Panel: Pa needs to overhaul school funding

…while struggling to raise local revenue even as they tax at relatively high rates.” The plan also would give weight to how many students that a district has attending charter…

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Glen Mills Class Action Press Release

…on his education. After years of struggling in school, Walter was making progress with full-time special education instruction and counseling as a related service due to his emotional dis-regulation and…

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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…

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ELCOpenLetterTransRights

…year, a federal court held that the provisions of the Pennsylvania Public School Code governing water-closets and out-houses cannot be construed to prohibit the presence of 1 In addition to…

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Your Rights Disability 8.2017

…right to “specially designed instruction” – meaning that teachers must adapt the content (what is taught), methodology (how it is taught), or delivery of the curriculum to account for your…

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Comments oF ELC-PA ESSA 01-21-2016

regular education teachers to modify instruction for ELL students and guidelines for determining the hours of ESOL instruction required for varying levels of proficiency. This information should be drawn from…

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18-09-19 Turzai Answer and New Matter

…further denies that local control over public education is “illusory.” 10. Speaker Turzai is without knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the truth of the allegations…

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2019.05.22-Brief-of-Amici-Curiae-23-Organizations

…https://www.nap.edu/ download/23482 ……………………………………………………………………………. 9, 10 Pa. Human Relations Comm’n, Education Discrimination, http://www.phrc.pa.gov/File-A-Complaint/ Types-of-Complaints/Pages/Education.aspx (last visited May 17, 2019). … 17 Stephen T. Russell & Kara Joyner, Adolescent Sexual Orientation and…

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Supporting & Affirming LGBTQ+ and Nonbinary Students

…in 2024 to strengthen protections for students. The 2024 rule clarifies that Title IX prohibits discrimination and harassment based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics; reaffirms the rights…

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Newsletters

…– PA Budget, Opposing the Federal Budget Reconciliation Bill, Supreme Court Ruling Doesn’t Prohibit Inclusive Curricula, and More ELC Newsletter June 2025 – Rallying for Increased School Funding, New ELC…

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