Discipline and Bullying
ELC URGES STATE BOARD TO REWORK REGULATIONS ON STUDENT CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE
Published on: April 6, 2005
In comments submitted to the New Jersey State Board of Education, ELC has asked the State Board to delay approval for publication of regulations governing student discipline and the conduct of students in schools until serious deficiencies in the proposal are corrected.
NJ SUPREME COURT ISSUES DECISION IN LANDMARK BULLYING CASE
Published on: March 5, 2005
In L.W., the Supreme Court unanimously affirmed an appellate court ruling that school districts may be liable for damages and other relief under New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination (LAD) for student-on-student harassment based on actual or perceived sexual orientation.
ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION EXTENDED TO AGE 20
Published on: December 12, 2003
The NJ State Board of Education has ruled that alternative education for an expelled high school student must be extended until he reaches his twentieth birthday.