Ex. C to Complaint
…parent or student must exhaust the IDEA’s administrative procedures before brining an ADA civil action. 20 U.S.C. § 1415(l) provides: Rule of Construction Nothing in this chapter shall be construed…
More…parent or student must exhaust the IDEA’s administrative procedures before brining an ADA civil action. 20 U.S.C. § 1415(l) provides: Rule of Construction Nothing in this chapter shall be construed…
MoreNov. 10, 2014 – Today six school districts, seven parents, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools (PARSS) and the NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference filed a lawsuit in Commonwealth…
More…over the past decade with the exception of 2009-10 and 2010-11 when temporary federal stimulus funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (“ARRA”) were used to supplant state funding….
Morean opportunity to learn state-defined curriculum, meet state-imposed academic standards, and thrive in today’s world. The case was brought last November by seven parents, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and…
Moreof the American justice system, school arrests, suspensions and expulsions disproportionately affect black students; Klehr says African American girls are the fastest growing population in the justice system, and students…
More…in community infrastructure; issuing $100 million in bonds to make energy efficient infrastructure improvements to branch libraries, police stations, fire houses and other city properties; and an additional $26 million…
More…according to a report released Thursday by The Education Trust released Thursday by The Education Trust (Ed Trust), a group in Washington that advocates for closing economic and racial inequities…
More…http://www.edlawcenter.org/ELCPublic/ elcnews_080822_SRAPolicyBrief.pdf; see also educAtion lAw center-PA, imProving “AlternAtive educAtion For disruPtive Youth” in PennsYlvAniA, 15-16 (2010), available at http://www.elc-pa.org/pubs/downloads2010/ ELC_AltEdPA_FullReport.pdf. 5 See, e.g., AdvAncement Project, at 27-29; AmericAn FederAtion…
More…(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…
More…greater absenteeism, impairment of reading skills sufficiently extensive to be labeled reading disability (indicated by scores two grades below the expected scores), and deficits in vocabulary, fine motor skills, reaction…
More…a “seven-fold increase in failure to graduate high school, lower class standing, greater absenteeism, impairment of reading skills sufficiently extensive to be labeled reading disability (indicated by scores two grades…
More…African American students comprise only 15 percent of Pennsylvania public school students, yet in 2010-11 they comprised 35 percent of the students placed into alternative education programs. African American Students…
More…not have any reading materials at his level and he is forced to bring books from home. As you can imagine, struggling with reading makes the rest of school that…
More…“take appropriate action to overcome language barriers that impede equal participation by its students in instructional programs.”1 20 U.S.C. § 1703(f). The named plaintiffs are all refugees, ages 17-20, who…
Morein reading — representing a nearly 30% gap between ELL students and their peers. 5 Thank you for the opportunity to share this testimony today. We would welcome the opportunity…
More…money-hungry school districts argued today before the Commonwealth Court at Harrisburg. “We argued today in court the schoolchildren of Pennsylvania have an enforceable right to be heard,” said Maura McInerney,…
More…on the most at risk students, including students with disabilities. Thank you for the opportunity to present public testimony today and for the Council’s good work on behalf of individuals…
More…2013 complaint challenging discriminatory practices in the state’s disciplinary “alternative education” programs. Read ELC’s full news release here. The programs covered by the agreement are known as Alternative Education for…
Morein 5 African-American boys and more than 1 in 10 African-American girls received out-of-school suspensions at rates that are more than three times than their white peers. If those figures…
MoreSept. 8, 2014 – By Taunya English, Newsworks – With the deaths of two Philadelphia schoolchildren still in the news, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey is proposing more funding for school…
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