Your Rights Immigrant EL 8.2017

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) • Pennsylvania…

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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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Supporting & Affirming LGBTQ+ and Nonbinary Students

…Relations Commission.  Read our 2023 complaint filed against Pennridge School District for hostile environment discrimination. (Content warning: The complaint contains descriptions of racial violence, sexual violence, and violence directed at…

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ELC_TrainingforSurrogateParents_9_24_13

…a student  How: Call 800-879-2301 or visit http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/sp ecial_education/7465 – Must send a copy of complaint to the school – Certain required information must be in the complaint (name,…

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Erie School District on the brink of disaster

…middle,” Polito said of funding levels. “But we’re not.” Last year, the bipartisan Basic Education Funding Commission recommended a fair funding formula that would correct the situation in Erie. The…

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The ABCs of school-funding formulas

…School Partnership, a well-funded nonprofit, said the commission “came out with a comprehensive, well-reasoned, and balanced set of recommendations. . . . [The] commission has created the opportunity for a…

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ELC memo to DOJ 8-31-2015

…and students of color, and (3) the substandard education within many AEDY programs. In our 2013 complaint to DOJ, we analyzed AEDY demographic data for the 2008-09 to 2011-12 school…

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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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AEDY settlement agreement release 3-26-19 final

…Education for Disruptive Youth (AEDY) programs. ELC’s civil rights complaint reported that at the time more than 14,000 students in Pennsylvania were segregated in the state’s 700+ approved AEDY programs….

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ELC-memo-to-DOJ-8-31-2015

…and students of color, and (3) the substandard education within many AEDY programs. In our 2013 complaint to DOJ, we analyzed AEDY demographic data for the 2008-09 to 2011-12 school…

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Law Reform Alert_Defining Weapons in School (8.22.18)

Education Law Center | www.elc-pa.org | facebook.com/educationlawcenter | @edlawcenterpa LAW REFORM ALERT: Defining “Weapons” in School August 2018 The Education Law Center is pleased to share the Commonwealth Court of…

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Your Rights Safe in School 8.2017

hand deliver this letter.  File a complaint using the complaint procedures outlined in your district’s policy.  Write a letter to your school board or speak at a board…

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18-08-03 Scarnati Response

119-20. There are exceptions to the mootness doctrine, which may come into play if “(1) the conduct complained of is capable of repetition yet evading review, or (2) -4- involves…

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