18-09-19 Wolf Answer and New Matter

…social security, school employees’ retirement.) 3 https://www.education.pa.gov/Teachers%20- %20Administrators/School%20Finances/Education%20Budget/Pages/default.aspx 4 https://www.budget.pa.gov/PublicationsAndReports/CommonwealthBudget/Documents/2018- 19%20Enacted%20Budget/2018-19%20Web%20Track%20-%20ENACTED.pdf 4 In 2018-19, the Commonwealth appropriated $6,095,079,000 in basic education funding, which is a $100 million increase over the…

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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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ELC_schoolfundingreport.2013

…http://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/summaries_of_ annual_financial_report_data/7673/afr_data__summary-level/509047. Test score data from Pennsylvania Department of Education, 2011-2012 PSSA and AYP Results, Excel Data Files. 2013. Available at http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/ school_assessments/7442. 6 24 P.S. § 25-2502.48. 7 Augenblick,…

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ElwynComplaintInvestigationReport

…| www.education.state.pa.us | www.dpw.state.pa.us 2 22 Pa. Code § 14.154(d)(1) The IEP of each eligible young child shall be implemented as soon as possible, but no later than 14 calendar…

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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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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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Your Rights as LGBTGNC student 8.2017

Civil Rights Division (1-877-292-3804) • See ELC’s factsheet about bullying and harassment at www.elc-pa.org • Contact ELC for more information: 215-238- 6970, 412-258-2120, www.elc-pa.org. 3 The following municipalities in Pennsylvania…

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Your Rights as LGBTGNC student 8.2017

Civil Rights Division (1-877-292-3804) • See ELC’s factsheet about bullying and harassment at www.elc-pa.org • Contact ELC for more information: 215-238- 6970, 412-258-2120, www.elc-pa.org. 3 The following municipalities in Pennsylvania…

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Newsroom Archive

…have broader leeway to sue in Pa. The Sanatoga Post 9/22: Center Publishes Online Guide for School Parents The Philadelphia Inquirer 9/21: Juvenile abuse bill prompted by Glen Mills investigation…

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ELC_SchoolNurseReport_May2013

…first aid6 1 Philadelphia School District (2012). Enrollment – District Schools. Retrieved from http://www.phila.k12.pa.us/about/#enrollment. 2 Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (“IDEA”), 20 U.S.C. §1400 et seq., its implementing regulations…

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2019 03 14 ELC Testimony to SDP Board Committee re English Learners

…http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/dcl-factsheet-el-students-201501.pdf http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/dcl-factsheet-el-students-201501.pdf https://www.education.pa.gov/Documents/Codes%20and%20Regulations/Basic%20Education%20Circulars/PA%20Code/Educating%20English%20Learners%20(EL).pdf https://www.education.pa.gov/Documents/Codes%20and%20Regulations/Basic%20Education%20Circulars/PA%20Code/Educating%20English%20Learners%20(EL).pdf Educational Needs of English Learners in the School District of Philadelphia 4 Education Law Center – March 14, 2019 education services. An evaluation for an EL…

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Press release_FINAL

…resources and services in the areas of public education, housing, health care, employment, environmental justice and voting. For more information visit www.pubintlaw.org or follow on Twitter @PubIntLawCtr. https://www.pubintlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2018-01-25-Turzai-Brief.pdf http://www.elc-pa.org/ http://www.pubintlaw.org/…

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Ways to Give

…Event Cash gifts: Whether online or in the mail, we are grateful for your generous contributions. Please make checks payable to Education Law Center-PA and mail to 1800 JFK Blvd,…

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ELC Testimony on Senate Bill 6

…(Available at http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=509059&mode=2). http://www.researchforaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/RFA-PACER-SPP-Brief-March-2015-Final.pdf https://www.ed.psu.edu/news/2015-jan-march-news/accountability-measure http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/03/12/in-23-states-richer-school-districts-get-more-local-funding-than-poorer-districts/ http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=509059&mode=2 If the sponsors of SB 6 are serious about improving outcomes for students in these schools, they should pass legislation that would ensure…

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Supreme Court – Brief of Appellant e-filed

…(1838) ……………………………………………………………….. 31 ix Other Authorities Augenblick, Palaich & Assocs. Inc., Costing Out the Resources Needed to Meet Pennsylvania’s Public Education Goals, 1-2 (Dec. 2007), available at http://www.stateboard.education.pa.gov/Documents/Research%20 Reports%20and%20Studies/PA%20Costing%20Out%20Study%20 rev%2012%2007.pdf…

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2018 10 11 High School Selection LeGare_ELC Testimony to SDP Board

…See, Inequities in Pennsylvania’s Charter Sector: Segregation by Disability, 2017, https://www.elc-pa.org/wp- content/uploads/2017/02/ELC-Analysis-Inequities-in-PA-Charter-Schools-Segregation-by-Disability.pdf 5 See, e.g., Demand Letter to Franklin Towne Charter High School, 2018, https://www.elc-pa.org/wp- content/uploads/2018/07/2018-06-26-ltr-to-FTCHS.pdf https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ELC-Analysis-Inequities-in-PA-Charter-Schools-Segregation-by-Disability.pdf https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ELC-Analysis-Inequities-in-PA-Charter-Schools-Segregation-by-Disability.pdf https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-06-26-ltr-to-FTCHS.pdf https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-06-26-ltr-to-FTCHS.pdf…

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2018-05-07 Commonwealth Court decision – press release final

…resources and services in the areas of public education, housing, health care, employment, environmental justice and voting. For more information visit www.pubintlaw.org or follow on Twitter @PubIntLawCtr. https://www.pubintlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2018-01-25-Supplemental-Brief-Support-Preliminary-Objections.pdf http://www.elc-pa.org/ http://www.pubintlaw.org/…

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