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Our open letter to the board of Central Bucks SD responds to concerns from parents. It calls on Central Bucks to protect the rights of LGBTQ students and stop creating a hostile environment. The board must reject the proposed policies to remove books. elc-pa.org/wp-content/upl…

We are very happy to see the strong representation of public interest champions on the 2022 Law Power 100 list from City & State PA. Including our own talented and tireless leader, Deborah Gordon Klehr! Congratulations! 👏👏👏 cityandstatepa.com/power-lists/20…

Don't miss today's excellent Pennsylvania Capital-Star op-ed on the need for special education funding by Nasharie Stewart, a 2021 grad from William Penn School District. #WeWorkforFunding

While you were sleeping Repubs pulled a fast one to force an anti-abortion constitutional amendment at midnight. Most Pennsylvanians support access to abortions. These are the first steps to make abortion illegal in PA putting the health & lives of women at risk. #Harrisburg

Level Up is a meaningful acknowledgment that the state's funding system has been shortchanging PA's lowest-wealth districts . And importantly, it targets $225M dollars to PA's 100 most underfunded districts. Great to see it back in the budget this year! #LevelUpPA

PA folks may not know that state funding lawsuits have been happening all over USA for decades, with some real success. Others can also learn a lot about the #SchoolFundingTrial in PA from this great overview by Rachel Cohen and Vox. #FundOurSchoolsPA

PA's "Don't Say Gay" bill mandates "neutrality." But true neutrality would be affirming of all students, not refusing to acknowledge/support the identities of students who are LGBTQ. Well stated in a The Philadelphia Inquirer op-ed by ELC intern Nasharie Stewart! inquirer.com/opinion/commen…

Today's letter is our response to more appalling policies from Central Bucks SD. They seem determined to block any acknowledgment that gay & trans people are part of the school community. Sorry, but you cannot just erase people. And btw it's illegal. elc-pa.org/wp-content/upl…

Thank you to Philadelphia Bar Association for hosting Public Interest Law Day! Our ED, Deborah Gordon Klehr moderated a panel on legislative issues impacting the public-interest community. The panel included Atty. Crisci, and some of our key legislative allies: Senator Art Haywood, @RepDonnaBullock, and @RepMGs.

Honored to be a part of this esteemed group! Thanks for including me Penn Law BLSA

NEW📋: Our report, We Need Supportive Spaces: Black Girls Speak Out About Public Schools is OUT! This report highlights the voices of Black girls attending public schools, and sets forth their recommendations for creating more just school communities: bit.ly/SupportiveSpac…

Black girls identified 8 overdue changes that schools can and must make to root out policies, attitudes and actions that perpetuate anti-Black racism and to move towards making schools truly #SupportiveSpaces4BlackGirls 🧵

Joint statement from Education Law Center and Public Interest Law Center on the 2023-24 PA budget (and defeat of private school vouchers). The fight to fix PA's unconstitutional funding system must and will continue. fundourschoolspa.org/news/our-state…

ELC's Deborah Gordon Klehr earlier today: The Commission offers a real opportunity to finally address PA's highly inequitable school funding system and give all children a better chance for success. The challenges we face here in Philly are faced by families in so many underfunded districts.

Testimony from Deborah Gordon Klehr (who is exec director of Education Law Center) at hearing on PA #FreedomToRead bills - H.B. 1506 & S.B. 926. elc-pa.org/wp-content/upl…

“We are prepared to go back to court,” Gordon Klehr of Education Law Center said. “We cannot accept a plan that is politically convenient but fails our students.” We need a plan for constitutional school funding, with real targets based on student need. inquirer.com/education/penn…

“Today is the first anniversary of a big day for PA schoolchildren and for all of us who have tried so hard to achieve an adequate, equitable, and racially just school funding system.” -⁦Deborah Gordon Klehr⁩ speaking at the Capitol

.Deborah Gordon Klehr reminded everyone how on the 1st day of trial testimony, the Panther Valley School District supt described a school where 75 kindergartners had to share a single toilet. And then as we thought about the 75 kindergartners, 75 attendees read quotes from the court ruling.

Today's the day. Our students have waited too long for adequate funding. Our legislators need to #FinishTheJob.