By: Hinkle, Fingles & Prior, Attorneys at Law
“Extracurricular Athletics” includes club sports, interscholastic sports (including freshman, junior varsity, and varsity), at all educational levels including the post-secondary level such as intercollegiate, clubs, and intramural sports.
The United States Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) recently released a groundbreaking directive requiring school districts to provide [...]
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Students who are chronically absent from school however, are often charged with ‘truancy’ regardless of whether the absence is a product of the student’s disability. Sometimes, students with disabilities miss school for reasons directly related to a disability, including mental illness, school phobia, depression, bullying from peers, lack of progress in school or health issues.
Students are being diagnosed with food allergies and chemical sensitivities at a higher rate than ever before. For example, the number of students under the age of five with severe peanut allergies has doubled during the past ten years. Because students spend such a significant portion of their days in school, it is essential that schools be equipped to accommodate the needs of students with food allergies and chemical sensitivities.
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