Supreme Court Amicus Petition for Allowance of Appeal

…Incidents Rock Area Schools. Now What?, Philly.com (Oct. 21, 2017), https://bit.ly/2iOtvIg (reporting that the Anti- Defamation League received an increase in complaints of bias-related incidents in 2017 compared to prior…

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Opinion: Allow trial on school funding

Alfano ( gja@pietragallo.com), Deborah R. Gross ( dgross@kcr-law.com),and Mary F. Platt ( mplatt@finemanlawfirm.com) respectively serve as chancellor, chancellor-elect, and vice chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association. Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20160217_Allow_trial_on_school_funding.html#toWQvMverZC3PaI7.99…

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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 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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ELC Support Center PCCY Comments to Proposed Criminal Court Rules Re Inability to Pay

being eliminated, Denton Record Chronicle (June 2015) http://www.dentonrc.com/news/state/2015/06/20/criminal-truancy-courts-for-students-being-eliminated http://youthlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Truancy-Research.pdf. https://www.texasappleseed.org/sites/default/files/TruancyReport_All_FINAL_SinglePages.pdf http://www.publiccounsel.org/tools/assets/files/Counterproductive-and-Wasteful-Los-Angeles-daytime-curfew-report_FINAL.pdf. 4 • Confine a person in parental relation to a child who is habitually truant only as a last…

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Maura- – Legal Director

…the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling 1-800-732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement. http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001a2rmUQEClGkulpSJi2bpGl890rDNJeo3NHJkl2e_K3vbS2w6LuNKMrZdvs2xJJhmm49a8foboh-e30J2yrjdqjswtPOJfxx0cJ32nnt-XmWL70wwBumQY7L8G6i-gk7MPBXX33EGxADxN25eGj3byCrReZXOLFYBchXbrIm16L0fsEHymBeYJQ==&c=&ch= http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001a2rmUQEClGkulpSJi2bpGl890rDNJeo3NHJkl2e_K3vbS2w6LuNKMsWS-DPtfWzHJ70WwHM9c3qySZARb24aFR01-FPnJu7ay1vkChH_R8f2dwAcsbAYPzfEz1FS3acjGJu3HE-EkIUXS-PdhhzQxZKLfOXwlfmRcWHrTOnMYvlvhV2RxLLYs5CJerJzo0wuOe9D-0gYjcl9Kz6ZiT8Giw==&c=&ch= Ensuring access to a quality public education for all children in Pennsylvania http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001a2rmUQEClGkulpSJi2bpGl890rDNJeo3NHJkl2e_K3vbS2w6LuNKMrKwvyxPf6TU65QDasuJGARsMr4AgVyoUJePugM-DVx25jhSp6Q4WDjtU2dvn_EZiMH0rSNTm6nY1ID-QIPR-mFbstj14OSxsAYHYrKngoQ-OorsaEswgJRVZQRDkfpxo2rF_Bz_rBhPhglDggiuBYc=&c=&ch= http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001a2rmUQEClGkulpSJi2bpGl890rDNJeo3NHJkl2e_K3vbS2w6LuNKMr-XDvkL1qwNheZDLX3F7RH2WAMaqPavYn7akfRrPYkLtr8o01ewkPk6LMhKqkPEQccu_NY2nXjqEI85LPpvfE1msDKK3uDC6T7gUrDIgA1Cf8kUpK5kp5yy474k-i6BJA==&c=&ch= http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001a2rmUQEClGkulpSJi2bpGl890rDNJeo3NHJkl2e_K3vbS2w6LuNKMg3jwc-nX67MV0J5V_ga2mG2LbfWDb8lNuuK2f56t8ywDV_XXWer-xLsCr2KOuzhjOEML-HnP9iIIJuME9HDeG73F5c8i3zOlGND4wkyCLgIkgMf60y6LlGF5xQtVjHShtrkChor3qc2XDQI4bBfw7xq7JZXkGajvKV9pkaO5EUh&c=&ch=…

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ELC_FactSheet_EducationforHomelessYouth_Jan2014

…11431 et seq. 2 42 U.S.C. § 11434a(2), (6); Pa. Department of Education, Basic Education Circular: Education for Homeless Youth (Date of Review September 1, 2011), available at http://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/us_codes/7505/education_for_homeless_youth/8 06365….

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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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Every Student Every Day Response

…families, and schools. See Maura McInerney, Education Law Center, Effective Approaches to Increasing Attendance: Testimony Before Senate Education Committee (June 9, 2015), available at http://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ELC-Testimony-For- Legislative-Hearing-on-Truancy-June-9-2015.pdf. http://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ELC_AltEdPA_FullReport_03_2010.pdf http://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ELC-Testimony-For-Legislative-Hearing-on-Truancy-June-9-2015.pdf http://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ELC-Testimony-For-Legislative-Hearing-on-Truancy-June-9-2015.pdf 3…

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