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On June 21, 2018, the Center for Law and Education, in conjunction with a coalition of students’ rights groups, filed a lawsuit against Boston Public Schools (“BPS”) to obtain public records that are being improperly withheld regarding BPS’ disturbing practice of sharing information with federal immigration officials, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) via the Boston Regional Intelligence Center (BRIC)....
In the current political climate, it is crucial that procedures are implemented for the protection of children whose parents may be detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during the school day. Currently, there is no uniformly adopted procedure applicable to MA public schools that allows for parents to permit other adults to pick their children up from school. To read CLE's suggested process for both parents and school districts to take in the event of a parent's detainment, click...
In response to an investigation by the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”), Boston Public Schools (“BPS”) has agreed to recognize sickle cell disease (“SCD”) as a...
The 2015 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as the Every
...- American Bar Association Calls for Action on Right to High-Quality Education(PDF) Press release announcing ABA’s adoption of three resolutions pertaining to securing the right of every child to a high-quality education. CLE co-director Paul Weckstein, as part of the ABA's Commission on Youth at Risk, was the primary author of the resolutions and the respective accompanying reports set forth below.
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