On April 23, 2021 the Education Law Center submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission urging the agency to implement its newly adopted Emergency Connectivity Fund in a manner that…
MorePublic school students in Pennsylvania will soon have their day in court. A Commonwealth Court judge has scheduled a trial start date of October 12, 2021, in our historic lawsuit challenging…
More…March 15, 2021. Welcoming Schools Campaign Student Surveys English: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-English Spanish: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Spanish Mandarin Chinese: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Chinese Vietnamese: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Vietnamese Arabic: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Arabic Haitian Creole: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-HaitianCreole Somali: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Somali Welcoming Schools Campaign Parent Surveys English: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-English Spanish: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Spanish Mandarin Chinese: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Chinese Vietnamese: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Vietnamese Arabic: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Arabic Haitian Creole: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-HaitianCreole…
MoreEducation Law Center executive director Deborah Gordon Klehr presented testimony on Pennsylvania school funding policy to the Pennsylvania House Democratic Policy Committee on September 1, 2021. Klehr’s testimony on behalf…
More…of maintaining critical due process protections in PA school discipline proceedings, especially for Black girls, students with disabilities, and LGBTQ students. This case will be argued on May 18, 2021….
MorePublic school students in Pennsylvania will soon have their day in court. A Commonwealth Court order released April 1 tentatively scheduled a trial start date of September 9, 2021, in…
MoreThis FAQ explains a law known as Act 110 , which concerns students who are convicted or adjudicated delinquent of sexual assault. The law became effective on January 3, 2021,…
More…against this bill. Ultimately, SB 1278 did not come up for a vote in the House, and the bill died when the 2021-22 legislative session concluded. Read our open letter…
More…more state revenue for schools, resulting in better academic and life outcomes for children.” Read her full column from the public interest page of the Sept. 20, 2021, Legal Intelligencer….
More…state ‒ but that commitment was not enforced and was abandoned decades ago.” Read her full op-ed published in Pennlive on November 5, 2021. Learn more about our case here….
More…trial. Commonwealth Court Judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer is presiding over the case. The 48-day trial started on Nov. 12, 2021 in the Pennsylvania Judicial Center in Harrisburg. A decision from…
More…non–residents, from 3.348 percent to 3.33 percent by 2021. Kenney’s proposal also calls for an increase in workforce development efforts and more support for start–ups. The education sector, too, seems…
More…Education Committee on April 23, 2021. She spoke at a hearing on K-12 education reforms in Western Pennsylvania, the last of three hearings that the committee has held for different…
MoreOn February 17, 2021, ELC staff testified at a Philadelphia City Council Hearing on safely reopening schools and bridging the digital divide. Read ELC’s testimony and recommendations here….
MoreIn 2021, Chester Upland School District faces the potential outsourcing of some or all of its schools, The court-appointed receiver for the district is now implementing a court-authorized request for…
More…executive director Deborah Gordon Klehr wrote about the unconstitutionality of Pennsylvania’s current school funding system, and the funding lawsuit in Commonwealth Court where trial is scheduled to start November 2021….
More…ensure that all students receive access to a high-quality public education. The case is scheduled to go to trial in Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court in October 2021. Here are answers to…
More…Survey upon their enrollment, but there are many instances where the school districts’ paper forms and online record systems do not accurately and consistently identify a parent as limited English…
More…of the Pennsylvania Department of Education, which is accessible online at http://penndata.hbg.psu.edu. 29 See e.g., http://penndata.hbg.psu.edu/BSEReports/Data%20Preview/2011_2012/PDF_Documents/Speced_Quick_Report_Sta http://www.elc-pa.org/AltEdTestimonyKlehr2009.doc http://penndata.hbg.psu.edu/ http://penndata.hbg.psu.edu/BSEReports/Data%20Preview/2011_2012/PDF_Documents/Speced_Quick_Report_State_Final.pdf 9 years, however, the percentage of students with disabilities sent to…
More…of the Pennsylvania Department of Education, which is accessible online at http://penndata.hbg.psu.edu. 29 See e.g., http://penndata.hbg.psu.edu/BSEReports/Data%20Preview/2011_2012/PDF_Documents/Speced_Quick_Report_Sta http://www.elc-pa.org/AltEdTestimonyKlehr2009.doc http://penndata.hbg.psu.edu/ http://penndata.hbg.psu.edu/BSEReports/Data%20Preview/2011_2012/PDF_Documents/Speced_Quick_Report_State_Final.pdf 9 years, however, the percentage of students with disabilities sent to…
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