAL.pdf https://gsanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/LGBTQ_brief_FINAL.pdf https://gsanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/LGBTQ_brief_FINAL.pdf students in a school.12 There is also a close correlation between the socioeconomic status/class of students and the use of metal…

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CostingOut_PASpecialEd_2_6_09

…Shore Lycoming 486 $5,865 $10,229 Hempfield Lancaster 1138 $7,067 $10,677 Loyalsock Lycoming 195 $9,690 $9,643 Lampeter‐Strasburg Lancaster 479 $7,350 $10,405 Montgomery Lycoming 128 $7,593 $11,184 Lancaster Lancaster 2215 $7,476 $11,744…

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letter-from-legal-strategies-collaborative-re-sros

…Officers on Leave Over Slapping Video, CNN, Mar. 2, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/02/us/baltimore-slap-video/. 22 Id. 23 LMPD Officer Chokes Teen Until His Body Goes ‘Limp’, WDRB.com, Mar. 12, 2015, http://www.wdrb.com/story/28405362/lmpd-officer-accused-of-assaulting-students-appears-in- court. 24…

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wm-penn-mootness-brief-release

…visit https://www.pubintlaw.org/ or follow on Twitter @PubIntLawCtr. https://www.elc-pa.org/ https://www.elc-pa.org/ https://www.elc-pa.org/ https://www.elc-pa.org/ https://www.elc-pa.org/ https://www.elc-pa.org/ https://www.elc-pa.org/ https://www.elc-pa.org/ https://twitter.com/edlawcenterpa?lang=en https://twitter.com/edlawcenterpa?lang=en https://twitter.com/edlawcenterpa?lang=en https://twitter.com/edlawcenterpa?lang=en https://twitter.com/edlawcenterpa?lang=en https://www.pubintlaw.org/ https://www.pubintlaw.org/ https://www.pubintlaw.org/ https://www.pubintlaw.org/ https://twitter.com/pubintlawctr/ https://twitter.com/pubintlawctr/ https://twitter.com/pubintlawctr/ https://twitter.com/pubintlawctr/ https://twitter.com/pubintlawctr/ https://twitter.com/pubintlawctr/…

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ELC_DOJ_AEDYComplaint_8_7_13

…http://www.elc-pa.org/Dana%20Baron%20letter.pdf http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/alternative_education_for_distruptive_youth_%28aedy%29/7318 http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/alternative_education_for_distruptive_youth_%28aedy%29/7318 7 has never collected or published any data regarding the academic rigor of AEDY programs or the academic performance of AEDY students once they leave AEDY programs…

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ELC_DOJ_AEDYComplaint_8_7_13

…http://www.elc-pa.org/Dana%20Baron%20letter.pdf http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/alternative_education_for_distruptive_youth_%28aedy%29/7318 http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/alternative_education_for_distruptive_youth_%28aedy%29/7318 7 has never collected or published any data regarding the academic rigor of AEDY programs or the academic performance of AEDY students once they leave AEDY programs…

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ELC Impact of Lead on Learning Report February 2016Rev PDF

…Lead Surveillance, Annual Report 2014 available at http://www.health.pa.gov/My%20Health/Infant%20and%20Childrens%20Health/Lead%20Poisoning%20 Prevention%20and%20Control/Documents/2014%20Lead%20Surveillance%20Annual%20Report%20r2.p df 3 Pediatric Lead Exposure Flint Water Results, Mona Hanna-Attisha, available at http://www.scribd.com/doc/282806501/Pediatric-Lead-Exposure-Flint-Water-Results http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/lib/health/familyhealth/lead_elimination_plan_for_2010.pdf http://www.nchh.org/Portals/0/Contents/PA%20-%20Impact%20Stmt.pdf http://www.health.pa.gov/My%20Health/Infant%20and%20Childrens%20Health/Lead%20Poisoning%20Prevention%20and%20Control/Documents/2014%20Lead%20Surveillance%20Annual%20Report%20r2.pdf http://www.health.pa.gov/My%20Health/Infant%20and%20Childrens%20Health/Lead%20Poisoning%20Prevention%20and%20Control/Documents/2014%20Lead%20Surveillance%20Annual%20Report%20r2.pdf http://www.health.pa.gov/My%20Health/Infant%20and%20Childrens%20Health/Lead%20Poisoning%20Prevention%20and%20Control/Documents/2014%20Lead%20Surveillance%20Annual%20Report%20r2.pdf http://www.scribd.com/doc/282806501/Pediatric-Lead-Exposure-Flint-Water-Results 2 There…

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ELC Nicole B. Amicus

…AND LATINOS, AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (Aug. 23, 2011), https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110823104844.htm …………………….24 Education Discrimination, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (Jan. 18, 2018), http://www.phrc.pa.gov/File-A-Complaint/Types-of- Complaints/Pages/Education.aspx ……………………………………………………………………………….15 GLSEN, THE 2015 NATIONAL SCHOOL CLIMATE SURVEY xviii…

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…for new laws and policies in pennsylvania and washington; and working with organizations and media. www.pde.state.pa.us http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pa_codes/7501/educational_portions_of__non-educational__placements/507372 http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pa_codes/7501/educational_portions_of__non-educational__placements/507372 www.jlc.org http://www.stoneleighfoundation.org/sites/dev.stoneleighcenter.org/files/DPW%20Bullentin%20Educational%20Portions%20of%20Non-Educational%20Residential%20Placements_0.pdf www.stoneleighfoundation.org http://www.elc-pa.org http://www.stoneleighfoundation.org/juniorfellows/styer 5 1 “white paper : Community alternatives…

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