…has encountered. http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/offices/r/renaissance-schools/about-us http://www.sesi-schools.com/schools/success-schools/ http://thenotebook.org/april-2013/135809/olneys-approach-strict-discipline-personal-attention http://thenotebook.org/april-2013/135809/olneys-approach-strict-discipline-personal-attention 19 I V . L E G A L C L A I MS A . Policies and Practices Discriminate Against Students with Disabilities…

…are disciplined for public displays of affection that did not result in discipline when displayed by straight, cisgender students; and while Black and Latin(x) students without disabilities experience out-of- school…

…to rescind the 2014 federal guidance on school discipline: “Today, the Trump administration rescinded the 2014 federal guidance that had addressed bias in school discipline, ignoring massive opposition to this…

…January 2014, ED developed recommendations and guidance for improving school climate and discipline. This information is found in Guiding Principles: A Resource Guide for Improving School Climate and Discipline and…

…a student being disciplined). Schools may choose not to discipline students for peaceful participation in the walkout. However, schools could discipline students for disruptive or destructive conduct during the protest….

…officers (SROs) and other security personnel in schools. Law enforcement should not be involved in routine school discipline; their involvement 1 There is extensive evidence of disproportionate discipline of students…

…the next school year, ELC urges you to take steps now to prohibit the use of exclusionary discipline, including suspensions and expulsions, for any student from pre-kindergarten to fifth grade….

…odds of discipline”—and that trend is not explained by correspondingly higher rates of misbehavior.26 Girls may even be disciplined merely for reporting harassment: in a survey of LGBTQ students, “nearly…

…declines raise questions about whether these districts are using other alternative discipline placements (i.e. Non-AEDY alternative placements) and if those new programs are similarly discriminatory. We also wish to explore…

…to discriminatory school discipline and school exclusion. Now more than ever before, we are being drawn to address the barriers to education faced by students with disabilities who are also…

…are an important part of ELC’s current work. Stopping the School-to-Prison Pipeline Zero-tolerance policies, aggressive policing in schools, and other extreme school discipline practices lead to high rates of suspensions,…

…in Pennsylvania. RECOMMENDATIONS Reducing the Use of Exclusionary Discipline Practices ELC strongly supports the limitations of suspensions and prohibition of expulsions. The Department’s important commitment to ensuring access to early…

…declines raise questions about whether these districts are using other alternative discipline placements (i.e. Non-AEDY alternative placements) and if those new programs are similarly discriminatory. We also wish to explore…

…safe from discrimination and biased school discipline that disproportionately punishes students with disabilities and Black and Latino students more harshly than white peers for the same type of behavior. Our…

…to expel students under the weapons provision of the Pennsylvania School Code by holding that everyday objects cannot be treated as weapons for the purposes of school discipline. Background In…

Education Law Center applauds change in Philadelphia’s student discipline policy Ban on suspensions of young children will be extended to grades 1-2 in fall June 21 – The School Reform…