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Current Developments in Australia: School Safety and Disability Discrimination--"Purvis v. New South Wales (Department of Education and Training)"
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Varnham, Sally – Education and the Law, 2004
When a child with a disability behaves in a manner which threatens the safety of other children and staff in the school, school authorities are faced with a dilemma. The balance between the competing interests of individuals and the school community is never more clearly seen than in such a situation. The child has a right to participate equally…
Descriptors: Expulsion, School Safety, Disability Discrimination, Court Litigation