ELC_schoolfundingreport.2013

English language proficiency or disability. • 27 states, including Maryland, New Jersey, and New York, use a factor for English language learners. • 25 states, including Maryland, and New York,…

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WmPenn_v_PDE_AmicusCuriae_Consort_for_PubEd_2_17_15

…gazette.com/news/education/2011/08/28/School-districts-must-make-do-after-funding-cuts-of-1- billion/stories/201108280279. 19 See Sara Neufeld, Are Pennsylvania students being set up for failure? New education standards, graduation exams highlight school resource needs, THE HECHINGER REPORT (Oct. 15, 2013), http://hechingerreport.org/are-pennsylvania-students-being-set-up-for-failurenew-…

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Campaign for Fair Education Funding: Earned Media

…from a ‘Devastatingly Large’ Education Funding Gap. 90.5 WESA, Pittsburgh’s NPR News Station. 4-2-2015. Cumberland County officials call for fair, adequate public school funding. The Patriot News. 4-1-2015. State education…

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ELC Bullying OCR Complaint redacted

Jessica Gunderson, et al., Rethinking Educational Neglect for Teenagers: New Strategies for New York State, VERA INST. OF JUSTICE, at 10-11 (Nov. 2009), available at http://ocfs.ny.gov/main/reports/Rethinking%20Educational%20Neglect_final.pdf (finding no research indicating…

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Amici Brief: PCCY et al

…No. 310762 JONES DAY 500 Grant Street, Suite 4500 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219 412-394-7976 Of Counsel: Todd R. Geremia JONES DAY 222 East 41st Street New York, New York 10017 David…

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ELC_EarlyLearning_Guide_2ndedition_2012

…at Age 3, School Age and Beyond Transitions are a fact of life. Everyone experiences transitions – new jobs, new houses, new schools, new friends, and even new family members….

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ELC_Testimony_AuditorGeneral_CharterSchools_3_7_14

…School Payments in Pennsylvania, School Finance 101 (June 5, 2012), http://schoolfinance101.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/the-commonwealth-triple-screw-special-education- funding-charter-school-payments-in-pennsylvania. 3 http://febp.newamerica.net/background-analysis/federal-school-nutrition-programs). http://schoolfinance101.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/the-commonwealth-triple-screw-special-education-funding-charter-school-payments-in-pennsylvania http://schoolfinance101.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/the-commonwealth-triple-screw-special-education-funding-charter-school-payments-in-pennsylvania http://febp.newamerica.net/background-analysis/federal-school-nutrition-programs ! “#$%&'()*!+&,!-.*’./!! 01(2&#.231(&!4!0(”56$/71! ,,,8.2%93&8)/7! ! comprehensive enrollment, since the charter sector is also…

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Petitioners’ Brief

…vice) Lynsey Ramos (pro hac vice) O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP Times Square Tower 7 Times Square New York, NY 10036 Telephone: (212) 326-2000 Attorneys for Appellants William Penn School District,…

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Comments oF ELC-PA ESSA 01-21-2016

http://ed.psu.edu/news/2015-jan-march-news/accountability-measure). 26 Many of these suggestions are consistent with recent guidance from the federal government regarding best practices in school climate and discipline. http://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ELC_Testimony_Charters_LegislativeIntent_12_11_14.pdf http://www.saveourschoolsnj.org/save/corefiles/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/NJ-Charter-School-Report_10.29.2014.pdf http://www.saveourschoolsnj.org/save/corefiles/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/NJ-Charter-School-Report_10.29.2014.pdf http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/delaware/75875-aclu http://8rri53pm0cs22jk3vvqna1ub.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/RFA_PACER_SPP_Brief_March_2015.pdf http://8rri53pm0cs22jk3vvqna1ub.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/RFA_PACER_SPP_Brief_March_2015.pdf http://ed.psu.edu/news/2015-jan-march-news/accountability-measure…

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Trauma Informed in Schools Classrooms FINAL December2014 (2)

…http://www.isu.edu/irh/projects/better_todays/ http://www.paceschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Microsoft-PowerPoint-TIC-Conference_2011.pdf http://www.paceschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Microsoft-PowerPoint-TIC-Conference_2011.pdf http://andruschildren.org/?page_id=834 http://www.goldenrams.com/Page/15 http://www.nami.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Inform_Yourself/About_Public_Policy/New_Freedom_Commission/Default1169.htm http://www.nami.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Inform_Yourself/About_Public_Policy/New_Freedom_Commission/Default1169.htm http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/technical_reports/2006/RAND_TR413.pdf http://www.samhsa.gov/children/SAMHSA_Short_Report_2011.pdf 24 66 NCTSN (2012). Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: General Information. Retrieved from http://www.nctsnet.org/sites/default/files/assets/pdfs/tfcbt_general.pdf. 67 SAMHSA (2013). Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)….

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ELC_DOJ_AEDYComplaint_8_7_13

…of instruction provided to students placed into AEDY programs; however, it is clear that many programs provide fewer hours of instruction than traditional public schools (which is permissible under applicable…

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ELC_DOJ_AEDYComplaint_8_7_13

…of instruction provided to students placed into AEDY programs; however, it is clear that many programs provide fewer hours of instruction than traditional public schools (which is permissible under applicable…

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18-09-19 Turzai Answer and New Matter

…Basic Education Funding Formula. In June 2016 Governor Wolf signed into law a new Basic Education 40 Funding Formula designed in accordance with these recommendations. The new funding formula is…

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ELC-memo-to-DOJ-8-31-2015

for all grades. http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2015/07/05/System-breakdown-leaves-student-trapped-in-alternative-program/stories/201506300258?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=editors-picks-news&utm_campaign=Headlines-Newsletter 3 likely adverse disparate impact on students of color and students with disabilities. We would consider it a significant missed opportunity if the result of DOJ’s…

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ELC memo to DOJ 8-31-2015

for all grades. http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2015/07/05/System-breakdown-leaves-student-trapped-in-alternative-program/stories/201506300258?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=editors-picks-news&utm_campaign=Headlines-Newsletter 3 likely adverse disparate impact on students of color and students with disabilities. We would consider it a significant missed opportunity if the result of DOJ’s…

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

…Student, NBC News, Oct. 28, 2015, http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/south-carolina- deputy-ben-fields-fired-job-sheriff-n452881. 13 Similarly, in 2013, DOJ entered into a consent decree with the Meridian Municipal Separate School District limiting the use of SROs…

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