If your child is set to be suspended for a period of longer than five days, it’s called a superintendent's suspension. By law, your student has some due process rights. I recently got a call from a mother whose daughter was accused of shoving someone to the ground. The girl was sent home, and her parents were told the school was seeking a 30 to 60 day superintendent's suspension.
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Recently, Marc and I guest lectured at New York University. Our father, Jay Gottlieb, is a Professor of Educational Psychology with a specialization in Special Education and teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses at NYU. We presented on the state of special education law in New York to his class of future teachers and school administrators.
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