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Allegheny County schools significantly underreport school-related arrests, says ACLU of PennsylvaniaOn today’s episode of The Confluence: The ACLU of Pennsylvania found some Allegheny County school districts have disproportionately arrested students of color, while significantly underreporting the number of school-related arrests to the U.S. Department of Education; families eligible for Pandemic-EBT money are struggling to access the funds amid a new wave of COVID-19 related school closures; and ornithologist Scott Weidensaul explains where it may be possible to catch sight of snowy owls migrating through Pennsylvania this season.
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State human service officials said more than 1 million children in Pennsylvania are eligible for P-EBT, and all benefit cards were mailed through mid-July. As of early September, more than 746,000 cards have been activated, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services.
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On today’s program: Pittsburgh’s mayoral race comes to a head as Democratic incumbent Bill Peduto faces three contenders this primary election day; a look at two ballot measures that, if approved statewide, would limit the governor’s authority to make disaster declarations; and why families eligible for free or reduced school lunch are barely receiving state aid to make up for missed school meals.
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State officials have received federal approval for a plan to send more than $1 billion in federal food assistance to Pennsylvania schoolchildren, though…
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In a surprise move, the Trump administration has rejected Pennsylvania officials’ plan to distribute a month’s worth of food benefits to thousands of…