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Education Law Association
(Separate Website)
The Education Law Association, formerly NOLPE, is a national, nonprofit, nonadvocacy member association that promotes interest in and understanding of the legal framework of education and the rights of students, parents, school boards, and school employees.
By: South Carolina Legal Services - Columbia
Education Law Association
(Separate Website)
The Premier Source For Information On Education Law
Education Rights and the Law
(Separate Website)
Answers to frequently asked questions concerning attendance, enrollment and home schooling, high school exit exam, and fees. PDF document (may load slowly).
By: South Carolina Bar Association
Equality & Education
(Separate Website)
The Equality & Education Project examines the causes of inequality in our schools, analyzes reform proposals, and offers new possibilities to policymakers concerned with the future of education in America.
Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
(Separate Website)
FERPA gives parents the right to ALL educational records of their child—not just the special education file. The statute specifies that parents have access to all “personally identifiable information” of the student. "Educational record" is defined as records that are directly related to a student, and maintained by an educational agency or institution.
By: Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities
Filing a 504 Education Complaint
(Separate Website)
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 makes it illegal for any agency or organization receiving federal funds to discriminate in any way against qualified people with disabilities. Under this law, school districts must make sure that children with disabilities are not excluded from educational services and provide accommodations to children who need them to benefit from those services.
By: Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities
Filing a Complaint with the South Carolina Department of Education
(Separate Website)
Under IDEA (the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), parents have three options available to them for resolving disagreements about the education of their children: (1) the impartial due process hearing system; (2) the less formal mediation process; or (3) the complaint system operated by the State Department of Education (SDE).
By: Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities
Grandparent Summit - Greenwood
By: South Carolina Legal Services - Greenville
Immigrants and Education
(Separate Website)
PDF document (may load slowly).
By: South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center
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Protections for Students not yet Classified as IDEA
(Separate Website)
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) provides several protections for students with disabilities. Some of these protections extend to students not yet identified as IDEA eligible when they are suspended or expelled from school. These safeguards apply only IF the school district had knowledge that the student had a disability before the behavior that led to disciplinary action.
By: Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities
SCLS Education Rights Presentation
By: South Carolina Legal Services - Greenville
South Carolina Department of Education
(Separate Website)
South Carolina Department of Education
(Separate Website)
By: South Carolina Legal Services - Columbia
Student Expulsion Brochure
(Separate Website)
PDF document (may load slowly).
Teen Law 101 - School Laws
(Separate Website)
Teen Law 101: Find information here about truancy, suspension, expulsion, disrupting class, pagers and cell phones, and searches.
By: South Carolina Bar Association
U.S. Department of Education: Building The Legacy of IDEA 2004
(Separate Website)
This site was created to provide a "one-stop shop" for resources related to IDEA and its implementing regulations, released on August 3, 2006. It is a "living" website and will change and grow as resources and information become available.
Wrightslaw
(Separate Website)
Parents, educators, advocates, and attorneys come to Wrightslaw for accurate, reliable information about special education law, education law, and advocacy for children with disabilities.
By: http://www.wrightslaw.com/
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