Category: Ed 48900s

If a student receives a school suspension, fighting it may seem tough. However, if legally the student’s suspension should never ...

By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995 There is a lot of focus in schools on punishment ...

Did you know that students can be suspended or expelled for damaging (or trying to damage) school or private property? ...

UPDATE: In July 2024, suspensions for disruption and defiance will not be legal anymore in California: see the update here! ...

Did an elementary, junior or high school expulsion recommendation just get sprung on a student?  Or is the expulsion hearing ...

School Suspensions are devastating to the student and family. Are they appealable? Can they be removed from the student’s records? ...

Parents every day face suspensions of students for a myriad of reasons, some legitimate and some not so legitimate.  One ...

By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995 Sometimes, school discipline means a detention. Other times it may ...

School expulsions happen frequently and suddenly to unsuspecting students and families. Skillful handling can mean the difference between an expulsion ...

The “New York Times” previously reported on an attack of a Philadelphia boy on the way home from school by ...