Education

In California, outside of juvenile dependency and delinquency representation, there are few civil legal aid...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Education, Foster care, Foster Care Benefits, Health, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice, Legal Representation, Practice standards/guides, Public Benefits/Funding

This report analyzes available data – collected through DataQuest, Ed Data, and public records act...

Categories: Education, Education Access, Juvenile Justice

Categories: Education, Education Access, Juvenile Justice

Once fully implemented, the FAFSA Simplification Act (FSA) will represent a significant overhaul of how...

Categories: Child Welfare, Education, Foster care

Youth Law Center’s TAY Practice Exchange is a free practice support network for civil legal...

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

Categories: Education, Education Access, Juvenile Justice

Categories: Education, Education Access, Juvenile Justice

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

Categories: Education

Categories: Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Education, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition

Categories: Education, Education Access, Juvenile Justice

Categories: Child Welfare, Education, Foster care

Categories: Education, Juvenile records/court proceedings

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

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

Letter requesting Governor Brown's signature on SB 2306, a bill to give students transferring from...

Categories: Enrollment/re-entry

article appearing in the Reporter.com on AB 2306

Categories: Enrollment/re-entry

Article discussing court schools and County Departments of Education starting to hire staff to help...

Categories: Alternative education, Enrollment/re-entry

Request for Depublication in In re Ivan N., an opinion issued by the California Court...

Categories: Enrollment/re-entry

Letter in support of Petition for Review in Campaign for Quality Education v. State of...

Categories: No Child Left Behind/other funding, Special education

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

Notice that YLC is seeking applications from third-year law students and judicial clerks who are...

Categories: Enrollment/re-entry

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

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

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

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

Fact sheet on educational rights of pregnant or parenting teens.

Categories: "Know your rights", A.B. 490/foster care education, Foster care, Teen parenting

Fact Sheet on educational rights of foster youth

Categories: "Know your rights", A.B. 490/foster care education

This is a demand letter to the Ventura County Office of Education challenging its failure...

Categories: Alternative education

This is a fact sheet explaining how advocates can ensure that AB 2276 is actually...

Categories: Enrollment/re-entry

This provides a list of websites related to discipline, zero tolerance and other related issues.

Categories: Discipline/truancy

This is a template for a letter that advocates and community stakeholders can send...

Categories: Alternative education

This is template for a letter that advocates and community stakeholders can send to local...

Categories: Alternative education

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

Categories: Alternative education

This handout lists various links to resources on the internet related to the educational rights...

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education

This fact sheet provides data and research references concerning the need for formalized transition plans...

Categories: Enrollment/re-entry

This fact sheet provides relevant data concerning the re-enrollment of juvenile justice into regular schools...

Categories: Enrollment/re-entry

This power point was presented at the LAAC Traveling Training on November 2, 2012 in...

Categories: Discipline/truancy

This is a letter submitted to Governor Brown urging him to sign AB 420, a...

Categories: Discipline/truancy

This power point was presented to school district personnel attending the California Endowment's "Central...

Categories: Discipline/truancy

This is a power point that addresses issues related to the disproportionate impact of discipline...

Categories: Discipline/truancy

This provides a list of websites related to school discipline, zero tolerance and other related...

Categories: Discipline/truancy

Article by Center for Public Integrity on school discipline and push out of Black and...

Categories: Alternative education, Discipline/truancy

Text of AB 2276

Categories: Enrollment/re-entry

Letter in Support of AB 2276, a bill addressing the re-enrollment rights of juvenile justice...

Categories: Enrollment/re-entry

The text of SB 1111 addressing transfer rights of students referred to county community schools.

Categories: Alternative education, Enrollment/re-entry

Letter by YLC Staff Attorney Deborah Escobedo requesting the Governor's signature on SB 1111. ...

Categories: Alternative education, Enrollment/re-entry

SB 1296 was signed into law on June 27, 2014 by Governor Jerry Brown. ...

Categories: Discipline/truancy

This is the letter we faxed to the Senate Budget Committee in February 2013. ...

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education

Letter to Governor Brown in support of SB 1088, a bill YLC co-wrote.

Categories: Discipline/truancy

Letter to Governor Brown in support of SB 1088, a bill YLC co-wrote.

Categories: Discipline/truancy

This fact sheet on SB 1088 explains what SB 1088 will do and how it...

Categories: Discipline/truancy

Power point presentation on what the problems are, what legislation was recently passed and what...

Categories: Discipline/truancy

List of education bills addressing discipline reform and related issues signed into law during 2011-12.

Categories: Discipline/truancy

Letter from several advocacy organizations asking the state board of education to put more suspension...

Categories: Discipline/truancy

Letter asking board to discuss suspension and expulsion at the next meeting.

Categories: Discipline/truancy

Letter to the State Superintendent from 12 advocacy organizations asking him to address the problem...

Categories: Discipline/truancy

The Youth Law Center and the California Rural Legal Assistance filed a lawsuit, Alejo v....

Categories: English learner/migrant/homeless

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

Tommy P. v. Board of County Commissioners was a state court action to insure that...

Categories: Detention, Enrollment/re-entry, Legal/policy issues

Tommy P. v. Board of County Commissioners was a state court action to insure that...

Categories: Detention, Enrollment/re-entry, Legal/policy issues

Ramon v. Soto was a federal civil rights action that challenged several unlawful disciplinary procedures...

Categories: Special education

Ramon v. Soto was a federal civil rights action that challenged several unlawful disciplinary procedures...

Categories: Special education

Pazmiño v. California Board of Education was a lawsuit filed by immigrant children, parents, teachers,...

Categories: English learner/migrant/homeless

Pazmiño v. California Board of Education was a lawsuit filed by immigrant children, parents, teachers,...

Categories: English learner/migrant/homeless

Pazmiño v. California Board of Education was a lawsuit filed by immigrant children, parents, teachers,...

Categories: English learner/migrant/homeless

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

The Youth Law Center in collaboration with the Public Justice Center, Inc. and two private...

Categories: Juveniles in Jails/Prisons, Special education

The Youth Law Center in collaboration with the Public Justice Center, Inc. and two private...

Categories: Juveniles in Jails/Prisons, Special education

YLC co-counseled with California Rural Legal Assistance on this federal civil rights action, Banuelos v....

Categories: Gang profiling

YLC co-counseled with California Rural Legal Assistance on this federal civil rights action, Banuelos v....

Categories: Gang profiling

YLC co-counseled with California Rural Legal Assistance on this federal civil rights action, Banuelos v....

Categories: Gang profiling

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

This fact sheet adddresses the participation of parents and guardians when police, or any law...

Categories: Law enforcement in school

These are mostly one page fact sheets that were developed by the California Foster Youth Education Taskforce...

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education

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

This powerpoint covers issues related to the eligibility of foster youth for programs designed to...

Categories: English learner/migrant/homeless, Foster care

This power point focuses on issues related to youth enrolled in juvenile court schools.

Categories: Alternative education

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

This lists links to various websites dealing with student discipline issues and was distributed at...

Categories: Discipline/truancy

This chart shows enrollment data for alternative schools located in the following California counties: Fresno,...

Categories: Alternative education

This power point covers alternative school placement issues related to school discipline.

Categories: Alternative education, Discipline/truancy

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

Categories: Alternative education

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

Former foster youth are most able to succeed in higher education and trianing programs when...

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education

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

Although statewide educational data is collected for several subgroups of students enrolled in California, there...

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education

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

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

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

This California Foster Youth Education Task Force's policy brief on AB 490 Implementation spells out...

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education

Transportation, or the lack thereof, is a major obstable to ensuring appropriate educational placement for...

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education

This California Foster Youth Education Task Force's Policy Brief  addresses how AB 490 Implementation addresses...

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education

Three page summary of the 2007 California Foster Youth Education Summit, the first statewide convening...

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education

This short paper discusses why foster care students cannot be placed in continuations schools involuntarily....

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education, Alternative education

Three-page memo on why school districts cannot withhold transcripts of foster youth because of failure...

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education

Chart highlighting duties imposed by key provisions in California Education Law pertinent to delinquency cases....

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education

Chart highlighting duties imposed by key provisions in California Education Law pertinent to dependency cases....

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education

Chart highlighting duties imposed by key provisions in California Education Law. (10 pages)

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education

Summit recommendations

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education

Training Tool Summarizing Key Points

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education

Overview of particular provisions pertinent to schools. (3 pages)

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education

Overview of specific roles and responsibilities of schools under the new law. (6 pages)

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education

Overview of specific roles and responsibilities of caregivers under the new law. (5 pages)

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education

Overview of specific roles and responsibilities of social workers and probation officers under the new...

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education

Overview of specific roles and responsibilities of attorneys under the law. (6 pages)

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education

Overview of specific roles and responsibilities of judges under the new law. (7 pages)

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education

"Chart with detailed legal analysis, including changes to key code sections and roles and responsibilities...

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education

More detailed outline of the new law. (6 pages)

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education

One page summary of key provisions.

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education

This Standing Order addresses the exchange of information between the Fresno County Department of Children...

Categories: Enrollment/re-entry, Foster care, Information Sharing

FAQ on AB 490

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education

First year report and strategic plan.

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education, Alternative education, Enrollment/re-entry, Legal/policy issues

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

This report found that Kentucky's African-American youth are suspended from many schools at rates far...

Categories: Discipline/truancy, Racial Justice/DMC

As a follow up to the February, 2003, Building Blocks study that illustrated the disproportionate...

Categories: Discipline/truancy, Racial Justice/DMC

This public records act request is directed to the California Department of Education and requests...

Categories: Alternative education

This is a demand letter directed to the Los Angeles County Office of Education regarding...

Categories: Enrollment/re-entry

This is a demand letter directed to Los Angeles County Probation regarding its failure to...

Categories: Enrollment/re-entry

This is a demand letter directed to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction concerning California’s...

Categories: Alternative education, Special education

This is a public records act request directed to the Sonoma County Office of Education...

Categories: Gang profiling

This is a public records act request directed to the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department concerning...

Categories: Gang profiling

This is a public records act request directed to Santa Rosa City Schools concerning a...

Categories: Gang profiling

This is a demand letter challenging a school district's "gang attire" policy that was used...

Categories: Gang profiling

This is a request for an investigation directed to the California Department of Education concerning...

Categories: Alternative education

"This monograph is intended to inform judges, attorneys, advocates, probation officers, institutional staff, and other...

Categories: Special education