Category: Ed 48900s

Over the years as a student attorney, I have had my eyes opened VERY WIDE on just what can lead ...

Being labelled a “truant” (a student breaching the laws mandating school attendance) can be devastating to a family. The truancy ...

Students frequently post rude things online, make snarky comments to friends, and feel protected posting in “private” online forums, such ...

By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995 When does the law mandate an expulsion recommendation must be ...

Student bullying and sexual bullying are offenses that get students suspended or expelled. School sexual bullying is expellable in California ...

Have you purchased your kids an airsoft gun? Is it an “imitation firearm” and will they get in trouble if ...

Have you been hit by a notice that a school expulsion hearing is being scheduled against your son or daughter? ...

With school expulsions, it can sometimes seem hopeless.  The school may be able to prove a student “did it,” and ...

A few years ago, students could be expelled or suspended for causing a disruption or defiance. Expulsions still exist, but suspensions ...

Do you remember entering high school and the wild rumors that preceded it; of groups of high schoolers who would ...