Governor Brief

Petitioners claim that the Commonwealth’s academic Common Core standards set forth a course of study for students and a progression from grade-to-grade that forms the core of the Commonwealth’s public…

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pottsgrove

(Mother)1 appeals from the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County (common pleas) that affirmed the adjudication of the Pottsgrove School District (District), Board of School Directors…

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School to Prison Pipeline for Children with Disabilities

ο‚— Enrollment = attending school. PDE’s Enrollment of Students Basic Education Circular (BEC) at http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/basic_education _circulars/7497 http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/basic_education_circulars/7497 Credit & Diploma Issues ❑ HS graduation requirements: 22 Pa. Code § 4.24…

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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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COVID-19 Response (2020-2021)

…Virtual charter schools and online learning during COVID-19: An imperfect comparison, The Brookings Institute, June 2. Survey Shows Big Remote Learning Gaps For Low-Income and Special Needs Children, NPR, May…

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ELC Bullying OCR Complaint redacted

…procedures; and failed to evaluate the student for a Section 504 Service Agreement and provide reasonable accommodations). https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/investigations/more/09151224-a.pdf https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/investigations/more/06141285-a.pdf https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/investigations/more/09131251-a.pdf https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/investigations/more/09151212-a.pdf 27 At no point during this process—let alone promptly—did…

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Meeting the Needs of Unaccompanied Homeless Youth_ELC City Council Testimony_April 2016

examples of individuals who meet the definition of “homeless children and youth.” 42 U.S.C. § 11434a(2)(B)(i)-(iv). https://www2.ed.gov/programs/homeless/data-comp-04-07.pdf http://www.dedcmdasfaa.org/docs/conferences/2014/presentations/UnaccompaniedHomelessTouthAndHigherEducationAccess.pdf http://www.dedcmdasfaa.org/docs/conferences/2014/presentations/UnaccompaniedHomelessTouthAndHigherEducationAccess.pdf 5 Having lost touch with their families and their source of…

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18-08-03 Scarnati Response

Public Utilities Commission, 563 A.2d 593 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1989) ………………………………………………………….. 3-4 In re Gross, 382 A.2d 116 (Pa. 1978) ………………………………………………………………. 3, 4, 9, 17 Harris v. Rendell, 982 A.2d 1030…

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Your Rights as LGBTGNC student 8.2017

can file a formal complaint with one of the following agencies • Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (717-787-4410) • Philadelphia Human Relations Commission (215-686-4670) • Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations (412-255-2600)…

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Your Rights as LGBTGNC student 8.2017

can file a formal complaint with one of the following agencies • Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (717-787-4410) • Philadelphia Human Relations Commission (215-686-4670) • Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations (412-255-2600)…

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ELC_SchoolNurseReport_May2013

at 34 C.F.R. Part 300 and state implementing regulations at 22 PA Code Chapter 14. 3 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794 (“§ 504”),…

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ELC_schoolfundingreport.2013

…10.9 Connecticut 56.4 35.0 8.6 Rhode Island 53.6 34.9 11.5 Nebraska 54.3 33.0 12.7 Nevada 58.8 32.6 8.5 New Hampshire 55.4 32.1 12.5 Florida 52.3 31.5 16.1 South Dakota 49.4…

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18-08-03 Wolf Answer to Mootness Application

Philadelphia PA 19103 (215) 569-5500 (215) 569-5555 (fax) lewis@blankrome.com slee@blankrome.com Counsel for Executive Respondents Date: August 3, 2018 Received 8/3/2018 6:58:44 PM Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania mailto:lewis@blankrome.com mailto:slee@blankrome.com i TABLE…

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Memorandum in Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss

…34 C.F.R. § 104.3 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………17 34 C.F.R. § 104.4 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………16 34 C.F.R. § 300.320 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..13 34 C.F.R. § 300.323 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..13 34 C.F.R. § 300.503 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..13 67 Fed. Reg. 117 41455…

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wmpenn_v_pde_brief_execbranch_respondents_po_1_16_15

exercised restraint, preferring to proceed by way of “inter-branch cooperation,” rather than compulsion. PEDF, at *20 (quoting Pennsylvania State Ass’n of Cnty. Comm’rs v. Commonwealth, 52 A.3d 1213, 1232–33 (Pa….

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November 2018 City Council School Board Hearing Testimony

…improve educational outcomes for pregnant and parenting students which were developed as a result of a multi-year project focused on this vulnerable student cohort. mailto:[email protected] https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-public-health/ https://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/sites/default/files/tpp-ss-phmc-2018.pdf http://www.philaedfund.org/sites/default/files/Pregnant%20and%20Parenting%20Teens%20in%20Philadelphia–%20Academic%20and%20Social%20Outcomes.pdf http://www.philaedfund.org/sites/default/files/Pregnant%20and%20Parenting%20Teens%20in%20Philadelphia–%20Academic%20and%20Social%20Outcomes.pdf http://articles.philly.com/2012-08-30/news/33477284_1_teen-mothers-teen-pregnancy-rate-teen-births…

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