Know Your Rights
as Students & Parents…
Anywhere, Anytime.
The EdRights App from the Education Justice Program puts answers to your education rights questions at your fingertips.
We keep kids in school by addressing unequal, race-based school practices.
We also help kids get a quality education, whether they are in school, suspended or expelled.
Check out this NEW resource:
“Missouri School Enrollment: A Know Your Rights Guide for Students
and Caregivers”.
CLICK HERE to view it now.
We are interested in hearing about situations where a child is….
- Receiving special education services that do not meet the child’s needs
- Experiencing homelessness and having problems enrolling in school
- Suspended out-of-school or expelled with little or no schoolwork
- Being asked to teach themselves on a computer or phone
We offer
- FREE civil legal help
- FREE workshops for students, parents, and caregivers
- FREE workshops for churches and community groups
The Education Justice Program, a program of the Health Justice Initiative, works to disrupt the “School-to-Prison-Pipeline” by ensuring that every child receives a good education, in a safe school, no matter what a child looks like or where a child is from.
Our mission is to make that happen.
Resources available to support parents and educators:
- Missouri Homeless Youth Handbook
- Technology Access during the Pandemic and Beyond: An Equity Education Issue.
- Know Your Rights: Parents & Students Experiencing Homelessness
- Know Your Rights: Unaccompanied Youth Experiencing Homelessness
- Know Your Rights: Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act
- Know Your Rights: Equal Access to Public Education (English)
- Know Your Rights: Equal Access to Public Education (Spanish)
- Know Your Rights: School Fines & Fees
- Know Your Rights: School Discipline & Safety
- Know Your Rights: Seclusion & Restraint
- Know Your Rights: Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act – One-Page
- Bullying & Harassment: The Rights of Students & Parents
For more information about the Education Justice Program, or to leave a message on our tipline, contact:
314.256.8789 or ejp@lsem.org
Staff
Amanda Schneider, Managing Attorney
Christina Brimm, Social Worker
Hopey Fink, Attorney
Helpful Resources
- U.S. Department of Education on School Climate and Discipline: https://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/school-discipline/index.html
- ACLU of Missouri – From School to Prison, Missouri’s Pipeline of Injustice at: https://www.aclu-mo.org/en/missouris-pipeline-injustice-school-prison
