School & Education
Discipline, expulsion, or suspension
Resources for parents who are dealing with discipline of their child in school.
Learn your rights (3 resources)
A student with a disability can be suspended for the same reasons as a student without a disability. But there is a limit in a year.
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Explains why your child can be suspended and how long a suspension can last
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Other resources for the public (18 resources)
Describes the process of reporting to the ISBE that your child's school is not following special education laws.
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Describes the process to determine if the behavior used by the student was a result of his/her disabilities.
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Describes the process of expelling a student with disabilities.
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