Education
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
This report analyzes available data – collected through DataQuest, Ed Data, and public records act...
Categories: Education, Education Access, Juvenile Justice
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Out of Sight Out of Mind – Executive Summary
Categories: Education, Education Access, Juvenile Justice
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FAFSA Simplification Act: The Impacts on Youth With Experience in Foster Care and Unaccompanied Homeless Youth
Once fully implemented, the FAFSA Simplification Act (FSA) will represent a significant overhaul of how...
Categories: Child Welfare, Education, Foster care
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Trainings and Workshops from Youth Law Center’s Transition-Aged Youth (TAY) Civil Legal Practice Exchange (Fall 2020 &...
Youth Law Center’s TAY Practice Exchange is a free practice support network for civil legal advocates across...
Categories: AB 12, AB 12, Access to care, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Education, Equity Issues, Foster care, Foster Care Benefits, Girls, Health, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice, LGBTQ, Medicaid/Medi-Cal, Mental Health, Mental health needs, Public Benefits/Funding, Specific services/programs, SSI/Social Security
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Financial Aid for Juvenile Justice Impacted Students FAQ
Categories: Education, Education Access, Juvenile Justice
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Unusual Circumstances Override
This resource provides guidance on how to assist youth who cannot obtain parental information to...
Categories: Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Education, Education Access, Foster care, Juvenile Justice
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Golden State Social Opportunities Program
Categories: Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Education, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition
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Final Comments on PEP Proposed Regulations
Categories: Education, Education Access, Juvenile Justice
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Supporting Higher Education Success for Youth with Experience in Foster Care and Homelessness-Briefing Summary
Categories: Child Welfare, Education, Foster care
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WIC 827: Quick Tips for Education Advocates
Categories: Education, Juvenile records/court proceedings
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Financial Aid for Juvenile Justice System-Involved Youth
This resource is meant to help youth who are about to graduate from higher school...
Categories: Crossover Youth, Education, Education Access, Enrollment/re-entry, Juvenile Justice
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Youth Returning to the Community from Juvenile Justice Facilities: A Guide for Advocates
No child should remain in custody due to the lack of a reentry plan. Now...
Categories: Access to care, Aging Out/Transition, Detention, Disposition/placement, Education, Group Homes/Non-Secure Placement, Health, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice, Mental Health, Placement/Confinement, Public Benefits/Funding, Reducing Incarceration, Secure Juvenile Facilities
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AB 2306 – Request for Signature
Letter requesting Governor Brown's signature on SB 2306, a bill to give students transferring from...
Categories: Enrollment/re-entry
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Brown signs Frazier bill allowing juvenile court students to earn diploma
article appearing in the Reporter.com on AB 2306
Categories: Enrollment/re-entry
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Counties turn to transition specialists to help students in court school succeed
Article discussing court schools and County Departments of Education starting to hire staff to help...
Categories: Alternative education, Enrollment/re-entry
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Request for Depublication
Request for Depublication in In re Ivan N., an opinion issued by the California Court...
Categories: Enrollment/re-entry
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Amicus Letter in Support of Petition for Review
Letter in support of Petition for Review in Campaign for Quality Education v. State of...
Categories: No Child Left Behind/other funding, Special education
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Flyer for Forum on Court School
Announcement of Forum entitled "Education Reform's Missed Opportunity: Young People in California's Court Schools
Categories: Alternative education, English learner/migrant/homeless, Enrollment/re-entry, No Child Left Behind/other funding
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YLC Fellowship Annoucement
Notice that YLC is seeking applications from third-year law students and judicial clerks who are...
Categories: Enrollment/re-entry
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Educators Routinely Ignore a Captive Audience- Schools in Juvenile Justice Get an F
Educators Routinely Ignore a Captive Audience - Schools in Juvenile Hall Get An F. ...
Categories: Alternative education, Detention, Discipline/truancy, English learner/migrant/homeless, Enrollment/re-entry
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Press Release – Educational Injustice
Press Release on the report "Educational Injustice: Barriers to Achievement and Higher Education for Youth...
Categories: Discipline/truancy, English learner/migrant/homeless, Enrollment/re-entry, Gang profiling, Law enforcement in school, No Child Left Behind/other funding, Special education
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Educational Injustice: Barriers to Achievement and Higher Education for Youth in California Juvenile Court Schools
Report by the Youth Law Center of the of the barriers to education for youth...
Categories: Discipline/truancy, English learner/migrant/homeless, Enrollment/re-entry, Gang profiling, Law enforcement in school, No Child Left Behind/other funding, Special education
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Executive Summary: Educational Injustice: Barriers to Achievement and Higher Education for Youth in California Juvenile ...
Summary of Report detailing a study of the education system for youth confined to detention...
Categories: Alternative education, Discipline/truancy, English learner/migrant/homeless, Enrollment/re-entry, Gang profiling, Law enforcement in school, No Child Left Behind/other funding, Special education
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Educational Rights as a Pregnant or Parenting Teen
Fact sheet on educational rights of pregnant or parenting teens.
Categories: "Know your rights", A.B. 490/foster care education, Foster care, Teen parenting
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Educational Rights of Foster Youth
Fact Sheet on educational rights of foster youth
Categories: "Know your rights", A.B. 490/foster care education
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Demand Letter to Ventura County Office of Education
This is a demand letter to the Ventura County Office of Education challenging its failure...
Categories: Alternative education
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Implementation Fact Sheet – AB 2276
This is a fact sheet explaining how advocates can ensure that AB 2276 is actually...
Categories: Enrollment/re-entry
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School to Nowhere – Web Resources
This provides a list of websites related to discipline, zero tolerance and other related issues.
Categories: Discipline/truancy
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Final Template for School Board Hearing Request- COE – SB 1111
This is a template for a letter that advocates and community stakeholders can send...
Categories: Alternative education
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Final Template for School Board Hearing Request – SB 1111
This is template for a letter that advocates and community stakeholders can send to local...
Categories: Alternative education
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Sample Public Records Request – SB 1111
This is a sample Public Records Act request that advocates can send to County Offices...
Categories: Alternative education
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Education Web Resources
This handout lists various links to resources on the internet related to the educational rights...
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education
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The Need for Transition Services for California’s Juvenile Justice Youth (Fact Sheet)
This fact sheet provides data and research references concerning the need for formalized transition plans...
Categories: Enrollment/re-entry
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“Reenrollment of Juvenile Justice Fact Sheet”
This fact sheet provides relevant data concerning the re-enrollment of juvenile justice into regular schools...
Categories: Enrollment/re-entry
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“Breaking Developments in CA School Discipline & Juvenile Justice”
This power point was presented at the LAAC Traveling Training on November 2, 2012 in...
Categories: Discipline/truancy
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Letter “Sign AB 420 to Support Civil Rights” (August 15, 2013)
This is a letter submitted to Governor Brown urging him to sign AB 420, a...
Categories: Discipline/truancy
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What Sacramento is Saying About School Discipline
This power point was presented to school district personnel attending the California Endowment's "Central...
Categories: Discipline/truancy
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Exclusion and Push-Out Power Point
This is a power point that addresses issues related to the disproportionate impact of discipline...
Categories: Discipline/truancy
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School to Nowhere – Web Resources
This provides a list of websites related to school discipline, zero tolerance and other related...
Categories: Discipline/truancy
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California takes on harsh discipline and academic inequities for black, latino students
Article by Center for Public Integrity on school discipline and push out of Black and...
Categories: Alternative education, Discipline/truancy
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YLC Letter in Support of AB 2276
Letter in Support of AB 2276, a bill addressing the re-enrollment rights of juvenile justice...
Categories: Enrollment/re-entry
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SB 1111 Chaptered Text
The text of SB 1111 addressing transfer rights of students referred to county community schools.
Categories: Alternative education, Enrollment/re-entry
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YLC Letter in Support of SB 1111
Letter by YLC Staff Attorney Deborah Escobedo requesting the Governor's signature on SB 1111. ...
Categories: Alternative education, Enrollment/re-entry
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SB 1296
SB 1296 was signed into law on June 27, 2014 by Governor Jerry Brown. ...
Categories: Discipline/truancy
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Letter Opposing Eliminating Foster Youth Services
This is the letter we faxed to the Senate Budget Committee in February 2013. ...
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education
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Letter to Governor Brown in Support of SB 1088
Letter to Governor Brown in support of SB 1088, a bill YLC co-wrote.
Categories: Discipline/truancy
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Letter to Governor Brown in Support of SB 1088
Letter to Governor Brown in support of SB 1088, a bill YLC co-wrote.
Categories: Discipline/truancy
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SB 1088 Fact Sheet – Fix School
This fact sheet on SB 1088 explains what SB 1088 will do and how it...
Categories: Discipline/truancy
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Fix School Discipline: Statewide Reforms and Next Steps – Power oint Presentation
Power point presentation on what the problems are, what legislation was recently passed and what...
Categories: Discipline/truancy
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EDUCATION BILLS ADDRESSING DISCIPLINE REFORM AND RELATED ISSUES SIGNED INTO LAW DURING 2011-2012
List of education bills addressing discipline reform and related issues signed into law during 2011-12.
Categories: Discipline/truancy
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Letter to State Board of Education re the School Accountability Report Card
Letter from several advocacy organizations asking the state board of education to put more suspension...
Categories: Discipline/truancy
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Letter to State Board of Education re Request for SBE Informational Item: School Discipline – Suspension and Expu...
Letter asking board to discuss suspension and expulsion at the next meeting.
Categories: Discipline/truancy
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Letter to State Superintendent Addressing the Excessive and Disproportionate Use of Suspension and Expulsion
Letter to the State Superintendent from 12 advocacy organizations asking him to address the problem...
Categories: Discipline/truancy
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Alejo v. O’Connell Petition
The Youth Law Center and the California Rural Legal Assistance filed a lawsuit, Alejo v....
Categories: English learner/migrant/homeless
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Nick O. v. Terhune Stipulation and Order
Nick O. v. Terhune was a federal class action challenging the failure of the defendants...
Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Legal/policy issues, Special education, Training school
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Tommy P.v. Board of County Commissioners Memorandum and Judgment
Tommy P. v. Board of County Commissioners was a state court action to insure that...
Categories: Detention, Enrollment/re-entry, Legal/policy issues
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Tommy P. v. Board of Commissioners First Amended Complaint
Tommy P. v. Board of County Commissioners was a state court action to insure that...
Categories: Detention, Enrollment/re-entry, Legal/policy issues
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Ramon v. Soto Stipulation and Settlement Agreement
Ramon v. Soto was a federal civil rights action that challenged several unlawful disciplinary procedures...
Categories: Special education
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Ramon v. Soto Complaint
Ramon v. Soto was a federal civil rights action that challenged several unlawful disciplinary procedures...
Categories: Special education
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Pazmiño v. California Board of Education Alternatie Writ of Mandate
Pazmiño v. California Board of Education was a lawsuit filed by immigrant children, parents, teachers,...
Categories: English learner/migrant/homeless
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Pazmiño v. California Board of Education Settlement Agreement
Pazmiño v. California Board of Education was a lawsuit filed by immigrant children, parents, teachers,...
Categories: English learner/migrant/homeless
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Pazmiño v. California Board of Education Petition and Complaint
Pazmiño v. California Board of Education was a lawsuit filed by immigrant children, parents, teachers,...
Categories: English learner/migrant/homeless
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Nick O. v. Terhune Complaint
Nick O. v. Terhune was a federal class action challenging the failure of the defendants...
Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Legal/policy issues, Special education, Training school
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Melvin C. v. Schilling Maryland Correctional Special Education Action Plan
The Youth Law Center in collaboration with the Public Justice Center, Inc. and two private...
Categories: Juveniles in Jails/Prisons, Special education
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Melvin C. v. Schilling Complaint
The Youth Law Center in collaboration with the Public Justice Center, Inc. and two private...
Categories: Juveniles in Jails/Prisons, Special education
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Banuelos v. Tracy Settlement Agreement
YLC co-counseled with California Rural Legal Assistance on this federal civil rights action, Banuelos v....
Categories: Gang profiling
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Banuelos v. Tracy Notice of Settlement
YLC co-counseled with California Rural Legal Assistance on this federal civil rights action, Banuelos v....
Categories: Gang profiling
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Banuelos v. Tracy Complaint
YLC co-counseled with California Rural Legal Assistance on this federal civil rights action, Banuelos v....
Categories: Gang profiling
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Safford v. Redding Amicus
The Youth Law Center participated in this case as amicus curiae in a brief on...
Categories: Discipline/truancy, Juvenile justice legal issues, Law enforcement in school
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Police Interrogation of Child on Campus – YLC Fact Sheet
This fact sheet adddresses the participation of parents and guardians when police, or any law...
Categories: Law enforcement in school
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Foster Care Education Fact Sheets (California Foster Youth Education Task Force)
These are mostly one page fact sheets that were developed by the California Foster Youth Education Taskforce...
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education
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Step 6 – Children in the Child Welfare System – Tools for Promoting Educational Success and Reducing Delinquency
According to the National Center on Education, Disability and Juvenile Justice, the Tools for Success,...
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education, Enrollment/re-entry, Special education
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Understanding the Educational Needs of English Learner & Migrant Foster Youth – Powerpoint Presentation
This powerpoint covers issues related to the eligibility of foster youth for programs designed to...
Categories: English learner/migrant/homeless, Foster care
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Juvenile Court Schools: Addressing Equity In Discipline and Other Educational Policies Impacting Minorities and Student...
This power point focuses on issues related to youth enrolled in juvenile court schools.
Categories: Alternative education
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Education Issues Impacting Youth in the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems
This is a training outline that covers education issues impacting both juvenile justice and foster...
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education, Alternative education, English learner/migrant/homeless, Enrollment/re-entry, Gang profiling, Law enforcement in school, No Child Left Behind/other funding, Special education
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SCHOOL DISCIPLINE – WEB RESOURCES
This lists links to various websites dealing with student discipline issues and was distributed at...
Categories: Discipline/truancy
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School to Nowhere Enrollment and EL/FEP Data for Select Counties and Alternative Schools
This chart shows enrollment data for alternative schools located in the following California counties: Fresno,...
Categories: Alternative education
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Alternative Schools (Introduction to School Discipline) – Powerpoint Presentation
This power point covers alternative school placement issues related to school discipline.
Categories: Alternative education, Discipline/truancy
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Alternative Education Outline
This outline provides a brief summary of California Education Code provisions governing alternative education placements.
Categories: Alternative education
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Policy Brief – Early Childhood Education Programs
Early childhood education programs can provide critical education and other services for children in foster...
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education, Babies/young children, Enrollment/re-entry
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Policy Brief – Completion of Postsecondary Education and Training Programs
Former foster youth are most able to succeed in higher education and trianing programs when...
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education
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Policy Brief – Transition to Postsecondary Education and Training Programs
California Foster Youth Education Task Force's policy brief on transition to postsecondary education and training...
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education, Independent Living/Transition
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Policy Brief – Data Collection & Sharing: Foster Youth State-Wide Education Data
Although statewide educational data is collected for several subgroups of students enrolled in California, there...
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education
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Policy Brief – Educational Decision-Making & Parental Notice
Parental notice is a key element of the statutory framework of California's Education Code. This...
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education, No Child Left Behind/other funding
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Policy Brief – Academic Supports
This California Foster Youth Education Task Force's policy brief descibes the various special academic supports for foster...
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education, English learner/migrant/homeless, No Child Left Behind/other funding, Special education
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Policy Brief – AB 490 Implementation: Partial Credits
This California Foster Youth Education Task Force's policy brief on AB 490 Implementation explains how school districts...
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education
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Policy Brief – AB 490 Implementation: Least Restrictive Educational Placements
This California Foster Youth Education Task Force's policy brief on AB 490 Implementation spells out...
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education
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Policy Brief – AB 490 Implementation: School Transportation
Transportation, or the lack thereof, is a major obstable to ensuring appropriate educational placement for...
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education
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Policy Brief – AB 490 Implementation: Immediate Enrollment
This California Foster Youth Education Task Force's Policy Brief addresses how AB 490 Implementation addresses...
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education
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2007 California Foster Youth Education Summit – Backgrounder
Three page summary of the 2007 California Foster Youth Education Summit, the first statewide convening...
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education
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Warehousing Foster Care Students in Continuation High Schools Would Violate State Law
This short paper discusses why foster care students cannot be placed in continuations schools involuntarily....
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education, Alternative education
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School Districts Cannot Withhold the Transcripts of Foster Youth Because of the Failure to Return Textbooks or Other Sch...
Three-page memo on why school districts cannot withhold transcripts of foster youth because of failure...
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education
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General Education Materials (3) – Education Related Duties in California Juvenile Delinquency Cases
Chart highlighting duties imposed by key provisions in California Education Law pertinent to delinquency cases....
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education
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General Education Materials (2) – Education Related Duties in California Juvenile Dependency Cases
Chart highlighting duties imposed by key provisions in California Education Law pertinent to dependency cases....
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education
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General Education Materials (1) – California Legislation Related to Education of Wards & Dependents
Chart highlighting duties imposed by key provisions in California Education Law. (10 pages)
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education
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AB 490 Training Materials (11) – Los Angeles Education Summit Recommendations
Summit recommendations
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AB 490 Training Materials (10) – Power Point
Training Tool Summarizing Key Points
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AB 490 Training Materials (09) – Implementation Plan for AB 490 – A School Blueprint
Overview of particular provisions pertinent to schools. (3 pages)
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education
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AB 490 Training Materials (08) – AB 490 Roles and Responsibilities: Schools
Overview of specific roles and responsibilities of schools under the new law. (6 pages)
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education
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AB 490 Training Materials (07) – AB 490 Roles & Responsibilities: Caregivers
Overview of specific roles and responsibilities of caregivers under the new law. (5 pages)
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education
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AB 490 Training Materials (06) – AB 490 Roles and Responsibilities: County Social Workers and Probation Officers
Overview of specific roles and responsibilities of social workers and probation officers under the new...
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education
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AB 490 Training Materials (05) – AB 490 Roles and Responsibilities: Attorneys
Overview of specific roles and responsibilities of attorneys under the law. (6 pages)
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education
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AB 490 Training Materials (04) – AB 490 Roles & Responsibilities: Juvenile Court Judges
Overview of specific roles and responsibilities of judges under the new law. (7 pages)
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education
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AB 490 Training Materials (03) – Education Related Duties in California Juvenile Dependency and Delinquency Cases ...
"Chart with detailed legal analysis, including changes to key code sections and roles and responsibilities...
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AB 490 Training Materials (02) – AB 490 Overview
More detailed outline of the new law. (6 pages)
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education
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AB 490 Training Materials (01) – Ensuring Educational Rights and Stability for Foster Youth – AB 490 Summary
One page summary of key provisions.
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education
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Fresno County Standing Order Auhorizing Sharing of Information With School Personnel
This Standing Order addresses the exchange of information between the Fresno County Department of Children...
Categories: Enrollment/re-entry, Foster care, Information Sharing
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Frequently Asked Questions and Answers About AB 490 (California Foster Youth Education Task Force)
FAQ on AB 490
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education
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Improving Educational Opportunities for Youth in the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems: The Fresno First Year ...
First year report and strategic plan.
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education, Alternative education, Enrollment/re-entry, Legal/policy issues
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Getting Out of the Red Zone – Youth from the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems Speak Out about the Obstac...
This publication describes the process the Youth Law Center underwent to conduct a series of...
Categories: Alternative education, Enrollment/re-entry, Legal/policy issues, Special education
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Unintended Consequences: The Impact of ‘Zero Tolerance’ and Other Exclusionary Policies on Kentucky Students
This report found that Kentucky's African-American youth are suspended from many schools at rates far...
Categories: Discipline/truancy, Racial Justice/DMC
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Northern Lights: Success in Student Achievement and School Discipline at Northern Elementary School
As a follow up to the February, 2003, Building Blocks study that illustrated the disproportionate...
Categories: Discipline/truancy, Racial Justice/DMC
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Non-Public Schools – Public Records Act Request – CDE Monitoring of Nonpublic Schools
This public records act request is directed to the California Department of Education and requests...
Categories: Alternative education
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Demand Letter – Failure to Provide Detained Youth Educational Services
This is a demand letter directed to the Los Angeles County Office of Education regarding...
Categories: Enrollment/re-entry
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Demand Letter – Denying Detained Youth Access to School
This is a demand letter directed to Los Angeles County Probation regarding its failure to...
Categories: Enrollment/re-entry
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Demand Letter to CDE re: Failure to Monitor Juvenile Court Schools
This is a demand letter directed to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction concerning California’s...
Categories: Alternative education, Special education
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Gang Attire Public Records Act Request to the Sonoma County Office of Education
This is a public records act request directed to the Sonoma County Office of Education...
Categories: Gang profiling
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“Gang Attire” Public Records Act Request to Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department
This is a public records act request directed to the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department concerning...
Categories: Gang profiling
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Gang Attire Public Records Act Request Directed to Santa Rosa City Schools
This is a public records act request directed to Santa Rosa City Schools concerning a...
Categories: Gang profiling
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Gang Attire Demand Letter
This is a demand letter challenging a school district's "gang attire" policy that was used...
Categories: Gang profiling
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Non-Public Schools – Request for Investigation to the California Department of Education
This is a request for an investigation directed to the California Department of Education concerning...
Categories: Alternative education
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Special Education and the Juvenile Justice System
"This monograph is intended to inform judges, attorneys, advocates, probation officers, institutional staff, and other...
Categories: Special education
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