the educational needs of children and youth in residential placements. Many of our clients’ stories are heartbreaking. We have been fortunate to intervene in many cases to support youth in…

…public education that state officials have deemed necessary to succeed in today’s 2 world. Those lost educational opportunities can never be retrieved. And that would be a loss not just…

…Education Law Center, released the following statement today in response to the tentative budget agreement between legislative leaders and Gov. Wolf: “The need for additional state education funding has been…

…Truancy Elimination Plan BEC and TOOL 12: What Are the Rules for School Attendance and Truancy in Pennsylvania? (an ELC fact sheet). In addition, the Pennsylvania Truancy Toolkit at www.patruancytoolkit.info…

…media, and increased efforts to limit inappropriate access to guns. Available at http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Updated_Lists_1-8-13- OFFICIAL_FOR_DISSEMINATION-Connecticut_School_Shooting_Position_Statement_12-19-2012- 2_pm_ET.pdf. mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] http://www.schoolsecurity.org/trends/arming_teachers.html http://www.repgrove.com/Display/SiteFiles/103/OtherDocuments/SelectCommitteeSchoolSafetyFinalReport.pdf.pdf http://www.repgrove.com/Display/SiteFiles/103/OtherDocuments/SelectCommitteeSchoolSafetyFinalReport.pdf.pdf http://jsg.legis.state.pa.us/resources/documents/ftp/publications/2016-10-27%20Final%20REPORT%20for%20WEBSITE%20updated%2011.16.16%20%20WB.pdf http://jsg.legis.state.pa.us/resources/documents/ftp/publications/2016-10-27%20Final%20REPORT%20for%20WEBSITE%20updated%2011.16.16%20%20WB.pdf http://www.publicopiniononline.com/story/news/2016/09/12/teacher-resigns-after-child-finds-her-loaded-gun-school/90280916/ http://www.publicopiniononline.com/story/news/2016/09/12/teacher-resigns-after-child-finds-her-loaded-gun-school/90280916/ http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-teacher-shooting-utah-idUSKBN0H62HL20140911 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/08/us/schools-seeking-to-arm-employees-hit-hurdle-on-insurance.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1& http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/08/us/schools-seeking-to-arm-employees-hit-hurdle-on-insurance.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1& http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Updated_Lists_1-8-13-OFFICIAL_FOR_DISSEMINATION-Connecticut_School_Shooting_Position_Statement_12-19-2012-2_pm_ET.pdf http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Updated_Lists_1-8-13-OFFICIAL_FOR_DISSEMINATION-Connecticut_School_Shooting_Position_Statement_12-19-2012-2_pm_ET.pdf http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Updated_Lists_1-8-13-OFFICIAL_FOR_DISSEMINATION-Connecticut_School_Shooting_Position_Statement_12-19-2012-2_pm_ET.pdf…

…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 &…

…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…

…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….

…often still does not – look favorably upon Philadelphia or understand its educational needs. So we are pleased to speak today about the issues affecting our local school board. At…

…can be protected from discrimination, in compliance with federal laws. We write to underscore the importance of maintaining essential regulations and guidance that instruct and support schools to reduce the…

…this vulnerable student cohort, teachers need training and support to modify instructional methods, implement effective instructional programs across content areas and become culturally competent and trauma informed. 8 By focusing…

…still ‘treading water’, The Inquirer, Feb. 8, 2018, available at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/despite- funding-increases-under-wolf-pa-school-districts-still-treading-water-20180209.html (“Even with the increases [Governor] Wolf proposed for next year, the formula would apply only to 9 percent…

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