215-238-6970

To ensure that all Pennsylvania’s children, including poor children, children with special needs, and others who are at a disadvantage in the public education system, have access to high-quality public schools.

Income guidelines: none
Geographic guidelines: PA residents

By phone: ELC provides consultation and advice to individual clients in certain priority areas, though we are not able to respond to all calls. Clients should call ELC’s main number (215-238-6970) for more information.

ELC is not able to accept walk-in clients.

The educational rights of students in public school systems; student discipline and school enrollment; and other student’s rights issues.

NOTE: ELC does not provide direct counseling to individual families in special education matters, and does not address issues of home-schooling, higher education/post-secondary education, issues relating solely to private schools or gifted education. However, publications on some of these issues are available on ELC’s website.

Advice and information to individual parents, students and others through their phone intake system in certain priority areas. In addition, ELC’s publications can be downloaded from their Web site, www.elc-pa.org.

Education & Support: Provides training programs on legal rights to parents, parent advocates, and service providers. Provides support and consultation to students, parents, and community organizations.

Legislative, administrative, and policy advocacy: Supports parents, students, and community organizations in efforts to influence state and local policies affecting disadvantaged children in the public education system.

Impact Litigation: Represents individual families and classes of families/students to eliminate broad-based illegal practices or to
establish important precedents.

Rhonda Brownstein, Esq.