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Losen, Daniel J.; Gillespie, Jonathan – Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2012
Well over three million children, K-12, are estimated to have lost instructional "seat time" in 2009-2010 because they were suspended from school, often with no guarantee of adult supervision outside the school. That's about the number of children it would take to fill every seat in every major league baseball park and every NFL stadium…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Suspension, Expulsion, Educational Indicators
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Browne, Arthur D. – College and University, 1986
The advantages and requirements for offering a second chance to students who have failed, by forgiving a poor academic record, are discussed and supported by findings from a survey of institutions and the results of several experimental programs. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Admission Criteria, College Administration, College Admission
Leonard, Carolyn M. – 1984
PASS (Positive Alternatives to Student Suspensions) is a Portland Public Schools program which provides a sequence of intervention strategies to improve attendance and progress of "high risk" high school students. The goal of its student, staff, parent, and community components is the reduction in the number of students suspended, or…
Descriptors: Attendance, Black Students, Expulsion, High Risk Students
Ahearn, Eileen M. – 1994
This report reviews current state policy and practices in the disciplining of students with disabilities, as they are expressed in state documents including statutes, regulations, and other types of written records. Federal law, regulations, and case law are summarized in the report's introduction and background. Findings are presented in terms of…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Definitions, Disabilities, Discipline
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Cole, Bettie S.; Lewis, Robert G. – Journal of Social Work Education, 1993
Court litigation concerning the dismissal of undergraduate and graduate social work students who are academically, behaviorally, or ethically unsuitable to practice as social workers is reviewed. Substance abuse cases are included. Guidelines for educators for developing behavioral and ethical criteria for student suitability are offered.…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Court Litigation, Drug Abuse
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DiScala, Jeannette; And Others – Journal of College and University Law, 1992
The impact of a college administrator's decision that imposes conditions on enrollment of an emotionally or mentally impaired student is examined in the context of constitutional and federal law, including Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The school's responsibility in such cases is discussed including providing the student with…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, College Administration, College Students, Constitutional Law
Center, David B. – 1986
This paper presents management considerations for planning an in-school suspension program applicable to handicapped students and reviews relevant court rulings affecting formation of suspension and expulsion policies. The Supreme Court's 1975 decision in "Wood v. Strickland" established that a student cannot be deprived of the right of…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Disabilities, Due Process, Educational Policy