…academic achievement; in fact, it may be having the opposite effects.19 In short, even the most simple cost-benefit analysis demonstrates the failure of these approaches. How the “No Child Left…
Morestand upon these preliminary objections previously asserted; therefore, they are abandoned at this juncture.4 4 The Executive Respondents are left only with the previously argued and briefed preliminary objection pursuant…
MoreA number of Education Law Center staff members contributed to this report. Special thanks go to Deborah Klehr, Eliza Presson, Brett Schaeffer, and Sandy Zelno. Additional thanks go to Baruch…
More…Joseph Scarnati Brief of Governor Wolf Brief of Speaker Michael Turzai Brief of State Board of Education Decision Overruling Preliminary Objections (5/7/2018) Our Brief in Opposition to Mootness Application (7/6/2018)…
Moredistressed schools. The ruling, which held that legislation giving the SRC authority under the Distress Law to suspend portions of the code violated the nondelegation rule of the state constitution,…
Moredignity, equity and opportunity for youth in the child welfare and justice systems through litigation, appellate advocacy and submission of amicus briefs, policy reform, public education, training, consulting, and strategic…
More…required. It is further averred that, although a ruling on Speaker Turzai’s forthcoming motion for partial summary relief will not foreclose Petitioners’ claim under the Education Clause, a ruling on…
More…hardest hit by the coronavirus, have also borne the brunt of the resulting school disruption, receiving diminished educational services due in part to lack of access to healthcare and due…
More…of seeking partial summary relief on the nature of the constitutional right underlying Petitioners’ equal protection claim and the corresponding level of judicial scrutiny (May 7 Order at 1), any…
Morethese young people will have little chance to become productive members of American society. Amici submit this brief to urge the Court to overrule the respondents’ preliminary objections to the…
More…families receive the supports and services required to enhance their children’s development. 7. Defendant Estelle Richman, Secretary of Defendant DPW, is the executive officer charged with overseeing the operations of…
Moreis this $5.5 billion distributed in basic education funding with no rhyme or reason?’ ” In 1991, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools, a coalition of rural and…
More…Board is without knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as t the truth of the remaining averments of this paragraph and as such they are Denied. 4-12. After…
Moreto dismiss the case or further delay trial. A May 2018 Commonwealth Court ruling dismissed most of their preliminary objections but directed parties to file briefs on the issue of…
MoreNovember 6, 2015 Legislature and Governor tell PA Supreme Court it cannot enforce state constitution requiring support of a thorough and efficient system of schools Harrisburg, Pa. –Attorneys for…
More…A. “AEDY Program” refers to an individual program site approved by PDE to provide a temporary placement for students who meet the definition of a “disruptive student” under 24 P.S….
More…with DOE, in order to ensure that Parents are provided with appropriate, complete and effective relief. G.L. v. Ligonier Valley Sch. Dist. Auth., 802 F.3d 601 (3d Cir. 2015). ISSUES…
More…The Mootness Application is now ripe for disposition. 8. Senator Scarnati therefore files this application “for decision of this [mootness] issue by the Court.” RELIEF SOUGHT WHEREFORE, for the reasons…
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