…Johnstown, Wilkes-Barre Area and Shenandoah Valley – the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools, and the NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference. “Today’s ruling represents a major victory for civil rights…
MoreAugust 11, 2016 School Reform Commission School District of Philadelphia 440 North Broad, Suite 101 Philadelphia, PA 19130 Dear Chairperson Marjorie G. Neff and Commissioners, Every year in Philadelphia, too…
More15 Id. 16 Alfred NG, Oklahoma City School Resource Officer Charged After Punching Student Over Hall Pass, N.Y. DAILY NEWS, Oct. 29, 2015, http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/okc-school- resource-officer-charged-punching-student-article-1.2417075. 17 Id. 18 Id. 19…
More…bringing a child’s claim does not begin until the child turns 18, but the court ruled that minority tolling does not apply to PHRA claims. Minority tolling is a vital…
MoreMarch 11, 2015 – by Jan Murphy, Patriot News – Saying just turning on the lights and keeping the school doors open falls short of the Legislature’s constitutional obligation of…
More…Nursing, 17(5), 248-265. 13 Allen, G. (2003). The impact of school nurses on student attendance. The Journal of School Nursing, 19(4), 225-231.; Pennington, N., & Delaney, E. (2008). The number…
More…III, § 14 ………………………………………………………………………………….. 1 Pa. Const. art. III, § 32 ………………………………………………………………………………….. 1 1 STATEMENT OF THE CASE Petitioners filed this action alleging that the school funding scheme for K-12…
Morewith billions of dollars of new funding for public education? New Jersey’s Supreme Court did. In 1990, the court ruled that the state had provided inadequate and unequal funding for…
More…Mass. 2009) ……………………………………………………….. 13 Statutes 24 P.S. § 13-1306 ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 19 24 P.S. § 13-1325 ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 14 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 6301 ………………………………………………………………………………passim 42 U.S.C. § 675 …………………………………………………………………………………. 6, 17, 25…
More…by the coronavirus, have also borne the brunt of school disruption, receiving diminished educational services. And students in underfunded school districts have been subjected to deplorable school building conditions. See…
More…Square New York, NY 10036 Telephone: (212) 326-2000 Received 8/14/2018 11:48:59 AM Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania Filed 8/14/2018 11:48:00 AM Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania 587 MD 2014 1 In accordance…
More…Christopher A. Lewis Sophia Lee Blank Rome LLP 1 Logan Sq 130 N 18th St Philadelphia, PA 19103 Telephone: (215) 569-5793 Counsel for Respondents Pennsylvania Dep’t of Education, Pedro Rivera,…
More…9 5 20 11 7 N/A (- or *) 16 16 1 1 15 15 10 14 12 Yes (Percentage) 94.8% 69.0% 56.9% 56.9% 87.9% 94.8% 81.0% 93.1% 84.5% 100.0%…
MoreThe Education Law Center (ELC) filed comments strongly opposing the Department of Education’s (DOE) proposed rules regarding Title IX investigations. The proposed rules would protect schools from liability at the…
MoreFeb. 17 – PennLive – by Jan Muphy A state Supreme Court ruling that limits the power of the commission that oversees the Philadelphia School District is viewed by others…
More…Labor and Industry, 175 A.2d 56 (Pa. 1961) …………………………………………………………………………… 13 Costa v. Cortes, 142 A.3d 1004 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2016) ………………………………………………………. 4, 19 Cytemp Specialty Steel Division, Cyclops Corporation v. Pennsylvania…
MoreNov. 10, 2014 – Today six school districts, seven parents, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools (PARSS) and the NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference filed a lawsuit in Commonwealth…
More…especially those struggling and disadvantaged districts, the General Assembly must work with the Governor to increase overall education funding.” The brief was filed as a response to the petitioners’ July…
More…1331 and 28 U.S.C. § 1343(a)(3) and 20 U.S.C. § 1415(b)(6) on the ground that this action arises under the laws of the United States, including 42 U.S.C. §§ 11431-11435…
More…the Advancement Project, and ACLU of Pennsylvania. Impact of COVID-19: Black and Brown communities, hardest hit by the coronavirus, have also borne the brunt of school disruption, receiving diminished educational…
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