by SAC | May 25, 2021
The National Dignity In Schools Campaign started, as local grassroots and advocacy groups came together to end school pushout. Student Advocacy Center became the 1st Michigan member in 2012.
by SAC | May 25, 2021
“Nowhere to Go – The devastating journey of youth expelled from Michigan schools” is published by future Executive Director Peri Stone-Palmquist, who conducted the research as a graduate student in collaboration with Student Advocacy Center, to bring to light the...
by SAC | May 25, 2021
The Michigan Journal of Race and Law publishes: The Children Left Behind: How Zero Tolerance Impacts Our Most Vulnerable Youth by Ruth Zweifler and Julia De Beers.
by SAC | May 25, 2021
A senator offers an amendment to the bill requiring the school board to place students who are expelled in a suitable program to continue his or her education during expulsion. The amendment failed, but empowered some school districts and school boards to create three...
by SAC | May 25, 2021
The law was again amended, allowing teachers to suspend a student for up to one day for “good reason” and defined suspensions for physical assault and mandatory expulsions for 180 school days, which was later overruled after being found “unconstitutionally vague and...
