The Student Advocacy Center (SAC)
was established in 1975 to focus on the educational experience
of students; to identify successful practices and policies as
well as the barriers to effective service.
Using a strengths-based approach,
the Student Advocacy Center works in partnership with families
and schools to promote educational practices that result in
success for students, as well as to challenge those exclusionary
policies that may have a harmful impact on students and families.
Our advocates, who are not employees
of the schools or the government, work to assure equal opportunity
and excellent education for all children.
SAC provides a full range of
services: free individual case advocacy, technical assistance,
and training for parents, students, and professionals about
children’s educational entitlements and due process rights
in Michigan.
* New Program * SAC announces an exciting new initiative to support fathers and couples. Info on the new Proud Fathers - Proud Parents program can be found on our Programs page or contact Jess.
The Student Advocacy
Center of Michigan is the only independent organization in Michigan
providing free, non-legal advocacy to students (and their parents)
who are eligible for general and special public education programs.
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What
can this website do for you?
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If you are a parent or student, it
can:
- Suggest positive interventions
to prevent negative situations from becoming problems.
- Offer strategies on working
and partnering with the school to relieve the problem.
- Offer options if you and the
school cannot come to an agreement on the issue and
its solution.
- Provide you with sample letters
to write to the schools and administration.
If you are a teacher or school official,
it can:
- Lend insight into the problems parents
and children feel and experience.
- Offer suggestions for better
communication with families.
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NEW YOUTH PROGRAM!
Students Advocating for Students
Students Advocating for Students is a diverse group of students, ages 14-18, who address the needs of other students and research issues in the public school system to develop strategies to make positive changes
- Provide a voice for Michigan's school students.
- Create a replicable model for positive school environments.
- Improve the graduation rates of low income and vulnerable populations.
- Educate students about their rights.
- Help The Student Advocacy Center of Michigan address the important issues facing students in today’s world.
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