Opinion Approving Settlement - Public Interest Law Center of ...

Case 2:94-cv-04048-ER Document 330 Filed 09/19/2005 Page 19 of 51Those school districts failing to comply with PDE’scorrective action plans--created to rectify deficienciesidentified through any type of compliance monitoring--will besubject to sanctions and enforcement powers, including:(Id. at Provision IV.4(I).)(1) A mandatory meeting with PDEin Harrisburg in which thesuperintendent and chair ofthe school board will beobligated to participate.(2) Appropriate sanctions as setforth in PDE’s “BasicEducation Circular” onenforcement, including thewithholding of funds from theschool district andredirecting those funds to theappropriate body to supportspecific expenditures (e.g.,hiring personnel) to implementthe action required.(3) If appropriate, the initiationof professional disciplinaryaction against thesuperintendent or others whoseconduct is found to haveresulted in the schooldistrict’s failure to meet itsobligations under the CAP.E. Complaint ResolutionUnder the Settlement Agreement, PDE will modify andexpand its present system of complaint investigation andresolution. (Id. at Provision IV.5.) First, the Bureau willinvestigate all complaints filed by parents or students. (Id. at19