Ensure that the school's written discipline policies provide for alternatives to in - school and out - of - school suspensions and
other exclusionary practices (i.e., expulsions).
Over 1 in 5 of California's charter schools have restrictive admissions requirements or
other exclusionary practices that keep out many students with the greatest academic needs, a report released Monday by the ACLU Foundation of Southern California and the public interest law firm Public Advocates alleges.
Not exact matches
Finally, the letter contains a significant appendix of «illustrative» specific suggestions for policy and
practice that could serve to help states and districts avoid violations, urging schools to reduce the use of suspension and
other forms of
exclusionary discipline, focusing instead on positive approaches.
Restorative
practices are a burgeoning alternative to traditional punitive justice such as suspensions (both in school and out of school) and
other exclusionary forms of discipline.
They argue that
exclusionary discipline
practices such as suspension and expulsion can have detrimental impacts, and they discuss the use of restorative justice to address bullying
Other topics include Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supporters (PBIS) and social and emotional learning.
The evolution that transformed New Orleans» public schools into an entirely choice - based structure demands that many charter schools and
other schools of choice that may have previously engaged in
exclusionary practices toward special education students (Wolf, 2011) must now serve students across the spectrum of academic and developmental abilities while still facing the pressures of demonstrating progress in a struggling school system.
individuals with disabilities continually encounter various forms of discrimination, including outright intentional exclusion, the discriminatory effects of architectural, transportation, and communication barriers, overprotective rules and policies, failure to make modifications to existing facilities and
practices,
exclusionary qualification standards and criteria, segregation, and relegation to lesser services, programs, activities, benefits, jobs, or
other opportunities;
Patents are an
exclusionary right; the owner has the right to exclude
others from
practicing the claimed invention (see Section 42 of the Patent Act) as an incentive for innovation and new technology.