Today the Louisiana Department of Education, the Orleans Parish School Board, and a class of children represented by the °Ä²Ê¿ª½±, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law reached a settlement on a lawsuit that was filed over four years ago
The °Ä²Ê¿ª½± has reached a settlement with state and local education officials to help New Orleans children with disabilities.Â
Teens in Florida respond to an °Ä²Ê¿ª½± writing contest with powerful words about why children should not be prosecuted in the adult criminal justice system.
A Florida pre-kindergarten program will take steps to ensure it does not discriminate against children with diabetes as part of a settlement agreement to resolve a federal lawsuit the °Ä²Ê¿ª½± filed on behalf of a 3-year-old girl.
After notifying more than half of New Orleans public schools that their enrollment and registration practices discriminate against children because of their immigration status or that of their parents, the °Ä²Ê¿ª½± reported today that the majority of the city’s schools now have enrollment forms that comply with federal law.Â
The °Ä²Ê¿ª½± urged federal officials today to investigate Louisiana’s Coordinated System of Care program, which is failing to prevent young people with severe behavioral health needs from being unnecessarily funneled into detention centers and hospitals.
°Ä²Ê¿ª½± helps pass legislation allowing Louisiana students to return to public school after being denied enrollment because of their age.
The °Ä²Ê¿ª½± demanded today that 55 New Orleans schools change their enrollment practices to comply with federal law. Many are illegally requiring Social Security numbers.
An °Ä²Ê¿ª½± staff attorney recounts how a tearful meeting with a scared child at a Mississippi juvenile detention center led to a federal lawsuit and a settlement agreement to hold the lock-up accountable for its abuses.
The °Ä²Ê¿ª½± is hosting or supporting events in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi this month to raise public awareness of the need to reform criminal justice policies that are harming vulnerable children.
