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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WilliamPennSD_etal_v_PADepartmentofED_etal_11_10_14

…response to the invitation for comments, the House and Senate Education Committees each held two-day public hearings on the proposed regulations. Following the hearings, the committees submitted their comments to…

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Help Make PA Schools More Supportive of Immigrant, Refugee Families

15, 2021. Welcoming Schools Campaign Student Surveys English: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-English Spanish: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Spanish Mandarin Chinese: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Chinese Vietnamese: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Vietnamese Arabic: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Arabic Haitian Creole: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-HaitianCreole Somali: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Somali Welcoming Schools Campaign Parent Surveys English: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-English Spanish: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Spanish Mandarin Chinese: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Chinese Vietnamese: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Vietnamese Arabic: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Arabic Haitian Creole: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-HaitianCreole Somali: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Somali…

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Opposition To Mootness Application File Copy

2016-17, Cell: E752 & F752], available at: http://www.education.pa.gov/Teachers%20- %20Administrators/School%20Finances/Finances/AFR%20Data%20Summary/Pages/AFR- Data-Detailed-.aspx#.VZwC6mXD-Uk 3 Statement of Rep. Donna Oberlander (Aug. 2, 2014), available at: http://basiceducationfundingcommission.pasenategop.com/videoaudio; see also Basic Education Funding Commission, Report and…

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Newsletters

…ELC Back-to-School Guide September 2021 – ELC’s September Back-to-School Guide ELC Newsletter August 2021 – ELC Celebration, Wins in Funding Case, Act 66, and More ELC Newsletter July 2021 –…

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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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Governor Brief

Petitioners claim that the Commonwealth’s academic Common Core standards set forth a course of study for students and a progression from grade-to-grade that forms the core of the Commonwealth’s public…

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

1 (Dec. 8, 2014), https://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/correctional-education/cr-letter.pdf. ] [4: The Council of State Governments Justice Center, Locked Out: Improving Educational and Vocational Outcomes for Incarcerated Youth, 4 (2015), https://csgjusticecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/LOCKED_OUT_Improving_Educational_and_Vocational_Outcomes_for_Incarcerated_Youth.pdf. ] [5: Id….

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Meeting the Needs of Unaccompanied Homeless Youth_ELC City Council Testimony_April 2016

examples of individuals who meet the definition of “homeless children and youth.” 42 U.S.C. § 11434a(2)(B)(i)-(iv). https://www2.ed.gov/programs/homeless/data-comp-04-07.pdf http://www.dedcmdasfaa.org/docs/conferences/2014/presentations/UnaccompaniedHomelessTouthAndHigherEducationAccess.pdf http://www.dedcmdasfaa.org/docs/conferences/2014/presentations/UnaccompaniedHomelessTouthAndHigherEducationAccess.pdf 5 Having lost touch with their families and their source of…

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ELC_SchoolNurseReport_May2013

…Philadelphia School District eyeing external providers for some nursing services. CBS Philly. Retrieved from http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/02/02/ philadelphia-school-district-eyeing-external-providers-for-some-nursing-services/#respond. 20 Philadelphia School District (2012). Enrollment – District Schools. Retrieved from http://www.phila.k12.pa.us/about/#enrollment. Retaining the…

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ELC Impact of Lead on Learning Report February 2016Rev

http://www.nchh.org/Portals/0/Contents/PA%20-%20Impact%20Stmt.pdf ] [2: Child Lead Surveillance, Annual Report 2014 available at http://www.health.pa.gov/My%20Health/Infant%20and%20Childrens%20Health/Lead%20Poisoning%20Prevention%20and%20Control/Documents/2014%20Lead%20Surveillance%20Annual%20Report%20r2.pdf ] [3: Pediatric Lead Exposure Flint Water Results, Mona Hanna-Attisha, available at http://www.scribd.com/doc/282806501/Pediatric-Lead-Exposure-Flint-Water-Results ] There is no safe…

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18-09-19 Wolf Answer and New Matter

by ensuring that 5 https://www.education.pa.gov/Teachers%20- %20Administrators/School%20Finances/Education%20Budget/Pages/default.aspx 6 http ://budgetfiles. pa. gov/budget2016e/GBD 2016e. html 7 http ://budgetfiles. pa. gov/budget2017e/GBD 2017e. html 8 http://budgetfiles.pa.gov/budget2018e/GBD 2018e. html 9 https://www.budget.pa.gov/PublicationsAndReports/CommonwealthBudget/Documents/2018- 19%20Enacted%20Budget/2018-19%20Web%20Track%20-%20ENACTED.pdf; 5 technical support,…

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Glen Mills Complaint FINAL

…of compliance for failure to comply with applicable regulations, failure to submit or comply with an acceptable plan to correct noncompliance of items, mistreatment or abuse of clients, gross incompetence,…

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Glen Mills Complaint

…THE INQUIRER (Feb. 10, 2014), https://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20140211_Fired_Glen_Mills_staffer_sues_school. html; Noddy A. Fernandez, Former Glen Mills Schools Employee Claims He Was Wrongfully Terminated, PENNRECORD (Oct. 31, 2018), https://pennrecord.com/stories/511610647-former- glen-mills-schools-employee-claims-he-was-wrongfully-terminated. 10 ELISSA GLUCKSMAN HYNE,…

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ELC memo to DOJ 8-31-2015

…The disparities are consistent with the data that informed the 2013 complaint. Meanwhile, the overall number of students reported to be placed in AEDY has continued to drop. http://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ELC_AltEdPA_FullReport_03_2010.pdf http://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ELC_AltEdPA_FullReport_03_2010.pdf…

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

…The disparities are consistent with the data that informed the 2013 complaint. Meanwhile, the overall number of students reported to be placed in AEDY has continued to drop. http://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ELC_AltEdPA_FullReport_03_2010.pdf http://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ELC_AltEdPA_FullReport_03_2010.pdf…

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access_Moving_the_Dial_Styer

…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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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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