Ex. A to Complaint

…meaningful educational benefit. Meaningful educational benefit is more than a trivial or de minimis educational benefit. 20 U.S.C. §1412; Board of Education v. Rowley, 458 U.S. 176, 73 L.Ed.2d 690,…

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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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2018 10 11 High School Selection LeGare_ELC Testimony to SDP Board

…middle schools eliminate ‘screening’ as New York City expands integration efforts, https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2018/09/20/brooklyn-middle-schools-eliminate-screening-as-new-york-city-expands- integration-efforts/ http://www.elc-pa.org/ 2 low-income families, are learning English or are homeless. This could provide a real equitable opportunity…

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Newsroom Archive

…Now is the Time to Reform Truancy Rules Chalkbeat Philadelphia 12/10: Students fight for right to vote on Philadelphia’s school board Philadelphia Eagles 12/9: Eagles look to help level the…

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ELC_TrainingforSurrogateParents_9_24_13

…before it starts  NOREP: Notice of Recommended Educational Placement – Parents can disagree with the IEP and/or placement The 10-Day Notice Rule  Important Deadline: – Ten-day rule: Prior…

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Philadelphia weighs in on school funding suit

…greater need for funding because their students require extra support,” City Solicitor Sozi Tulante wrote in the brief. “This funding system has left Pennsylvania with the most unequal distribution of…

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ELC Opposition to Policy 805 FINAL

…https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf https://www.glsen.org/sites/default/files/Pennsylvania%20State%20Snapshot%20-%202017%20NSCS_0.pdf https://www.glsen.org/sites/default/files/Pennsylvania%20State%20Snapshot%20-%202017%20NSCS_0.pdf https://gsanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/LGBTQ_brief_FINAL.pdf https://gsanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/LGBTQ_brief_FINAL.pdf https://gsanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/LGBTQ_brief_FINAL.pdf https://gsanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/LGBTQ_brief_FINAL.pdf students in a school.12 There is also a close correlation between the socioeconomic status/class of students and the use of metal…

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CFEF summary_public_042315

…being phased in. • Calls for schools to invest efficiently, through shared services and other initiatives, and effectively, through stronger academic and fiscal accountability measures at the district and school…

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McKeesport FINAL COMPLAINT 10 14

…Pa. Code 14.145 (5) (implementing IDEA’s requirements). 78. Exhaustion of this claim is not required because the class-wide relief needed to remedy Defendant’s systemic refusal to admit class members to…

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