Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Institution
- Publication Type
Articles 1 - 5 of 5
Full-Text Articles in Law
Introduction To Symposium On Reconstructing Education In New Orleans Post-Katrina, Robert A. Garda Jr.
Introduction To Symposium On Reconstructing Education In New Orleans Post-Katrina, Robert A. Garda Jr.
Robert A. Garda
No abstract provided.
Shutting Off The School-To-Prison Pipeline For Status Offenders With Education-Related Disabilities, Joseph B. Tulman, Douglas M. Weck
Shutting Off The School-To-Prison Pipeline For Status Offenders With Education-Related Disabilities, Joseph B. Tulman, Douglas M. Weck
NYLS Law Review
No abstract provided.
Decriminalizing Students With Disabilities, Dean Hill Rivkin
Decriminalizing Students With Disabilities, Dean Hill Rivkin
NYLS Law Review
No abstract provided.
Autism In The Us: Social Movement And Legal Change, Daniela Caruso
Autism In The Us: Social Movement And Legal Change, Daniela Caruso
Faculty Scholarship
The social movement surrounding autism in the US has been rightly defined a ray of light in the history of social progress. The movement is inspired by a true understanding of neuro-diversity and is capable of bringing about desirable change in political discourse. At several points along the way, however, the legal reforms prompted by the autism movement have been grafted onto preexisting patterns of inequality in the allocation of welfare, education, and medical services. In a context most recently complicated by economic recession, autism-driven change bears the mark of political contingency and legal fragmentation. Distributively, it yields ambivalent results …
Equitable And Adequate Funding For Special Needs Children In Louisiana, Robert A. Garda Jr.
Equitable And Adequate Funding For Special Needs Children In Louisiana, Robert A. Garda Jr.
Robert A. Garda
Comprehensive and coordinated special education remains a major problem across public schools in Louisiana. One issue arises due to the fact that special education money in some districts is allotted at the district level instead of following students to the schools they attend, resulting in inconsistent support for schools serving students with multiple types of disabilities. Money is not allocated based on student needs and the neediest students do not receive the services the funding is intended to provide.
Louisiana Appleseed and the Louisiana Bar Foundation have recruited volunteer attorneys to: (1) research Louisiana Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) formulas and …