Alternative education

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sample Public Records Request – SB 1111

This is a sample Public Records Act request that advocates can send to County Offices...

Categories: Alternative education

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alternative Education Outline

This outline provides a brief summary of California Education Code provisions governing alternative education placements.

Categories: Alternative education

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

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

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

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

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

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