Press Releases

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Jan 8, 2014

Groundbreaking New Federal Guidelines on School Discipline Underscore Need to Pass AB 420

Overreliance on Expulsions and Suspensions Disproportionately Impact Students of Color and Jeopardize Equal Educational Opportunity
Jan 8, 2014

Students and Families Optimistic that School Success and Opportunity Act (AB1266) Will Remain Law

Referendum Did Not Qualify on Raw Count and Now Moves to Full Count
Jan 6, 2014

Students, Families, and Supporters Celebrate Growing Support and Opportunities for Transgender Students

School Success and Opportunity Act (AB1266) Helps Transgender Students Participate and Succeed in Schools
Dec 19, 2013

ACLU Sues ICE Over Unfair Telephone Policy

Immigrants Held Incommunicado, in Violation of Basic Rights
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Dec 18, 2013

ACLU, National Center for Youth Law and California Indian Legal Services Charge Racial and Sex Discrimination in Humboldt County Schools

Racially Hostile School Environments Exacerbate Educational Divide for Native American, African American Schoolchildren
Issue Areas: Indigenous Justice, Racial Justice, Schools
Dec 12, 2013

Class Action Lawsuit Seeks to Limit Mandatory Detention of Immigrants in California

Lawsuit Challenges Mandatory Detention of Immigrants
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Dec 9, 2013

Public Safety Realignment and Crime Rates in California

Independent Data Confirms: CA Can Reduce Incarceration without Jeopardizing Public Safety
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform