…aimed at improving school climate, reducing the use of exclusionary discipline, and limiting the flow of students from schools to the juvenile and criminal justice systems. Increasing the availability of…

…child’s rights to fairness in school discipline proceedings. In addition, if a young child has a developmental delay, the parent or other adult must protect the child’s right to appropriate…

…students of immigrant families, and others are often effectively barred from charter school enrollment. Fourth, charter schools enjoy unique differences with regard to issues of school discipline. For example, many…

…not have perfect attendance or zero discipline records, which prevents smart and capable students in poorer neighborhoods from attending our city’s most sought-after public schools. Since poverty is often tied…

…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, are…

…book. The special education needs of children with disabilities were ignored, and clearly, many youth were disciplined and subject to abuse based on their disabilities. This lawsuit seeks to hold…

…to Specific Rights. In the course of the investigation, it was determined that the youth was subjected to harassment, unreasonable restraint, unusual and an extreme form of discipline by more…

…discipline. Q Is my child free from restraints? AEDY programs that use restraints must allow for reasonable modifications of their restraint policies and procedures to accommodate for students with disabilities…

…their right to meaningful parent participation in the special education process, denies a student due process rights in the context of school discipline proceedings, and contributes to delays in enrollment…

…alleged abuser and, when presented with the risk of this interaction, many students avoid school altogether. While schools generally do not have jurisdiction to discipline students for out-of-school behavior, schools…

…education process, denies a student due process rights in the context of school discipline proceedings, and contributes to delays in enrollment and the placement of EL students in inappropriate classroom…

…students with disabilities have meaningful access to information about their child’s educational program, including special education and school discipline. From July 7, 2017, when the District established an electronic translation/interpretation…

…continuing neglect and “lack of organization and discipline” warranted removal based on evidence that the guardian continued to underfeed her children, obtained an eviction notice, and failed to get her…

…deportment of all pupils”); 24 P.S. § 13-1318 (granting schools authority to discipline a student on account of that pupil’s “disobedience or misconduct). Some of these practices can be partially…

…school and beyond. SWPBS helps schools teach expected behaviors and social skills for all students, creates student behavioral health and academic support systems, and applies data-based decision-making to discipline, academics,…

…there a policy on positive discipline? Are there behavior supports? ☐ Is time-out used, and if so, when? How long are children expected to stay in time-out? ☐ Is this…

…student’s intellectual ability, lack of self- discipline, lack of parental support, or other social or environmental factors.”). A. Education Clause Claim In this case, for their Education Clause claim, Petitioners…

…have resulted in the loss of noon-time aides, a student dean who handled student discipline, a guidance counselor, and the community-relations liaison. This year, there is no music teacher, only…

…Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, Beyond Zero Tolerance: Discipline and Policing in Pennsylvania Public Schools at 7–8 (Nov. 2013), available at http://www.aclupa.org/files/7713/8435/5077/BZT_Report_11-14-13.pdf. 28 See Dylan Purcell & Kristen A. Graham,…

…students with disabilities. Additional funding is needed to ensure the participation of non-English speaking parents. Such services are also mandated in the special education context and school discipline proceedings. These…