ELC_Guide_FairnessinDiscipline_Sept09

…learns more acceptable behavior is beyond our scope. However, the Education Law Center has information available on some of these issues; see ELC’s website at www.elc-pa.org. 2 B. A “roadmap”…

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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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BestInvestment_Full_Report_6.27.11

…of each additional high school graduate [125]. Authors of a study examining the long-term effects of the Perry Pre-School program in Michigan estimate that the program’s effectiveness in reducing crime,…

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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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elc-pas-comments-re-proposed-essa-regulations-impacting-at-risk-student

…McInerney, Esq. Senior Attorney Education Law Center 1315 Walnut Street Suite 400 Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-238-6970 (Ext. 316) 215-346-6906 (direct dial & fax number) mmcinerney@elc-pa.org www.twitter.com/maura_edjustice www.twitter.com/edlawcenterpa | www.facebook.com/educationlawcenter 13…

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School-Stability-for-Students-in-Foster-Care-Fact-Sheet-w-attachmt-August-2019.pdf

…Schools and Communities 275 Grandview Avenue Camp Hill, PA 17011 (717)763-1661 x171 (570)238-0258 (cell) (717)763-2083 fax www.center-school.org http://www.pafostercare.org/ http://www.pafostercare.org/ http://www.pafostercare.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2016/11/Transportation_MOU.docx http://www.pafostercare.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2016/11/Transportation-Plan-Template.docx http://www.pafostercare.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2016/11/PA-Transportation-Plan-Guide-PDF.pdf http://www.pafostercare.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2016/11/Best-Interest-Determination-Form-BID.docx http://www.pafostercare.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2017/08/FC_POC_Directory-8-16-17.pdf http://www.pafostercare.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2017/08/FC_POC_Directory-8-16-17.pdf http://www.pafostercare.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2017/03/CYS-Education-Liaisons_Winter2017.pdf http://www.pafostercare.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2017/03/CYS-Education-Liaisons_Winter2017.pdf http://www.pafostercare.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2017/04/Foster-Care-Regional-Map.pdf http://www.center-school.org/ http://www.pafostercare.org/…

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

…http://www.projectuturn.net/docs/PromiseWorthKeeping.pdf http://www.philadelphiaofficeofhomelessservices.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/voices-of-youth-count-philadelphia-9-2017.pdf http://www.philadelphiaofficeofhomelessservices.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/voices-of-youth-count-philadelphia-9-2017.pdf https://www.dshs.wa.gov/sites/default/files/SESA/rda/documents/research-7-106.pdf 3 in the same school are twice as likely to graduate and a high school student with even one fewer school change is 1.8 times more…

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Petitioners’ Brief

does not mean that we should decide at this juncture whether those standards are suitable. Nor does it foreclose the prospect that the Commonwealth Court on remand may fashion an…

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ELC_schoolfundingreport.2013

…2013 1315 Walnut Street, Suite 400 Philadelphia, PA 19107 T 215.238.6970 F 215.772.3125 429 Fourth Avenue, Suite 702 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 T 412.258.2120 F 412.391.4496 elc@elc-pa.org www.elc-pa.org Education Law Center…

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Supreme Court – Brief of Appellant e-filed

…OF EDUC., Standard Align Sys.: Browse Standards, Mathematics 2.10.8.B, http://www.pdesas.org/Standard/StanardsBrowser#25959|0 ………………………… 8 ROSALIND L. BRANNING, PENNSYLVANIA CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT (1960) …………………………………………………………………………….. 31 SB 880, 2015-16 Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Pa. 2015)…

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

…LAW CENTER 1315 Walnut Street Suite 400 Philadelphia, PA 19107 Telephone: (215) 238-6907 Fax: (215) 772-3125 mmcinerney@elc-pa.org kmoon@elc-pa.org adutton@elc-pa.org Seth F. Kreimer (PA26102) 3501 Sansom Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Telephone:…

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WmPenn_v_PDE_Response_to_PrelimObjs_2_17_15

…Maura McInerney (Bar No. 71468) David Lapp (Bar No. 209614) Cheryl Kleiman (Bar No. 318043) EDUCATION LAW CENTER 1315 Walnut St., Suite 400 Philadelphia, PA 19107 Telephone: (215) 238-6970 Aparna…

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ELC_TrainingforSurrogateParents_9_24_13

…Helpline: 1-800- 692-7443 • Legal Center for Foster Care and Education: www.fostercareandeducation.org 47 http://www.pattan.net/category/Legal/Forms/ http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/basic_education_circulars/7497 http://www.elc-pa.org/ http://drnpa.org/ Pop Quiz  What is the role of the Surrogate Parent?  How…

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ELC Bullying OCR Complaint redacted

…procedures; and failed to evaluate the student for a Section 504 Service Agreement and provide reasonable accommodations). https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/investigations/more/09151224-a.pdf https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/investigations/more/06141285-a.pdf https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/investigations/more/09131251-a.pdf https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/investigations/more/09151212-a.pdf 27 At no point during this process—let alone promptly—did…

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Memorandum in Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss

…Philadelphia, PA 19103 Telephone: (215) 627-7100 Facsimile: (215) 627-3183 mchurchill@pilcop.org dackelsberg@pilcop.org Maura McInerney (I.D. No. 71468) EDUCATION LAW CENTER 1315 Walnut Street, 4th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19107 Telephone: 215-238-6970 mmcinerney@elc-pa.org

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(2013), at 20, 22, 30, 67, 69, 106, 116, 118, 121, https://www.texasappleseed.org/sites/default/files/156-STPP- TicketingandArrestDataUpdated-LOWRes.pdf. 36 Justice Policy Institute, EDUCATION UNDER ARREST: THE CASE AGAINST POLICE IN SCHOOLS (2011), at 13-14, http://www.justicepolicy.org/uploads/justicepolicy/documents/educationunderarrest_fullreport.p…

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ELC_Oppose_SB383-FullSen-Update

…media, and increased efforts to limit inappropriate access to guns. Available at http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Updated_Lists_1-8-13- OFFICIAL_FOR_DISSEMINATION-Connecticut_School_Shooting_Position_Statement_12-19-2012- 2_pm_ET.pdf. mailto:dklehr@elc-pa.org mailto:ypelotte@elc-pa.org http://www.schoolsecurity.org/trends/arming_teachers.html http://www.repgrove.com/Display/SiteFiles/103/OtherDocuments/SelectCommitteeSchoolSafetyFinalReport.pdf.pdf http://www.repgrove.com/Display/SiteFiles/103/OtherDocuments/SelectCommitteeSchoolSafetyFinalReport.pdf.pdf http://jsg.legis.state.pa.us/resources/documents/ftp/publications/2016-10-27%20Final%20REPORT%20for%20WEBSITE%20updated%2011.16.16%20%20WB.pdf http://jsg.legis.state.pa.us/resources/documents/ftp/publications/2016-10-27%20Final%20REPORT%20for%20WEBSITE%20updated%2011.16.16%20%20WB.pdf http://www.publicopiniononline.com/story/news/2016/09/12/teacher-resigns-after-child-finds-her-loaded-gun-school/90280916/ http://www.publicopiniononline.com/story/news/2016/09/12/teacher-resigns-after-child-finds-her-loaded-gun-school/90280916/ http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-teacher-shooting-utah-idUSKBN0H62HL20140911 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/08/us/schools-seeking-to-arm-employees-hit-hurdle-on-insurance.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1& http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/08/us/schools-seeking-to-arm-employees-hit-hurdle-on-insurance.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1& http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Updated_Lists_1-8-13-OFFICIAL_FOR_DISSEMINATION-Connecticut_School_Shooting_Position_Statement_12-19-2012-2_pm_ET.pdf http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Updated_Lists_1-8-13-OFFICIAL_FOR_DISSEMINATION-Connecticut_School_Shooting_Position_Statement_12-19-2012-2_pm_ET.pdf http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Updated_Lists_1-8-13-OFFICIAL_FOR_DISSEMINATION-Connecticut_School_Shooting_Position_Statement_12-19-2012-2_pm_ET.pdf…

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