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The Times cites Robyn Smith, a lawyer with the National Consumer Law Center, who «has seen shoddy and inaccurate paperwork in dozens of cases involving private student loans from a variety of lenders and debt buyers, which she detailed in a 2014 report.»

Nearly 20 percent — about $ 1 of every $ 5 — of outstanding federal direct student loans is past due, according to a report from the National Consumer Law Center.

The law, which President Donald Trump signed on Saturday as part of the omnibus spending bill, provides funding to train students, teachers, and law enforcement on how to spot and report signs of gun violence.

Katherine Snedaker, a Norwalk resident and Executive Director of the non-profit PinkConcussions.com, told Concussion Litigation Reporter that 75 students in Norwalk public schools have reported concussions with 19 of them coming from non-school sports, which were not covered by the state law.

Authorities say Cruz, 19, was a former student at Stoneman Douglas who had been expelled, had mental health issues and had been reported to law enforcement before he used a legally purchased semiautomatic rifle to take the lives of 17 people on Wednesday.

The law also requires that students who report incidents of sexual assault be granted amnesty for campus violations — such as the use of alcohol or drugs.

Schools are also required to include the distribution of a bill of rights to students so they know they can report incidents of assault to law enforcement.

The anti-immigrant and «juvenile» rhetoric of the 2016 presidential campaign is driving an increase in bullying and fear among students in the nation's schools, according to a new report by Teaching Tolerance, a project of the left - leaning Southern Poverty Law Center.

The «Enough is Enough» law required colleges to adopt a uniform definition of affirmative consent, an amnesty policy to encourage students reporting sexual assaults, and comprehensive training for administrators, staff and students.

Readers of MyNewsGh.com will recall our report on Ken Addor Donkor who led his colleague law students protest against the passage of the controversial Legislative Instrument which was forwarded to Parliament by the General Legal Council and was eventually passed.

That report's recommendations, many of which were adopted into state law and regulations, included a ban on state testing for students before third grade and a restriction against including scores from new Common Core tests on students» permanent records.

The Above The Law website reported that Pace students were «furious» when video of Yassky touting himself at a Democratic candidates forum was posted on YouTube.

The New York State Board of Regents is expected to act on two committee reports Tuesday, calling for a delay the impact of Common Core - related state assessments on educators and students and reducing the level of local school district testing associated with the new teacher evaluation law and higher standards for teaching and learning.

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First up from THR is the report that McGregor has joined August: Osage County as «Bill Fordham, Roberts» estranged husband and Streep's son - in - law, a college professor who left his wife for one of his students but wants to be there for his family.»

Glenn Finger, Professor of Education and Dean (Learning and Teaching) of the Arts, Education and Law Group at Queensland's Griffith University said the report highlights the need for an evidence - informed approach which focuses on teacher education students learning and demonstrating approaches which improve student learning.

Rosemary Salomone, professor of law at St. John's University and author of the 2003 book Same, Different, Equal: Rethinking Single - Sex Schooling, agrees: «Many students in single - sex classes report feeling more comfortable raising their hands and expressing uncertainty regarding a lesson or topic without fear of embarrassment or teasing from the opposite sex.»

A recent Education Law Center report found that in 2013, 18 states provided essentially the same funding to districts with high and low concentrations of disadvantaged students.

The Report Card offers a comprehensive state - by - state analysis of laws and policies that embrace new education models, utilize technology to make personalized learning a reality for all students, and eliminate the barriers to blended learning in K - 12 education.

In the first part of the special report Sick Schools: A National Problem, Education World news editor Diane Weaver Dunne describes how environmental conditions in school may make students sick, yet no federal laws protect students from exposure to contaminants that pose potential health risks.

It's also why the law requires that schools report results for smaller groups of students — those who don't speak English, for example, or those with disabilities — separately.

Federal law also mandates the periodic administration of tests in selected subjects to a representative sample of students in 4th and 8th grade as part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), often called «the nation's report card.»

Although teachers would still be able to make use of digital tools, new privacy laws could place onerous reporting and disclosure requirements on technology vendors regardless of their size, as well as restrictions on people's ability to study tools» effectiveness over time and vendors» own ability to evolve their products based on student performance data.

This is evident in the federal law's requirement that each state's accountability system generate a report card for each school and district indicating the proportion of students meeting proficiency standards on state tests of math and reading.

A new state law, which goes into effect July 1, will require school districts in Oregon to hold on to the grade report, diploma, and other school records of any student who owes $ 50 or more to the district for anything from lost books to unpaid activity fees.

When it comes to student privacy, an enormous concern of parents and families, Thornton reminds us that the Common Core is not a mechanism for federal data collection — the federal government does not have access to the student - level data held in state databases, and federal law prohibits the reporting of aggregate data that could identify individual students.

In a post-election report titled «The Trump Effect: The Impact of the 2016 Presidential Election on Our Nation's Schools,» the Southern Poverty Law Center presented results of a survey of more than 10,000 educators and school administrators and found that 80 percent of them reported observing heightened anxiety and concern on the part of students over the impact of the election on themselves and their families.

This report, co-authored by Safal Partners and Public Impact for the National Charter School Resource Center, examines federal requirements under civil rights laws and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and state laws governing charter school recruitment, retention, enrollment of EL students and their accountability for EL student performance; requirements and current challenges related to EL data reporting; and whether existing laws are adequate to address the needs of this growing population of ELs in charter schools.

Pursuant to Education Law section 16, any person having reasonable cause to suspect that a student has been subjected to harassment, bullying, and / or discrimination by an employee or student, on school grounds or at a school function, who acting reasonably and in good faith, either reports such information to school officials, to the commissioner, or to law enforcement authorities or otherwise initiates, testifies, participates or assists in any formal or informal proceedings under this subdivision, shall have immunity from any civil liability that may arise from the making of such report or from initiating, testifying, participating or assisting in such formal or informal proceedinLaw section 16, any person having reasonable cause to suspect that a student has been subjected to harassment, bullying, and / or discrimination by an employee or student, on school grounds or at a school function, who acting reasonably and in good faith, either reports such information to school officials, to the commissioner, or to law enforcement authorities or otherwise initiates, testifies, participates or assists in any formal or informal proceedings under this subdivision, shall have immunity from any civil liability that may arise from the making of such report or from initiating, testifying, participating or assisting in such formal or informal proceedinlaw enforcement authorities or otherwise initiates, testifies, participates or assists in any formal or informal proceedings under this subdivision, shall have immunity from any civil liability that may arise from the making of such report or from initiating, testifying, participating or assisting in such formal or informal proceedings.

This report, by Lauren Morando Rhim and Julie Kowal, describes how educating students with disabilities in virtual charter schools entails not only molding state charter school laws to fit a specialized type of charter school, but also adapting federal and state special education guidelines aimed at providing special education in traditional brick and mortar settings.

«The nation as a whole, this report shows, is failing to provide the resources our students need,» said David Sciarra, executive director of the Education Law Center.

Student Assistance Coordinator School Law Certificate Day 1 - Emerging Legal Issues and Requirements for SACs This session will include an overview of legal requirements related to the role of the student assistance counselor, including the components of a comprehensive drug and alcohol counseling program, requirements for reporting students suspected of being under the influence, the parameters of student confidentiality and student records law in the age of technology and social media, and the intersection between drug and alcohol dependency and related mental health Student Assistance Coordinator School Law Certificate Day 1 - Emerging Legal Issues and Requirements for SACs This session will include an overview of legal requirements related to the role of the student assistance counselor, including the components of a comprehensive drug and alcohol counseling program, requirements for reporting students suspected of being under the influence, the parameters of student confidentiality and student records law in the age of technology and social media, and the intersection between drug and alcohol dependency and related mental health issuLaw Certificate Day 1 - Emerging Legal Issues and Requirements for SACs This session will include an overview of legal requirements related to the role of the student assistance counselor, including the components of a comprehensive drug and alcohol counseling program, requirements for reporting students suspected of being under the influence, the parameters of student confidentiality and student records law in the age of technology and social media, and the intersection between drug and alcohol dependency and related mental health student assistance counselor, including the components of a comprehensive drug and alcohol counseling program, requirements for reporting students suspected of being under the influence, the parameters of student confidentiality and student records law in the age of technology and social media, and the intersection between drug and alcohol dependency and related mental health student confidentiality and student records law in the age of technology and social media, and the intersection between drug and alcohol dependency and related mental health student records law in the age of technology and social media, and the intersection between drug and alcohol dependency and related mental health issulaw in the age of technology and social media, and the intersection between drug and alcohol dependency and related mental health issues.

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A new report released today by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools outlines the complex maze of laws governing special education and recommends best practices charter schools can use to strengthen the recruitment of and services provided to students with disabilities.

Indeed, less than a year before the Coleman Report's release, President Lyndon Johnson had signed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act into law, dedicating federal funds to disadvantaged students through a Title 1 program that still remains the single largest investment in K — 12 education, currently reaching approximately 21 million students at an annual cost of about $ 14.4 billion.

But, it raises profound challenges to the interpretation of score trends on high - stakes tests, to the meaning of achievement trend and gap reports in terms of percent proficient, to the interpretation of crossnational achievement comparisons, and to popular assumptions about testing of students in special populations (including some assumptions written into law).

This left districts with a choice: delay the issuing of report cards until the scores are available «sometime this month» OR seek a waiver from state law mandating that TCAP scores count toward a student's final grade.

Bellwether's report focused on the law's requirements for holding schools accountable: whether the state sets high academic standards, how it will use federal money to identify and raise achievement for the lowest - performing 5 percent of schools and the lowest - performing groups of students in all schools.

According to Valerie Strauss in her Washington Post Answer Sheet blog, the study found that «the report, together with a number of other studies released in the past year, effectively serve as a warning to policymakers in states that are moving to implement laws, with support from the Obama administration, to make teacher and principal evaluation largely dependent on increases in students» standardized test scores.»

The report also examines the current state of the law meant to protect students from harassment and discrimination in schools.

Thanks to growing parent interest and state laws encouraging charter school expansion, the number of students attending public charter schools nationwide has surpassed 2 million, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools reported today.

LAUSD Slow to Report on Teacher Misconduct Los Angeles school officials failed to promptly report nearly 150 cases of suspected teacher misconduct — including allegations of sexual contact with students — to state authorities as required by law, an audit released Thursday concReport on Teacher Misconduct Los Angeles school officials failed to promptly report nearly 150 cases of suspected teacher misconduct — including allegations of sexual contact with students — to state authorities as required by law, an audit released Thursday concreport nearly 150 cases of suspected teacher misconduct — including allegations of sexual contact with students — to state authorities as required by law, an audit released Thursday concluded.

A new report from The Alliance for Quality Education, Education Law Center and the Public Policy and Education Fund finds that the state's 2016 budget underfunds 81 percent of high needs schools in New York, including in 30 of the 33 districts serving high numbers of students of color.

And the Southern Poverty Law Center's Teaching Tolerance project issued a report several months ago about the «Trump Effect» — the impact of Trump's campaign talk on K - 12 students nationally.

In 2009, Wisconsin passed a new law requiring all private schools receiving vouchers to report the average test scores of their voucher students.

The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) is drafting a plan to measure student outcomes under new federal regulations which do not match the current state law for school report cards.

Accusation: The ACLU report found many instances of enrollment violations regarding students» academic performance, English proficiency and immigration status, despite the fact that charters are not allowed by law to consider these factors.

That last one, English learning, is now a component of the federally mandated reported schools will have to make under the new Every Student Achieves Act (ESSA), a law enacted in late - 2015 that replaced the No Child Left Behind Act.

The report noted that black students are disproportionately dealt the harshest exclusionary penalties — expulsions and out - of - school suspensions.1 In 2014, the California state legislature passed a state law (AB420) prohibiting public schools from expelling any student or suspending students in third grade or earlier grades for the offense of «willful defiance» — a catchall category of offenses (including disruption) ranging from shouting obscenities at a teacher to forgetting to bring a pencil to class.

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.