Monthly Archives: October, 2007
Attendance Policy Makes a Wrong Turn
By Deborah Yi, PHLO Intern, 2007-2008 – Deborah Yi is a senior at Seneca Valley High School and the Editor in Chief of The Talon, SVHS School Newspaper. She is completing a year-long internship at PHLO. Truant students will be denied driving privileges if a new bill passes in the Maryland General Assembly – permitting [...]
LCs, Suspensions, and Expulsions: The Appeal Process Uncovered
By Deborah Yi, PHLO Intern, 2007-2008: In June of 2007, senior Sarah Douglas was unable to graduate from Northwood High School with most her fellow classmates. A straight-A student, varsity cheerleader, and National Honor society member, Sarah was all set to go to New York University on a scholarship – if it weren’t for her [...]
Supreme Court Split Decision in Board of Education of New York v. Tom F.
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled by split decision 4 to 4 (one Justice recused himself from the case) on a case already mentioned in our blog that was quite recently argued: Board of Education of New York v. Tom F. involved the normally disputed question of whether a family can obtain reimbursement for private [...]
Supreme Court Hears Case of Private School Tuition Reimbursement
October 1, 2007: The United States Supreme Court heard argument in the case of Board of Education of New York v. Tom F. This case involved the question of private school tuition reimbursement in circumstances where the public school had failed to provide a special needs student with a free and appropriate education (FAPE) and [...]
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