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

…(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 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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GS Filed AMICUS Brief 2018

…Learning, Edweek.org (Feb. 1, 2018), https://www.edweek.org/ew/issues/student- mobility/index.html ………………………………………………………………………………….. 9 Services Matter: How Housing and Services Can End Family Homelessness, Needham, Mass.: The Bassuk Center, http://www.bassukcenter.org/wp- content/uploads/2015/11/Services-Matter.pdf ……………………………………………. 17 Stacey A….

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…Education. …………………………………………… 113 FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION FOR VIOLATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA CONSTITUTION’S EDUCATION CLAUSE ………………… 117 SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION FOR VIOLATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA CONSTITUTION’S EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE

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ELC_schoolfundingreport.2013

use a tax effort factor in their formula. District size is another other commonly used district factor. • 27 states, including West Virginia, use a factor for small school districts…

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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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Opposition To Mootness Application File Copy

…Center Annual Data Users Conference, Harrisburg Pennsylvania. 2011 House Bill 11, Pennsylvania House Liquor Control Committee, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 30. 2010 “The Impact of the Recovery Act on Jobs and…

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18-09-19 Wolf Answer and New Matter

…mmckenzie@pubintlaw.org Michael Churchill mchurchill@pubintlaw.org Daniel Urevick-Ackelsberg dackelsberg@pubintlaw.org Darlene Jo Hemerka dhemerka@pubintlaw.org PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTER 1709 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia PA 19103 Deborah Gordon Klehr dklehr@elc-pa.org Maura McInerney mmcinerney@elc-pa.org Cheryl…

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ESSA Vulnerable Students Feb 24 2016FINAL

…http://www.elc-pa.org/resource/elc-toolkit-school-success- for-students-without-homes/ •Fact Sheet for Education of Students Experiencing Homelessness: http://www.elc-pa.org/wp- content/uploads/2014/01/ELC_FactSheet_EducationforHo melessYouth_Jan2014.pdf •Other relevant resources: http://www.elc- pa.org/resourcetag/students-experiencing-homelessness/ 30 http://www.elc-pa.org/resource/elc-toolkit-school-success-for-students-without-homes/ http://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ELC_FactSheet_EducationforHomelessYouth_Jan2014.pdf http://www.elc-pa.org/resourcetag/students-experiencing-homelessness/ http://www.fostercareandeducation.org/ Contact Information Maura McInerney, Esq. Education Law…

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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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2018-08-07 Press Release

advancements in education funding.” https://www.pubintlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/18-08-03-Wolf-Answer-to-Mootness-Application.pdf https://www.pubintlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/18-08-03-Scarnati-Response.pdf https://www.pubintlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/18-08-03-Wolf-Answer-to-Mootness-Application.pdf https://www.pubintlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/18-08-03-Wolf-Answer-to-Mootness-Application.pdf https://www.pubintlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018.07.06-Opposition-To-Mootness-Brief.pdf https://www.pubintlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/18-08-03-Scarnati-Response.pdf https://www.pubintlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018.07.06-Opposition-To-Mootness-Brief.pdf “The Governor recognizes that our public schoolchildren continue to suffer the painful consequences of underfunded schools every day. He…

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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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School to Prison Pipeline for Children with Disabilities

…National listserv Education for Juvenile Justice Involved Young People β—Ό email kburdick@jlc.org to join  Education Law Center-PA: www.elc-pa.org  Juvenile Law Center: http://jlc.org http://cjjr.georgetown.edu/pdfs/ed/edpaper2012.pdf http://www.southerneducation.org/getattachment/b80f7aad-405d-4eed-a966-8d7a4a12f5be/Just-Learning-Executive-Summary.aspx mailto:kburdick@jlc.org http://www.elc-pa.org/ http://jlc.org/current-initiatives/securing-access-services-and-opportunities/access-education Contact…

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Press release_FINAL

resources and services in the areas of public education, housing, health care, employment, environmental justice and voting. For more information visit www.pubintlaw.org or follow on Twitter @PubIntLawCtr. https://www.pubintlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2018-01-25-Turzai-Brief.pdf http://www.elc-pa.org/ http://www.pubintlaw.org/…

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ELC Nicole B. Amicus

…to “protect the rights of minors.” See Foti v. Askinas, 639 A.2d 807, 809 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1994). Because minors rely on adults to initiate legal claims on their behalf…

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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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Your Rights as LGBTGNC student 8.2017

Civil Rights Division (1-877-292-3804) • See ELC’s factsheet about bullying and harassment at www.elc-pa.org • Contact ELC for more information: 215-238- 6970, 412-258-2120, www.elc-pa.org. 3 The following municipalities in Pennsylvania…

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Your Rights as LGBTGNC student 8.2017

Civil Rights Division (1-877-292-3804) • See ELC’s factsheet about bullying and harassment at www.elc-pa.org • Contact ELC for more information: 215-238- 6970, 412-258-2120, www.elc-pa.org. 3 The following municipalities in Pennsylvania…

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2018 National School Walkout Fact Sheet

more ELC factsheets about truancy here. https://www.womensmarch.com/enough-faq https://www.philasd.org/blog/2018/03/08/letter-to-families-on-march-14-nationwide-walkout/ https://www.elc-pa.org/resourcetag/truancy/ NATIONAL SCHOOL WALKOUT | 2018 Education Law Center | www.elc-pa.org | Facebook.com/EducationLawCenter | @EdLawCenterPa More information on students’ rights is available…

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