Supreme Court Amicus Petition for Allowance of Appeal

…Incidents Rock Area Schools. Now What?, Philly.com (Oct. 21, 2017), https://bit.ly/2iOtvIg (reporting that the Anti- Defamation League received an increase in complaints of bias-related incidents in 2017 compared to prior…

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ELC Opposition to Policy 805 FINAL

Daniel J. Losen, Discipline Policies, Successful Schools, and Racial Justice, The Civil Rights Project at UCLA, at 6-7 (Oct. 2011), http://nepc.colorado.edu/files/NEPC- SchoolDiscipline.pdf. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/do-metal-detectors-and-x-ray-machines-belong-in-schools/2018/08/14/b4c31674-9f2d-11e8-8e87-c869fe70a721_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ce9eee8b6f2c https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/do-metal-detectors-and-x-ray-machines-belong-in-schools/2018/08/14/b4c31674-9f2d-11e8-8e87-c869fe70a721_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ce9eee8b6f2c https://www.edweek.org/media/hankin-02security.pdf https://ocrdata.ed.gov/Page?t=d&eid=27031&syk=8&pid=2278 https://ocrdata.ed.gov/Page?t=d&eid=27031&syk=8&pid=2278 https://ocrdata.ed.gov/Page?t=d&eid=27031&syk=8&pid=2374 https://ocrdata.ed.gov/Page?t=d&eid=27031&syk=8&pid=2374 https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf…

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18-09-19 Turzai Answer and New Matter

Received 9/19/2018 6:07:25 PM Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania Filed 9/19/2018 6:07:00 PM Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania 587 MD 2014 IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WILLIAM PENN SCHOOL DISTRICT, et…

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School to Prison Pipeline for Children with Disabilities

for the Juvenile Justice System: Incorporating Special Education Law Throughout the Delinquency Process (July 1, 2014): http://ssrn.com/abstract=2473609 http://ssrn.com/abstract=2473609 School Discipline – Special Considerations when Child Has Been Charged  Statements…

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Opinion: Allow trial on school funding

Alfano ( gja@pietragallo.com), Deborah R. Gross ( dgross@kcr-law.com),and Mary F. Platt ( mplatt@finemanlawfirm.com) respectively serve as chancellor, chancellor-elect, and vice chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association. Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20160217_Allow_trial_on_school_funding.html#toWQvMverZC3PaI7.99…

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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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Ex. A to Complaint

…the Parent to complete as part of the placement into Second High School. The Parent completed and returned the form on November 8, 2013. Id. 30. On December 3, 2013,…

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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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SB 621 Stakeholder Memo – 6-21-19

charged after students find her loaded gun in bathroom, Public Opinion (Sept. 13, 2016), https://www.publicopiniononline.com/story/news/2016/09/12/teacher-resigns-after-child-finds-her-loaded-gun- school/90280916/ (last accessed Dec. 20, 2018). Confusing Legal Authority about Security Personnel and the Possession…

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Opposition To Mootness Application File Copy

Comm’n, Rep. and Recommendations (June 2015) ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 9 G. Gunther, Constitutional Law 1578 (9th ed. 1975) ………………………………………… 6 U.S. Census, Pub. Educ. Finances: 2015, Table 5 (June 2017) …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 20

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Civil-Rights-Roundtable-Letter-Sessions-1-06-2016

roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=106&session=2&vote=00136 14 http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/ roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=107&session=2& 15 http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/ roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00350 16 155 Cong. Rec. S10,669 (daily ed. Oct. 22, 2009). 17 155 Cong. Rec. S7673-74 (daily ed. July 20, 2009). 18https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/jeff-sessions-says-he-handled-these-civil-rights-cases-he-barely- touched-them/2017/01/03/4ddfffa6-d0fa-11e6-a783-cd3fa950f2fd_story.html?utm_term=.f09e50846bba 19…

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ELC Bullying OCR Complaint redacted

12, 2016; December 19, 2016; December 20, 2016; December 22, 2016; January 11, 2017; January 13, 2017; and January 17, 2017. The District failed to formally investigate any of these…

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18-09-21 Wolf NonOpposition to Scheduling Conference

Lee, Esquire PA Attorney ID No. 86239 One Logan Square 130 North 18th Street Philadelphia PA 19103 (215) 569-5500 (215) 569-5555 (fax) lewis@blankrome.com slee@blankrome.com Date: September 21, 2018 mailto:lewis@blankrome.com mailto:slee@blankrome.com

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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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Memorandum in Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss

…& REATH LLP One Logan Square, Suite 2000 Philadelphia, PA 19103-6996 Telephone: (215) 988-2700 Facsimile: (215) 988-2757 paul.saint-antoine@dbr.com chanda.miller@dbr.com ginene.lewis@dbr.com lucas.michelen@dbr.com Attorneys for Plaintiffs Case 2:15-cv-04782-MSG Document 18 Filed 01/21/16…

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