Students And Parents Can Be Liable For Harmful Lies About School Employees

By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995Have you ever been lied about and those lies hurt you in some way (e.g. lost friends, lost job, expelled)?  Negative statements about ourselves, particularly falsehoods, make...

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School Suspension Or Expulsion For Controlled Substances

By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995A frequent situation facing distressed parents is when their child is placed up for suspension or expulsion for possession or sale of a controlled substance, aka drugs.  Here...

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Minimum Physical Education Requirements in California Schools

By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995Did you dread exercise as a child or did you long to run and play kickball during math or English instruction? It seems that the time allotted for Physical Education (PE) has dwindled...

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