18-08-03 Wolf Answer to Mootness Application

…Protection Clause. 4 After hearing argument, this Court overruled, without prejudice, the preliminary objections regarding the nature of the constitutional rights at issue and the level of scrutiny to be…

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access_Moving_the_Dial_Styer

…education provided › by on-site schools is limited in instruction hours, relies › heavily on worksheets, is far below grade level, fails to › advance basic skills, and is not…

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Addressing Attendance Barriers (‘Truancy’)

Pennsylvania. Addressing Attendance Barriers (‘Truancy’) & School Attendance – FAQs A Judge’s Guide to Attendance Barriers and Act 138 Self-Advocacy Tools: Attendance Barriers Screeners Self-Advocacy Tool: Request for Attendance Record…

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Your Rights Immigrant EL 8.2017

…To Learn English • You have the legal right to learn English. • You must receive sufficient language instruction to help you overcome language barriers. • You must be placed…

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Your Rights Immigrant EL 8.2017

…To Learn English • You have the legal right to learn English. • You must receive sufficient language instruction to help you overcome language barriers. • You must be placed…

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McKeesport FINAL COMPLAINT 10 14

…room; in contrast, the District’s regular education classrooms are typically grouped by grade and instruction level. 25. The instructional program provided to C.K. in the Auberle-student classroom is more limited…

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ELC Analysis – Inequities in PA Charter Schools – Segregation by Disability

…http://www.pasa-net.org/Files/SurveysAndReports/2016/PASA-PASBOReportSpring2016.pdf http://escholarship.org/uc/item/4r07q8kg#page-1 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/003172171409500507 http://www.nea.org/assets/docs/HE/EW-TruthInLabeling.pdf https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/07/the-racial-imbalances-of-special-education/397775/ https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/07/the-racial-imbalances-of-special-education/397775/ https://penndata.hbg.psu.edu/Portals/66/documents/PennDataBooks/Statistical_Summary_2014-2015.pdf https://penndata.hbg.psu.edu/Portals/66/documents/PennDataBooks/Statistical_Summary_2014-2015.pdf http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-charter-school-education-funding-20150823-story.html http://triblive.com/news/education/6196278-74/education-charter-special http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2012/05/27/Special-needs-education-is-battleground-for-charter-schools-other-districts-in-Pa/stories/201205270267 http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2012/05/27/Special-needs-education-is-battleground-for-charter-schools-other-districts-in-Pa/stories/201205270267 http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2012/05/27/Special-needs-education-is-battleground-for-charter-schools-other-districts-in-Pa/stories/201205270267 http://www.pilcop.org/how-the-charter-formula-games-special-education/ Inequities in Pennsylvania’s Charter Sector: Segregation by Disability | 2017 3 creates a perverse incentive for…

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Three NEPA schools challenge funding

Pennsylvania is distributing $5.5 billion this year through an instructional subsidy to school districts. All told, state spending on basic education totals $10 billion when pension costs, transportation and special…

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…must remove a barrier to the child’s receipt of FAPE. Conversely, it cannot be appropriate if it creates or permits a barrier to the child’s educational progress; such a deficient…

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