Attorneys to Court: Hear our case on behalf of Pennsylvania students
…Court is expected to issue a ruling in the coming months. Regardless of the decision, an appeal of the ruling to the state Supreme Court is likely. “We are asking…
More…Court is expected to issue a ruling in the coming months. Regardless of the decision, an appeal of the ruling to the state Supreme Court is likely. “We are asking…
More…student services must be “an integral part of the instructional program at all levels of the school system.” 22 Pa. Code § 12.41(c)(1); planned instruction in “[v]ocational-technical education, . ….
More…of Pennsylvania ruled that the school district had violated “clear law” by denying or delaying enrollment to older immigrants and by placing them in Phoenix Academy, a privately run alternative…
More…to be incarcerated than youth who complete high school. Youth find their worlds upended by the stress and chaos of homelessness. They desperately need the stability, structure, and hope of…
More…suburban, and rural districts are included in the long-anticipated suit, which names as respondents Gov. Corbett, acting Education Secretary Carolyn Dumaresq, and legislative leaders. The Philadelphia School District, a state-run…
More…up to its constitutional obligations. The plaintiffs come from large urban districts like Philadelphia and struggling rural districts like Panther Valley in Schuylkill and Carbon Counties, demonstrating that chronic underfunding…
More…living facilities, residential treatment facilities, and hospitals—often have no adult in their lives to serve in this role. This can be true of youth in the delinquency system as well….
More…Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools and the NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference. The Commonwealth Court ruling was the latest in a long line of Pennsylvania state court decisions basically…
More…AND STANDARD OF REVIEW In ruling upon preliminary objections, the Court must accept as true all well- pleaded material allegations in the petition for review, as well as all inferences…
More…oF leArning: the Forum For educAtion & democrAcY’s recommendAtions For the reAuthoriZAtion oF eseA (2010), available at http:// www.forumforeducation.org/files/u48/FED_Short_Paper_ on_ESEA.pdf; BroAder Bolder APProAch to educAtion, school AccountABilitY: A BroAder, Bolder…
More…of the class action settlement, is hereby GRANTED. The Court makes the following findings of fact and conclusions of law under Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure 1702, 1708, and 1709…
More…and the new cab company made the cab available on February 21, 2017. The meeting was scheduled for March 2017. (J 24, 25.) 17. Repeatedly during the period from September…
More…Child lacks an “IDEA Parent” Family court judge can appoint an Educational Decision Maker (“EDM”) ◼ Juvenile Court Procedural Rules 147 and 1147 – applies to children in BOTH…
More…The complaint was filed by six school districts, seven parents, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools and the NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference, who said they plan to appeal…
More…that it was within the District’s discretion to find that a pencil constituted a weapon under Act 26. The court unanimously ruled that for purposes of the Pennsylvania School Code,…
More…education in Pennsylvania violates the state Constitution. The Petitioners are six school districts, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools, several parents of school-age children, and the Pennsylvania State…
More…linked with one another. 25 Importantly, educational inequality is associated with less general public trust, trust in democracy, and trust of other citizens [24,128]. Greater levels of educational inequality cause…
More…crucial because, due to past divestment and inequitable distribution of funding, students with disabilities are not receiving the education they deserve and to which they are legally entitled. Finally, we…
More…of the level of disruptive behavior . . . , lends support for the hypothesis that there is a bias against Black students in [disciplinary referrals].”); Russel J. Skiba &…
More…work is available from the Advancement Project and ACLU of Pennsylvania. Black and Brown communities, hardest hit by the coronavirus, have also borne the brunt of school disruption, receiving diminished…
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