ELC Education Justice Report 2017 – Web

…Average vs. Reading SD 18.4 23.2 State Average Reading SD Locality $16,203 $11,789 State Average Reading SD Locality Per Pupil Spending Discrepancy: State Average vs. Reading SD 5 10 15…

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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_AmicusCuriaeBrief_Palmer

…is being filed by the Education Law Center. Word count limits. This brief contains 10,604 words, as counted by Microsoft Word 2010 software, and it complies with Rule 2135(a) of…

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EDM Toolkit May 2018 CASA PA FINAL

…for release of records, etc.  Homebound Instruction: School districts may provide “homebound instruction” to students because of a temporary medical emergency. Homebound instruction is different from “in-home instruction,” which…

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3-15-18 House Education Committee Hearing on School Safety Testimony – ELC Final

…2005), available at http://b.3cdn.net/advancement/5351180e24cb166d02_mlbrqgxlh.pdf. 3 Senate Committee Passes Bipartisan Bill by Senators Newell and Hudak to Ensure Student Safety and Success Today, March 1, 2012, available at http://coloradosenate.org/home/features/senate-committee-passesbipartisan-bill- by-senators-newell-and-hudak-to-ensure-student-safety-and-success-today. (“The…

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Historic Victory in Fight for Fair Funding!

Watch a short video about the case.  • Read a column about the case by our executive director. • See an interactive map of Pennsylvania school districts and their school funding “adequacy gaps.” • Read,…

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Opposition To Mootness Application File Copy

…Respondents’ Supplemental Briefs complies with the word count limitation of Pa. R.A.P. 2135 because it contains 5,583 words, exclusive of the exemption portions pursuant to section of this Rule. The…

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Turzai Brief

word count limitation of Pa. R.A.P. 2135 because it contains 9,260 words, exclusive of the exempted portions pursuant to section (b) of this Rule. This word count was provided by…

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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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School Funding Trial Has Concluded

…least $4,000 per student. Here are some key resources about the case: • Read Frequently Asked Questions about the lawsuit. • Watch a short video about the case.  • See…

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ELC_EarlyLearning_Guide_2ndedition_2012

…unless making changes imposes an undue burden; these changes will sometimes include changes to the facilities. “Newly” constructed privately-run child care centers – those designed and constructed for first occupancy…

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Read ELC’s New Special Education Funding Report

…Brown students who are disproportionately impacted by the state’s underfunding of public education.   Read the report here.  Find data for each of Pennsylvania’s 500 school districts here.  Read the press…

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Petitioners’ Brief

…the exemption portions pursuant to section of this Rule. The 2016 Microsoft Word program that produced the brief provided this word count. Dated: February 15, 2018 By: /s/ Brad Elias…

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ELC_Guide_FairnessinDiscipline_Sept09

…student newspaper that would not be seen as school-sponsored speech). 22 e. Speech that constitutes a “true threat” does not receive First Amendment protection Speech that constitutes a “true threat”…

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