by Dan DeMarle | Aug 21, 2023 | Discipline/Suspensions, School Districts, Uncategorized
March 24, 2023 Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona wrote to Governors, Chief State School Officers, and School District and School Leaders and urged them to end corporal punishment in schools—the...
by Dan DeMarle | Feb 18, 2023 | Discipline/Suspensions, School Districts
To support school districts and schools in meeting the requirements relating to the use of time-out rooms, including the notification requirements under Chapter 516 of the Laws of 2022, the New York State Education Department’s Office of Special Education (OSE) has...
by Dan DeMarle | Feb 18, 2023 | Discipline/Suspensions, School Districts
On August 17, 2022, Governor Hochul signed Chapter 516 of the Laws of 2022 (“Chapter 516”), which, effective immediately, amended New York State Education Law relating to same day notification to a parent or guardian of a student with a disability where certain...
by Dan DeMarle | Jan 3, 2023 | Discipline/Suspensions, School Districts
The phone call from her son’s school was alarming. The assistant principal told her to come to the school immediately. But when Lisa Manwell arrived at Pioneer Middle School in Plymouth, Michigan, her son wasn’t sick or injured. He was sitting calmly in the...
by Dan DeMarle | Dec 31, 2022 | Discipline/Suspensions, Legislation, Legislative Advocacy, Parents/Guardians, School Districts
UPDATE: Local Departments of Social Services are expected to submit their Differential Response Plan (DRP) to the Office of Children and Family Services by November 14, 2022. The local DRP may not be available until after November 14th. The age of juvenile delinquency...
by Dan DeMarle | Nov 14, 2022 | Discipline/Suspensions, School Districts
The age of juvenile delinquency will be raised to 12 years old effective December 29, 2022. Children under 12 years old cannot be arrested and adjudicated in Family Court except for severe offenses. Alternatively, children between ages 7 to 11 engaging in...
