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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.

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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.

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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.

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