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sarushkaa: October 2012
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012. Social Media, Texting, Schools And Discipline: Students Beware. By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995. With the explosion of social media sites, such as Facebook. I have had students in my office up for expulsion who thought a Facebook post was "private" and that only their "friends" could review it. However, students find out the hard way that their "friends" parents may be reading their posts and sending them to the school, or a friend ...
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sarushkaa: November 2012
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Thursday, November 8, 2012. School Expulsions And Pressure To Waive Rights- Be Wary Before You Sign Anything. By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995. One parent told me that their school district provided them with a document for a "stipulated" expulsion (. Meaning you simply consent to the expulsion in writing) and told them to sign by Friday or FACE A HEARING! The punishment they were to consent to was the most heinous possible in the situation. Another parent came to m...
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sarushkaa: March 2012
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012. Transfers for Special Education Students Achieved- One Parents Story About How The Law Office of Michelle Ball Helped. By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995. What if you cannot get a simple transfer for your special needs children, but believe they will not be appropriately placed otherwise? Here is what one of the parents involved had to say:. I highly recommend Michelle Ball! LAW OFFICE OF MICHELLE BALL. 717 K Street, Suite 228. This blog may...
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sarushkaa: Does The School HAVE To Follow My Child's 504 Plan?
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Thursday, July 12, 2012. Does The School HAVE To Follow My Childs 504 Plan? By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995. I get frequent calls from parents with children on 504 Plans (disability accommodations plans) which seem symbolic due to lack of implementation at school. Failing to follow the 504 Plan is completely and totally improper and schools can get in big trouble for ignoring 504s. Some issues I see with 504 Plans are:. 2) Lack of enforcement, or. 3) No 504 Plan.
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sarushkaa: December 2011
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Friday, December 30, 2011. Your Tax Dollars At Work, School Funding Explained In California Supreme Court Case: California Redevelopment Association v. Matosantos. California Education Attorney for Students since 1995. Have you ever wondered just HOW our schools are funded? A great summary is included in California Redevelopment Association v. Matosantos. Handed down this week (December 29, 2011) by the Supreme Court of California. Here is what Justice Werdegar states (excerpted from the. 1450) Under the...
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sarushkaa: April 2012
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Five Steps To Take To Get Disability Accommodations In College. By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995. Once a student transitions from high school to college, their world changes. If they were a special education student with an IEP. The student then needs to ensure that either they or the office they are working with, provides the information to each of the student's professors. Professors can sometimes be resistant to student disability plan...
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sarushkaa: May 2012
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012. Was A Bad Grade Issued By Your Childs Teacher? Heres How You Appeal A Students Grade In Califorina. By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995. Have you ever felt that a public school grade was wrong in a particular class or that your child was graded unfairly on his student work? California law has a solution for you! Per California Education Code section 49066. Bad faith, or. If you disagree with your child's grade, don't sit on your rights: challen...
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sarushkaa: Social Media, Texting, Schools And Discipline: Students Beware
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012. Social Media, Texting, Schools And Discipline: Students Beware. By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995. With the explosion of social media sites, such as Facebook. I have had students in my office up for expulsion who thought a Facebook post was "private" and that only their "friends" could review it. However, students find out the hard way that their "friends" parents may be reading their posts and sending them to the school, or a friend ...
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sarushkaa: School Districts Must Revise IEP Annually Or They May Not Be Providing A Free And Appropriate Education
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Thursday, August 2, 2012. School Districts Must Revise IEP Annually Or They May Not Be Providing A Free And Appropriate Education. California Education Attorney for Students since 1995. In the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision Anchorage School District v. M.P. Judge Paez stated that a school district has only two options if the annual IEP remains unsigned (e.g. a parent wants more changes, rejects it, etc.). The District must then either:. This would evidence a lack of FAPE. A district cannot j...
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sarushkaa: August 2012
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Monday, August 27, 2012. School Suspension Or Expulsion For Bullying Under California Education Code 48900(r). By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995. Bullying has been a hot topic recently, due to its prevalence in schools: on the bus, in the classrooms, in the bathrooms, and generally wherever students interact. Do you remember the school bully? Did you know that students can be suspended or expelled from school for bullying? 4) Causes substantial interference with the ...
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