ELC memo to DOJ 8-31-2015

…The disparities are consistent with the data that informed the 2013 complaint. Meanwhile, the overall number of students reported to be placed in AEDY has continued to drop. http://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ELC_AltEdPA_FullReport_03_2010.pdf http://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ELC_AltEdPA_FullReport_03_2010.pdf…

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access_Moving_the_Dial_Styer

…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…

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ELC_TrainingforSurrogateParents_9_24_13

…Helpline: 1-800- 692-7443 • Legal Center for Foster Care and Education: www.fostercareandeducation.org 47 http://www.pattan.net/category/Legal/Forms/ http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/basic_education_circulars/7497 http://www.elc-pa.org/ http://drnpa.org/ Pop Quiz  What is the role of the Surrogate Parent?  How…

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2018 National School Walkout Fact Sheet

Gun control that does not result in targeted policing of black and brown bodies. https://www.womensmarch.com/enough-toolkit https://www.womensmarch.com/enough-toolkit https://www.actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/enough-national-school-walkout https://townhallproject.com/ https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/ban-military-style-assault-2?source=c.em&r_by=236359 https://www.facebook.com/pg/marchforourlives/events/?ref=page_internal http://nationalschoolwalkout.us/ https://www.facebook.com/215studentunion/posts/10156159559271740 NATIONAL SCHOOL WALKOUT | 2018 Education Law Center…

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Petitioners’ Brief

Commonwealth of Pa. Med. Prof’l Liab. Catastrophe Loss Fund, 763 A.2d 945, 952 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2000); Heinly v. Commonwealth, 621 A.2d 1212, 1215 n.5 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1993). ARGUMENT…

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ESSA Vulnerable Students Feb 24 2016FINAL

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…

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Supreme Court – Brief of Appellant e-filed

…Nat’l Ctr. for Educ. Statistics, Education Finance Statistics Center Table A-1, available at http://nces.ed.gov/edfin/Fy11_12_tables.asp …….. 12, 13 PA DEP’T OF EDUC., 2011-2012 PSSA and AYP Results, http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/school_……………….. 14 PA DEP’T…

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Title IX Comments

…(2019). 2 See Hannah Giorgis, Many women of color don’t go to the police after sexual assault for a reason, THE GUARDIAN (Mar. 25, 2015, 7:49 AM), https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/25/women-of-color-police- sexual-assault-racist-criminal-justice. See…

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ELC Bullying OCR Complaint redacted

…to bullying can also be found here: http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/offices/a/attendance–truancy/bullying-prevention/bullying- prevention-policy-and-procedures. https://1.next.westlaw.com/Link/Document/FullText?findType=Y&serNum=2012490826&pubNum=506&originatingDoc=I03a7e612f03a11e1b11ea85d0b248d27&refType=RP&fi=co_pp_sp_506_350&originationContext=document&transitionType=DocumentItem&contextData=(sc.History*oc.Search)#co_pp_sp_506_350 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Link/Document/FullText?findType=Y&serNum=2012490826&pubNum=506&originatingDoc=I03a7e612f03a11e1b11ea85d0b248d27&refType=RP&fi=co_pp_sp_506_350&originationContext=document&transitionType=DocumentItem&contextData=(sc.History*oc.Search)#co_pp_sp_506_350 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Link/Document/FullText?findType=Y&serNum=1995207171&pubNum=506&originatingDoc=I03a7e612f03a11e1b11ea85d0b248d27&refType=RP&fi=co_pp_sp_506_492&originationContext=document&transitionType=DocumentItem&contextData=(sc.History*oc.Search)#co_pp_sp_506_492 http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/offices/a/attendance–truancy/bullying-prevention/bullying-prevention-policy-and-procedures http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/offices/a/attendance–truancy/bullying-prevention/bullying-prevention-policy-and-procedures 28 to adhere to the District’s own anti-bullying Procedures only made matters worse—by subjecting STUDENT to…

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

Opinion of the Justices, 624 So. 2d 107, 114 (Ala. 1993). http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/ http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/ https://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 https://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 4 authority to oversee the state’s school funding plans.20 He then petitioned the court to…

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ELC ESAA-Updated McKinney Vento Fact Sheet August 2017

Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery and Northampton counties) Pennsylvania’s McKinney-Vento State Coordinator Storm Camara can be reached at 717 772-2066 or [email protected]. http://www.education.pa.gov/Documents/K-12/Homeless%20Education/Dispute%20Letter%20English.pdf http://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Homeless%20Education/Pages/Region-1.aspx http://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Homeless%20Education/Pages/Region-2.aspx http://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Homeless%20Education/Pages/Region-3.aspx http://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Homeless%20Education/Pages/Region-4.aspx http://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Homeless%20Education/Pages/Region-5.aspx http://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Homeless%20Education/Pages/Region-6.aspx http://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Homeless%20Education/Pages/Region-7.aspx http://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Homeless%20Education/Pages/Region-8.aspx mailto:[email protected]

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ELC_schoolfundingreport.2013

…Look at Funding Formula Components States that accurately, fairly, and transparently distribute their education dollars often share common components of a sound education funding formula. These components are: base cost,…

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Back-to-School Guide 2022

…COVID-19 is still borne disproportionately by communities of color and working-class families. Parents have the right to evidence-based, clearly communicated plans for how schools plan to keep children safe during…

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20170920 Updated Memo in Opposition to HB 1717

…the fig leaf of helping children with disabilities to introduce vouchers, we expect it to be substantially similar to HB 1717. http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2017/03/jeb_bush_foundation_staffers_trump_education_department.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2017/03/jeb_bush_foundation_staffers_trump_education_department.html http://www.excelined.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Education-Savings-Account-Act-Students-w-Disabilities-Model-Legislation-12.20141.pdf http://www.excelined.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Education-Savings-Account-Act-Students-w-Disabilities-Model-Legislation-12.20141.pdf http://www.excelined.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Education-Savings-Account-Act-Students-w-Disabilities-Model-Legislation-12.20141.pdf 2 received a voucher…

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ELC Testimony to the Basic Education Funding Commission 11-18-2014

…available at http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/summaries_of_annual_financial_report_data/7673/afr_data __detailed/509049, by 15% of the Average Daily Membership of the school district. http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/charter_school_funding/8661 http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/summaries_of_annual_financial_report_data/7673/afr_data__detailed/509049 http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/summaries_of_annual_financial_report_data/7673/afr_data__detailed/509049 The current “system” of charter special education funding is based on two…

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COVID-19 Response (2020-2021)

…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…

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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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1-4-19 Special Education Funding Letter to Governor (Final)

…a few hours of education each week. https://www.senatorbrowne.com/special-education-funding-commission/ https://www.senatorbrowne.com/special-education-funding-commission-gallery/ http://www.senatorbrowne.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/37/2015/05/Special-Education-Funding-Commission-Report-121113.pdf Shortchanging Students with Disabilities: State Underfunding of Special Education in PA| 2018 2 billion.8 Local districts had to allocate funds…

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