Ex. A to Complaint
…case was carefully reviewed in its entirety. In special education due process hearings, there is a world of difference between what is technically admissible and what is truly necessary to…
More…case was carefully reviewed in its entirety. In special education due process hearings, there is a world of difference between what is technically admissible and what is truly necessary to…
Moreillegally denied the opportunity to participate in the special education process and receive critical services because they don’t understand or speak English and are provided with documents in English that…
More…a one-size-fits-all substandard online credit- recovery program. This program provided only minimal hours of instruction, limited curriculum, and no live instruction. The education program at Glen Mills deprived students with…
More…provide instruction to students on all state-required curriculum courses. Upon information and belief, the Plato program was only available in English and English Learners did not receive necessary modifications. Additionally,…
More…¶ 45. The other is McCaskey East, also known as the International School, which operates a program essentially designed to teach English to those students who speak little English, if…
More…fruition, as schools continued to grapple with community spread of the coronavirus. Now in 2021, with many school districts still not returned to fully in-person instruction, the need for continued…
More…Pennsylvania’s Public Schools (February 2015), available at https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2- 162015_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.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%22%EF%B7%9FHYPERLINK%20%22https:/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 APPENDIX A To: From: Re: Date: All Members, Pennsylvania Senate Deborah Gordon Klehr, Executive Director…
More…Teaching Credential” refers to the valid credential that a teacher providing English language development instruction (otherwise known in Pennsylvania as “English as a second language” or “ESL”) to ELs must…
More1 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)…
More…Truancy Elimination Plan BEC and TOOL 12: What Are the Rules for School Attendance and Truancy in Pennsylvania? (an ELC fact sheet). In addition, the Pennsylvania Truancy Toolkit at www.patruancytoolkit.info…
More…school leaders sound call for new state funding formula. Lancaster Online. 3-17-2015. Op Ed: Public forum will offer taxpayers an important chance to engage in school funding debate. Lancaster Online….
More…ResidentialInstabilityandtheMcKinney-VentroHomeless-2010.pdf ………… 11, 13 Russell Rumberger, Student Mobility: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions, National Education Policy Center (2015), http://nepc.colorado.edu/files/pb_rumberger-student-mobility.pdf ………………… 7 Ý¿»æ ïéóîèèê ܱ½«³»²¬æ ððíïïîèêíêðï п¹»æ é Ü¿¬» Ú·´»¼æ ðîñîèñîðïè TABLE…
More+What Pennsylvania Can LearnFrom Other States’ Education Funding FormulasFebruary 2013 Education Law Center $Funding,Formulas,and Fairness 5 = % Methodology Education Law Center staff researched each of the 50 states by:…
Moreshould also be funded based on these student and district needs. The new report addressing these issues was prepared by the same national consultants who researched the 2007 Study –…
Moremigratory, whose native language is a language other than English, and who comes from an environment where a language other than English is dominant. Citation: ESEA Section 8101(20). English Learner…
More…AND LATINOS, AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (Aug. 23, 2011), https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110823104844.htm …………………….24 Education Discrimination, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (Jan. 18, 2018), http://www.phrc.pa.gov/File-A-Complaint/Types-of- Complaints/Pages/Education.aspx ……………………………………………………………………………….15 GLSEN, THE 2015 NATIONAL SCHOOL CLIMATE SURVEY xviii…
Moreservices to empower students to become proficient in English, learn critical content and graduate from high school. As multilingual students strengthen their English skills through bilingual or English as a…
Morein the District who did not speak English as their primary language, of which 19,000 families notified the District they wanted documents in their native language. In addition, 1,500 English…
More…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…
Moresupport to modify instructional methods and implement effective instructional programs across content areas. The failure to provide both quality ESOL programs and modified instruction through all teachers can result in…
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