Are school's allowed to discipline a student for PDA based on sexual orientation?

This question does not have enough facts. How old were the girls? How does the district define PDA? Has anyone collected statistics of PDA...

What are the laws in Pennsylvania or the United States regarding equal treatment of students in public schools by teachers?

IN what way is the teacher treating the students unequally? On what basis? There are a myriad of potentially applicable laws but one would be...

Should i Appeal a 10 day exclusion suspension and is my child being harrassed by teachers n principal? All heresay?

This parent should consult with a local attorney familliar with school dicipline, suspension and expulsion issues. The degree to which the...

I agree with my colleagues. The school may place whatever restrictions it does for other outside groups using the school facilites, but no more or...

BOE pass resolution in May to implement "Pay-to-Participate" Fees for high school sports for the next school year.

Based on these facts, all seems fine. It appears this board may establish a fee schedule at the beginning of each school year. The fact that the...

My child has a severe speech/language impariment I removed him from one school to another for numerous reasons.

There are a lot of issues at play in this fact pattern. This parent should consult with an advocate or attorney at the next available...

A school principal is demanding that the teachers delete their facebook accounts. Can he do this?

This is really an employment / labor law question and as such I have re-labeled it. I agree with Attorney Mauro. I think these policies...

Is the anti-bullying policy anywhere at anytime between anyone in my 5th grade son's public school?

Did YOU read the handbook? Start there. You asked him to show you, then you write "he said . . ." What does the HANDBOOK, or district policy...

Is the school district negligent, and if so, what can I do?

Have you made your requests for attendance rosters in writing? Have you preserved your daughter's FB posts to establish specifially when she was...

New to special needs education, and I left my last IEP meeting feeling more than defeated and skeptical of my son's teacher...

I agree with Attorney Corchnoy 110% I write separately to speak to some other issues of which you ought to be aware. The tansition box is...