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Category: School Choice
Earlier this week in El Dorado, U.S. District Judge Susan Hickey issued orders denying the motions for temporary orders and preliminary injunctions filed by the Hope, Junction City and Lafayette County school districts, which had sought relief from participation in the Arkansas Public School Choice Act. The districts collectively argued that their participation in the School Choice Act would cause them to violate the terms of court orders issued in their desegregation cases as to their desegregation obligations. Read More
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While it is not a regular occurrence in most Arkansas schools, national news indicates that law-enforcement referrals are increasing every day across the country as student safety receives renewed focus. Administrators should be aware that any school-related arrests or law-enforcement referrals must be tracked in eSchool beginning with cycle 7.¹ The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires state report cards to include information on school-related arrests and referrals to law enforcement (amongst other discipline data collected). Because of the ESSA requirement, the infraction information related to referrals to the police has been added to the SIS manual and will be collected in cycle 7 beginning this year. The police information in eSchool is found on the offenders’ page on the police tab in the discipline module…. Read More
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Category: Elections
Most people can’t run for more than one state or local office, but a new opinion from the Office of the Attorney General of Arkansas says that restriction does not apply to school district board candidate elections. Read More
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A high school football player in California will be permitted to continue kneeling as a form of protest after court intervention late in December 2017. Read More
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The case concerned a senior football player who sustained a traumatic brain injury after receiving two hard hits during football practice. Read More