Sentences with phrase «guidance letter»

The Dear Colleague guidance letter on civil rights and discipline, prepared in conjunction with DOJ, describes how schools can meet their legal obligations under federal law to administer student discipline without discriminating against students on the basis of race, color or national origin;

A 2014 «Dear Colleague» guidance letter from the Obama administration's Education and Justice departments advised that discipline policies could constitute «unlawful discrimination» under federal civil rights law if they didn't explicitly mention race but had «a disproportionate and unjustified effect on students of a particular race.»

While Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is «considering» repealing the Obama administration's Dear Colleague guidance letter that pushed these discipline policies, the department has taken no action beyond meeting with Landers and others whose children have suffered under the new discipline policies.

In a two - page guidance letter to public schools, the White House said the existing guidance did not «contain extensive legal analysis or explain how the position is consistent with the express language of Title IX, nor did they undergo any formal public process.»

Another important guidance letter that came out in August 2016 was on supporting students who have behavioral issues associated with their disabilities, ensuring that those students have behavioral supports in school.

The ED and DOJ guidance letter takes particular aim at zero - tolerance policies as implemented by school districts.

In a recent guidance letter, the U.S. Department of Laborlaid out its vision for a revitalizing and transforming the nation's workforce system as part of the implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

There's also lots of follow up on the U.S. Department of Education's guidance letter on transgender students.

The first 72 documents rescinded by the Trump administration were not particularly controversial and included special education guidance letters that provided information to schools about how to apply the law.

Follow the guidance letter on how to complete the reviews which will be provided with the approved reading list.

And those last two guidance letters I mentioned actually gave examples and advice to practitioners to make them usable.

On Oct. 5, Ms. Neeley had sent a guidance letter to school boards allowing them to grant their district superintendents the authority to ask the state for permission to exceed the class - size cap of 22 students per teacher in grades K - 4.

Furthermore, Ali promised to «issue 17 guidance letters that will touch on issues such as how districts should address sexual violence in schools, how nurses should be trained to address students» food allergies or work with students who have diabetes, and how schools should address the needs of ELLs who are gifted or have disabilities.»

Furthermore, Ali promised to «issue 17 guidance letters that will touch on issues such as how districts should address sexual violence in schools, how nurses should be trained to address students» food allergies or work with students who have diabetes, and how schools should address the needs of

In this article, I examine some of the practical and legal issues that informed the preparation of the guidance letter from ED and DOJ, including the zero - tolerance and disparate impact theories that form its foundation.

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has yet to rescind the 2014 guidance letter and school districts are still under investigation — often in secrecy — across the country.

This is such a problem that the US Department of Education issued a guidance letter last year reminding charter schools that if they receive federal money, they also have to comply with federal statutes such as Section 504 or Title 6.

The guidance letter also addresses the fact that ESSA does not contain a «highly qualified teacher» (HQT) provision, which NCLB did.

One obligation that comes across repeatedly in this guidance letter is the need for school personnel to immediately investigate and respond to episodes of bullying in school.

Three Alpine Board members write in opposition to ED's guidance letter on transgender students.

Hody said it took one of her clients a year to get a guidance letter from local regulators to help the business operate while waiting for the painstakingly slow legislative process.