Memorandum Opinion (11-30-2016)

…the following documents as “regular education forms:” report cards, homebound forms, pre-English Language class placement letters, and progress reports. (Compl. ¶ 6.) 5 The statement of interest was filed pursuant…

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2018 01 18 ELC Open Letter to New SDP Board Nominating Panel

…Legal Defense Fund, 2017, http://www.naacpldf.org/files/about-us/Bias_Reportv2017_30_11_FINAL.pdf. 8 See A state-by-state look at students referred to law enforcement, Center for Public Integrity, Apr. 10, 2015, https://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/04/10/17074/state-state-look-students-referred-law-enforcement. 9 See, e.g., Complaint: District fails…

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pottsgrove

…offered the testimony of several witnesses, as well as documentary evidence, including: the Notice; notarized Multiple Occupancy Forms4 (Form) for 2013-2014 school year; the May 1, 2014, residency verification letter…

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Glen Mills Complaint FINAL

…ignored the medical and 3 THE GLEN MILLS SCHOOLS, http://www.glenmillsschool.org/ (last visited Apr. 10, 2019). 4 educational needs of youth. Glen Mills leadership and staff took all measures to suppress…

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Glen Mills Complaint

…(last visited Apr. 10, 2019). Case 2:19-cv-01541-HB Document 1 Filed 04/11/19 Page 3 of 149 4 educational needs of youth. Glen Mills leadership and staff took all measures to suppress…

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Philadelphia’s shift in discipline policy

…the Philadelphia-based Education Law Center, who has represented students facing expulsion, agrees. “There’s a willingness now to … look at mitigating circumstances and not just blindly say, `This happened; this…

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ELC Nicole B. Amicus

…e.g. Maura McInerney & Alex Dutton, ELC Steps Up to Protect the Rights of Bullied Students with Disabilities, The Legal Intelligencer (Dec. 26, 2017, 2:45 PM), https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/sites/thelegalintelligencer/2017/12/26/elc-steps-up-to- protect-the-rights-of-bullied-students-with-disabilities/?slreturn=20180014222304. https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/sites/thelegalintelligencer/2017/12/26/elc-steps-up-to-protect-the-rights-of-bullied-students-with-disabilities/?slreturn=20180014222304 https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/sites/thelegalintelligencer/2017/12/26/elc-steps-up-to-protect-the-rights-of-bullied-students-with-disabilities/?slreturn=20180014222304…

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Back-to-School Guide 2022

…through text or internet-based forms. Check out your school’s website for information about how attendance will be counted this year, how you can submit timely excuse notes, what supports your…

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WmPenn_v_PDE_Response_to_PrelimObjs_2_17_15

…4.23(d); (Pet. ¶ 118). The Court can therefore look to whether schools have sufficient funds to hire qualified employees and provide statutorily required programs and services to determine if Respondents…

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ELC_AmicusCuriaeBrief_Palmer

…visited Aug. 20, 2013) ………….11 Green Woods Charter School, Admission of Students, http://greenwoodscharter.org/pdf/AdmissionofStudents.pdf (last visited Aug. 20, 2013) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………11 Jay G. Chambers, Total Expenditures for Students with Disabilities: Variation by…

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ELC Testimony Before City Council Re Residential Placements May 17, 2018

…philadelphia-9-2017.pdf. See also Youth at Risk of Homelessness: Identifying Key Predictive Factors Among Youth Aging Out of Foster Care in Washington State available at https://www.dshs.wa.gov/sites/default/files/SESA/rda/documents/research-7-106.pdf http://policylab.chop.edu/sites/default/files/pdf/publications/PolicyLab_Report_Supporting_Students_Involved_with_Child_Welfare_June_2014.pdf http://policylab.chop.edu/sites/default/files/pdf/publications/PolicyLab_Report_Supporting_Students_Involved_with_Child_Welfare_June_2014.pdf http://fostercareandeducation.org/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?portalid=0&EntryId=2100&Command=Core_Download http://fostercareandeducation.org/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?portalid=0&EntryId=2100&Command=Core_Download http://www.southerneducation.org/getattachment/cf39e156-5992-4050-bd03-fb34cc5bf7e3/Just-Learning.aspx…

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CRRT Paper on Civil Rights Rollbacks Final for Distribution 111518

…Department of Education.) https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-201401-title-vi.pdf https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-201401-title-vi.pdf https://safesupportivelearning.ed.gov/sites/default/files/2014%20SSD%20Webinar%20Series%202_DCL%2001%2029%2014%20%283%29.pdf https://safesupportivelearning.ed.gov/sites/default/files/2014%20SSD%20Webinar%20Series%202_DCL%2001%2029%2014%20%283%29.pdf 8 Unfortunately, the Departments are now considering rescinding this guidance,18 which was developed as the result of a thoughtful process and has been…

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BestInvestment_Full_Report_6.27.11

…Director, Campaign for Educational Equity at Teachers College, has played a leading role in supporting research in the field through the sponsorship of conferences, websites, and other forms of interaction…

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ELC_schoolfundingreport.2013

…1 reviewing information available on official websites for the legislative and executive branches of state government; 2 speaking directly by telephone with a top expert in education funding employed in…

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Newsletters

…More ELC 2023 Year in Review – A Look Back: Victories Worth Celebrating ELC Newsletter December 2023 – Basic Education Funding Commission; Pennridge Complaint; Testifying on Homelessness; and More ELC…

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