…learners; and (3) Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline, which includes promoting evidence-based prevention practices to improve school climate while advocating against exclusionary discipline policies that push at-risk children out of school…
More…past four decades. These public comments are part of ELC’s larger body of work focused on reducing exclusionary discipline that is disproportionately used on vulnerable populations and dismantling the school-to-prison…
More…arise in their work. The Toolkit provides checklists, suggestions, and resources to help EDMs address a range of education issues including enrollment, access to special education services, and school discipline….
More…services, and school discipline. The Toolkit helps Pennsylvania CASA programs train CASAs to serve as EDM volunteers and serves as an ongoing resource for EDMs to address questions and challenges…
More…services, and school discipline. The Toolkit helps Pennsylvania CASA programs train CASAs to serve as EDM volunteers and serves as an ongoing resource for EDMs to address questions and challenges…
More…19. Detained Children Left Out of COVID-19 Response, Human Rights Watch, May 14. COVID-19 exposes America’s broken social safety net, The Hill, May 9. School Discipline in the Era of…
More…Township School District. The brief stressed the importance of maintaining critical due process protections in PA school discipline proceedings, especially for Black girls, students with disabilities, and LGBTQ students. This…
More…Act 26 to discipline students for misbehavior unrelated to the possession of a weapon. This case is particularly poignant, given the national, state and local data showing that expulsions are…
MoreThis fact sheet addresses your child’s rights if: • A school wants to move your child to a different education program because of discipline; • Your child currently attends an…
More…Pennsylvania State Board of Education School and University Safety Committee, including recommended changes to avoid the overcriminalization of student behavior and the racial disproportionality in school discipline and police-involved incidents….
More…instruction. Many youth experiencing homeliness reported disproportionate punishments or referrals to school discipline for situations related to their homelessness. For example, youth are often unable to access a shelter after…
More…Classroom assignments; • The opportunity to take upper level, AP, honors or elective classes; • Athletic teams and extracurricular activities; • Grades; and • School discipline! This means your school…
More…serve much greater concentrations of students in “deep” poverty as compared to Philadelphia’s charter sector. •High suspension rates and disproportionality in discipline, issues that we have raised about District schools,…
More…expression will “materially and substantially disrupt the work and discipline of the school”); Gillman v. School Board for Holmes County, Florida, 567 F. Supp. 2d 1359 (N.D. Fla. 2008) (a…
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More…have access to a free, quality public education. For decades, the Education Law Center has been at the forefront of reforms in school discipline. We work with local, state, and…
More…similar fate. Adverse treatment of a student’s impairment through punitive action or discipline is discriminatory under Section 504. OCR, Disability Rights Enforcement Highlights, at 10 (Oct. 2012), available at https://www2.ed.gov/documents/news/section-504.pdf…
More…The opportunity to take upper level, AP, honors or elective classes; • Athletic teams and extracurricular activities; • Grades; and • School discipline! This means your school cannot consider your…
More…impact of school discipline and juvenile justice referrals on members of the groups we represent, especially children who are members of more than one protected class. These children are often…
More…expression will “materially and substantially disrupt the work and discipline of the school”); Gillman v. School Board for Holmes County, Florida, 567 F. Supp. 2d 1359 (N.D. Fla. 2008) (a…
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