…Foster Care and Education website at http://www.fostercareandeducation.org/NationalWork/NationalWorkGroup.aspx http://www.ocfcpacourts.us/about-ocfc/truancy http://www.ocfcpacourts.us/childrens-roundtable-initiative/state-roundtable-workgroups/educational-success-and-truancy-prevention http://www.ocfcpacourts.us/childrens-roundtable-initiative/state-roundtable-workgroups/educational-success-and-truancy-prevention http://www.ocfcpacourts.us/assets/files/page-331/file-600.pdf http://www.fostercareandeducation.org/ http://www.fostercareandeducation.org/NationalWork/NationalWorkGroup.aspx 3 Attendance Matters: The Impact of Truancy on Academic & Life Outcomes The importance of school attendance…

…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…

…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…

…(June 2014), available at http://www.pasa- net.org/budgetreport6-5-14.pdf (hereinafter “PASA-PASBO Report”). 10 vocational training, science labs, special education, after-school programs, translation and interpretation services for English Language Learners, and remediation and intervention…

…https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf https://www.glsen.org/sites/default/files/Pennsylvania%20State%20Snapshot%20-%202017%20NSCS_0.pdf https://www.glsen.org/sites/default/files/Pennsylvania%20State%20Snapshot%20-%202017%20NSCS_0.pdf https://gsanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/LGBTQ_brief_FINAL.pdf https://gsanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/LGBTQ_brief_FINAL.pdf https://gsanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/LGBTQ_brief_FINAL.pdf https://gsanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/LGBTQ_brief_FINAL.pdf students in a school.12 There is also a close correlation between the socioeconomic status/class of students and the use of metal…

…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/…

…Xuan Bui, Carol Quirk, Selene Almazan, Michele Valenti, http://www.mcie.org/usermedia/application/6/inclusion_works_final.pdf (collecting studies). https://www.philasd.org/performance/pssakeystone/ https://www.phillyeducationresearch.org/projects/educating-english-language-learners/ https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/SRC-Testimony-ELL-Students-03-2017.pdf https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/SRC-Testimony-ELL-Students-03-2017.pdf https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ELC-Testimony-Re-Meeting-the-Needs-of-Immigrant-Students-Jan24th.pdf https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ELC-Testimony-Re-Meeting-the-Needs-of-Immigrant-Students-Jan24th.pdf http://www.mcie.org/usermedia/application/6/inclusion_works_final.pdf 3 2. Provide a Safe and Affirming Environment for Every Student Every…

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…

…(2014) available at http://www.projectuturn.net/docs/PromiseWorthKeeping.pdf. 3 According to the 2017 Voices of Youth Count, nearly one-third o http://www.projectuturn.net/docs/PromiseWorthKeeping.pdf f youth identified as homeless in a point-in-time count had been in foster…

…social security, school employees’ retirement.) 3 https://www.education.pa.gov/Teachers%20- %20Administrators/School%20Finances/Education%20Budget/Pages/default.aspx 4 https://www.budget.pa.gov/PublicationsAndReports/CommonwealthBudget/Documents/2018- 19%20Enacted%20Budget/2018-19%20Web%20Track%20-%20ENACTED.pdf 4 In 2018-19, the Commonwealth appropriated $6,095,079,000 in basic education funding, which is a $100 million increase over the…

1 PROFESSIONAL WORKING GROUP Ensuring Access and Engagement for Students/Parents who are English Learners (ELs) Summary of Recommendations The Professional Working Group Ensuring Access and Engagement for English Learner (EL)…

…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…

…116–18.4) The School Code requires, for example, that each school district have sufficient numbers of qualified professional employees, substitutes, and temporary professional employees to enforce the curriculum requirements set forth…

…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/…

…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…

…Homeless Education website at http://www.serve.org/nche/. http://www.nlchp.org/content/pubs/McKinney%20Vento%202001%20Law%20Into%20Practice%20UnaccompaniedYouth2.pdf http://www.nlchp.org/content/pubs/McKinney%20Vento%202001%20Law%20Into%20Practice%20UnaccompaniedYouth2.pdf http://www.serve.org/nche/ – 6 – Who Can Be a Surrogate Parent? Whenever possible, a surrogate parent should be someone who already knows and has…

…provided in the parent’s native language, unless this is clearly not feasible. 20 U.S.C. § 1415(b)(4). 2 See, e.g., http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/eeolep/index.html (last visited September 14, 2009). 3 Available at http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pa_codes/7501/educatin g_students_with_limited_english_proficiency_(lep)_and_english_language_learn…

…Pennsylvania’s Best Investment: The Social and Economic Benefits of Public Education, examined these long-term benefits. The report found that public school students who have access to a quality education are…