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I was arrested at my campus today for PI based on an accusation. No students were present as school starts tomorrow.
JA: Because education law varies from place to place, can you tell me what state this is in?
Customer: I am in Lewisville, TX. This is my 19th year.
JA: Have you spoken to a local attorney or school administrator? What is your ideal outcome for this situation?
Customer: My principal said HR will call me AM tomorrow. However, tomorrow is the first day. Today was a teacher workday….no students were even on campus. I was given a sobriety test based on hearsay and there were no meetings today.
JA: Is there anything else the Lawyer should know before I connect you? Rest assured that they'll be able to help you.
Customer: No. I was simply in my room without students. I am very upset.

8.10.2022

I was enrolled at Metropolitan University, but was told the wrong start date and missed about a month and a half of courses putting me in bad academic standing, thus negating my student loans (the only way I can afford tuition). The forms they told me to fill out to request waiving those fees only worked for illness I can prove with doctors notes and deaths in the family. Neither of which apply to me. The unpaid tuition for the first semester is over $7,000 and not being able to pay it, the debt has gon to collections. I want to know if theres anything to be done after the debt has gone to collections. They have already taken my tax return, and my $750 check from the CO government. Two such checks I needed badly for bills.
JA: What state are you in? It matters because laws vary by location.
Customer: Colorado
JA: What steps have you taken so far?
Customer: ive contacted the bursar and the finacial department to see what could be done, and they directed me to the form waiving the tuition for that semester. Im looking at what the form is called now.
JA: Is there anything else the Lawyer should know before I connect you? Rest assured that they'll be able to help you.
Customer: Not that I can think of, no.

8.9.2022

I am curious if I have a case here. My 16 year old daughter was recently at a school sanctioned cheer camp in which she experienced some unwanted attention/harrassment from an unknown man in the pool, This was brought to the coaches attention. This private matter was shared by the coach to the entire team without my knowledge. Once the camp was over, the news had spread beyond just their team. Due to this embarrassment to the coach, she chose to discipline my daughter by removing her from her cheer position. I feel that her student right may be in violation and/or school conduct is in question
JA: The Education Lawyer can help you determine if you have a case. Where are you located? These laws vary by state.
Customer: Washington State. Clark County
JA: Is there anything else the Lawyer should know before I connect you? Rest assured that they'll be able to help you.
Customer: A tik tok was made of my daughter and other cheerleaders dancing, but it was not posted, nor did it have any captions on it at the time my daughter put her phone down. Someone else on the team, added a caption referring to theCustomer: Chat is completed

8.9.2022

My son applied admission for Fall 2022 to University of Maryland this year but the school didn’t processed his application at all even his application was shown as complete since last November or December. We figured out the school overlooked his application by negligence. The fallout was my son has to enroll in USC with much higher tuitions and expenses. As resident of Maryland, he should enjoy the in state tuitions in University of Maryland but his right was deprived completely by the negligence of admissions office of University of Maryland. Do you think we can seek for compensation from University of Maryland for the financial burden incurred? We have bunch of communications as evidence that they didn’t process my son’s application. Thanks
JA: Has your son talked to a MD lawyer about this?
Customer: Not yet
JA: What steps has he taken so far?
Customer: we wrote a letter to the school admission office and asked compensation
JA: Is there anything else the Lawyer should know before I connect you? Rest assured that they'll be able to help you.
Customer: Please let me know if it worth a lawsuit

8.9.2022

Is it a violation of privacy if a University allows the instructor to have students post their finally project which is a graded assignment to a discussion post so other students can see it and comment on it?
JA: What state are they in? It matters because laws vary by location.
Customer: New Hampshire, it is Southern New Hampshire University
JA: What steps have they taken so far?
Customer: I have had this issue before and was told by the University that Instructors can do as they please when it comes to this type of issue.
JA: Is there anything else the Lawyer should know before I connect you? Rest assured that they'll be able to help you.
Customer: They seem to refuse to make instructors follow university rules

8.5.2022

I was beaten up on my college campus and the fbi got involved because I said it was a hate crime (I’m a gay cis male). I was only interviewed once, I had to go to an office in downtown SF to talk to an official. I never got any more information or follow up. I want to know who I am allowed to hold responsible if there is anyone? I dropped out of college because of it and have had severe ptsd as well as a number of other violent attacks done to me since then.
JA: Have hate crime charges been filed? If so, when is the next court date?
Customer: No
JA: In what state did the hate crime occur?
Customer: California
JA: Is there anything else the Lawyer should know before I connect you? Rest assured that they'll be able to help you.
Customer: I don’t think so I’m not sure I filed a police report but I don’t have it with me anymore. This happened over 5 years ago. I was trying to put it behind me but it just doesn’t feel right anymoreCustomer: Chat is completed

8.2.2022

I'm going to a cosmetology school. The "administration" is possibly embezzling and definitely making racist comments about students in their absence. We are threatened daily with being kicked out for all sorts of minor things. However, we have one teacher for our theory class and she is functionally illiterate. Multiple students have been taking videos of the hours and hours. We sit with nothing to do. There are accounts of students that have never received the financial aid money. They were promised refunds of. I'm trying to compile as much evidence as possible but I'm not sure what is most important. I tried to go to another school because it's obvious that there is no education here. Just bodies in a building for 1,500 hours as required by the state of Illinois for amount of hours for taking the cosmetology board test. We are told that if we want to transfer or drop out we have to pay the entire program off before they were release any of our hours or information to any other school. They are willing to put us in collections and take us to court but will not provide us with an education. We have an administrative staff of a financial aid person and no other staff to speak with. This is the second campus. The first campus has been there for 30 years and to my knowledge has actual teachers but unfortunately I'm spending so much time and money and wasting both of these things.
JA: Because education law varies from place to place, can you tell me what state this is in?
Customer: Illinois
JA: Have you spoken to a local attorney or school administrator? What is your ideal outcome for this situation?
Customer: I have not spoken to anyone locally because I'm not sure who to speak with. I have absolutely nobody in the administration to listen to me considering the one person we have to talk to is the person in question. We are not provided with a counselor or his supervisors information.
JA: Is there anything else the Lawyer should know before I connect you? Rest assured that they'll be able to help you.
Customer: Nope. I just want to know if I want to go Forward with this. What is the best thing to document? What are the parameters the school should have to legally abide by and I'm fighting for an entire school of people. After gas lighting us and threatening us. Once we graduate there is no acknowledgment and that makes me so sad. I'm touring different schools starting Tuesday so I can pick up on what the industry standards look like locally. Obviously no one in the administration of the schools wants to talk to me about the laws because they don't want to implicate themselves in a lawsuit

7.31.2022

Seeking representation and legal assistance for medical school that dismissed me as a disabled student in the process of seeking disability accommodations for my medical board exams. This school had also falsified records about my enrollment to the department of education. The school is the American University of the Caribbean and their administrative office is in Pembroke Pines, Florida. They instructed me not to take my exam without accommodations and then turned around and dismissed me from the program when I could not acquire accommodations and take the exam by their deadline. This follows a laundry list of micro aggressions that I faced from the administration throughout my tenure.
JA: What kind of workplace is this (private sector, public sector, etc.)? How many employees?
Customer: It’s not a workplace it is a graduate school
JA: Have you requested a reasonable accommodation? What happened?
Customer: I’m not sure how to answer this in short. Basically, the school took 6 months to supply documentation requested by the medical boards. When my accomodations were denied and I needed to appeal, a process that takes more than 3 months, and my school knew that, they only gave me 3 months to appeal or the ultimatum to take my licensing exam without accommodations, or else they would dismiss me. And they dismissed me. As I have not been able to pass school exams without disability accommodations
JA: Have you talked to a FL lawyer about the disability?
Customer: I’ve not found one. I’ve tried but most that seem to specialize in this area seem to be in the New York area
JA: Is there anything else the Lawyer should know before I connect you? Rest assured that they'll be able to help you.
Customer: not that I can think of

7.30.2022

Hi
JA: Hi. How can I help?
Customer: I am a teacher married to a us citizen but i have not done my petition yet. I would like to get work authorization to apply as a teacher here.
JA: What steps have you taken? Have you filed any paperwork with the U.S. government?
Customer: No
JA: Have you talked to a lawyer about this?
Customer: Not yet
JA: Is there anything else the Lawyer should know before I connect you? Rest assured that they'll be able to help you.
Customer: I have started the certification process for teaching license in New York.

7.27.2022

My daughter is being harassed online and in person by other college students. Obviously not employment related, so who can I go to?
JA: Has your daughter discussed this harassment issue with a manager or HR? Or with a lawyer?
Customer: No. She works in HR for the school where she is a student. I did advise her to ask them what to do.
JA: Is the workplace "at will" or union? Is the job hourly or salaried?
Customer: at will, hourly. She is not being harassed as employee but as a student.
JA: Is there anything else the Lawyer should know before I connect you? Rest assured that they'll be able to help you.
Customer: One of the threats on group chat was that one member of the group chat believes my daughter is pregnant (she’s not), and a man in the chat said that they should kill the fetus to ‘stop the wretched bloodline from continuing’

7.27.2022

Can my current school call a new place of employment to postpone my start date?
JA: Because education law varies from place to place, can you tell me what state this is in?
Customer: Texas
JA: Have you spoken to a local attorney or school administrator? What is your ideal outcome for this situation?
Customer: I am trying to be released from a new teacher contract to accept a new position. I am being told it's not an option.
JA: Is there anything else the Lawyer should know before I connect you? Rest assured that they'll be able to help you.
Customer: I was within 22 days of the 45 day notice as described in the contract.

7.25.2022

Hello! My son is a 5 year old who is going to be attending kindergarten in august. His school has a rule that boys can’t have short hair, & my son has long hair. It is a public school & the only school in our district. I reached out to the principal & superintendent to try and find a solution & was told that he could be disciplined for having long hair if he comes to school. Is this right? I thought schools couldn’t have gender based dress codes. I met with the school board to speak and ask for rules to be changed and I’ve been met with slander on social media from locals. That doesn’t bother me, however even teachers at this school are liking and supporting these comments. Is this allowed?
JA: Because education law varies from place to place, can you tell me what state this is in?
Customer: Texas.
JA: Have you spoken to a local attorney or school administrator? What is your ideal outcome for this situation?
Customer: No I have not. I have spoken to school administrator but they weren’t any help. I want my son to be able to go to a school without having to cut his hair.
JA: Is there anything else the Lawyer should know before I connect you? Rest assured that they'll be able to help you.
Customer: No I believe that’s it. I’m just seeking advice.

7.22.2022

Hi, I am looking for an education lawyer who could help me. I enrolled in a Cosmetology school that says in its catalog that we can do things with our license that we cannot do, and the owner of the school admitted that she knows we cannot do them, yet the contract still says we can, which is the whole reason I enrolled. Now I owe $12,000.
JA: Because education law varies from place to place, can you tell me what state this is in?
Customer: CT
JA: Have you spoken to a local attorney or school administrator? What is your ideal outcome for this situation?
Customer: I have not been able to find a local education lawyer who is able to work with me. I would like to receive at least some of my money back.
JA: Is there anything else the Lawyer should know before I connect you? Rest assured that they'll be able to help you.
Customer: No, that's it

7.14.2022

A school blamed me for an academic integrity issue based on what I said in an email. My paper was already graded and I wanted to appeal the grade
JA: Because education law varies from place to place, can you tell me what state this is in?
Customer: My school is Arizona State University, but I live in Florida. It was my last class for my Master's in emergency management and Homeland Security. I did not have a track record of plagiarism.
JA: Have you spoken to a local attorney or school administrator? What is your ideal outcome for this situation?
Customer: No I have not spoken to an attorney, I spoke to a school admin but it does not seem that they are following their own policy
JA: Is there anything else the Lawyer should know before I connect you? Rest assured that they'll be able to help you.
Customer: I am an Air Force Veteran with 24 years of service. I have a 90/%-rated disability from the VA. I have PTSD from my time in Baghdad, and the events that caused a delay in properly editing my paper was triggering event. I also have a 3.91 GPA with no history of cheating.

7.14.2022

Hi. My HS son was bullied, hazed, and racially profiled during his entire freshman year and I feel that his civil rights were violated.
JA: What state are you in? It matters because laws vary by location.
Customer: NY
JA: What steps have you taken so far?
Customer: I'm not sure what to do. Things came to a head Bc he couldn't take it anymore and had a breakdown mentally. He verbally threatened the kid in a private chat and was expelled.
JA: Is there anything else the Lawyer should know before I connect you? Rest assured that they'll be able to help you.
Customer: No. He has never experienced any kind of racial discrimination and has had no prior behavioral issues in all his academic career.

7.13.2022

Hello, I am currently studing in an aviation school to get my airframe and powerplant licenses. There is some books that students need in order to study for final exams and state exams. Those books you can buy in school or online. If there are wrong answers in the book can I sue the school? Or the book writer? Or the FAA?
JA: The Lawyer can help you determine if you have a case. Where are you located? These laws vary by state.
Customer: Florida
JA: Is there anything else the Lawyer should know before I connect you? Rest assured that they'll be able to help you.
Customer: There is multiple book, as well as an app in the phone that we use tu study for exams. There is textbooks, and then a book that has all oral and practical questions that we need to know to take the FAA test to be able to get a license. Those books are the ones that I found some quiestions with the wrong answer. The same content that is in those Question and answer books, are on the app that I mentioned before, however in the app you might get a different answer that the one you get from the book. The app cost $10 to download and it is not mandatory. The book is not mandatory to have it either, but it is what every teacher and the school recomends to the students to use to study.

7.9.2022

I have a issue with a online school on Alabama and I live in SC while attending the school and is currently living in SC
JA: Have you talked to a lawyer about this?
Customer: No
JA: What steps have you taken so far?
Customer: while attending I was never given a academic advisor, after being omitted out of I have completed two appeals. the program the college started providing student advisor to help with courses and student services. I was told that my appeals where denied because of policy. So after my last appeal in 2015, school policy changed where I could received my degree I could not appeal it again because I reached my limited of appeal. I feel that it was unfair and I have wasted thousands of dollars that to be paid back.
JA: Is there anything else the Lawyer should know before I connect you? Rest assured that they'll be able to help you.
Customer: I was retaking classes until I pass required praxis test to receive my degree due to not knowing what to do without an advisor. I’ve completed all course work and required test score passed and the college would not allow me to receive my degree.

7.7.2022

I am at risk of failing out of my program due to unfair/questionable circumstances. I received a 0% and a failing final grade on my most recently completed clinical rotation due to checking one of my answers when I was on my 10-minute break (outside of the exam room) in between 2 sections of the final exam. The handbooks do not specify what we are or aren't allowed to do during our breaks, they just say that we aren't allowed to use materials other than the scrap paper given to us "during the exam". I did not cheat nor did I do anything to improve my grade on the second section of the exam with my action. I did not get a warning nor was I approached by the staff member who saw me as I was finishing my snack and putting my pocketbook away. After reviewing the handbooks, I still don't believe I violated any policies. I followed instructions: I put my phone in the coordinator's office, my backback was outside of the exam classroom, and I did not use any materials other than the scrap paper while taking my exam. I have had issues of scrutiny in the past with these staff members including being put on professionalism probation for tardies (other students were late more often than I was with no consequences), they tried to kick me out of the program for false accusations and I went through a 2-month long official process that ruled in my favor to continue in the program, and I have not received any academic advisement since before the aforementioned process. In my program, students are supposed to have academic advisement twice per semester. I continue to be scrutinized and treated unfairly. I just want to graduate in January with the rest of my class instead of being kicked out 20 months into my program and over $100k in student loan debt.
JA: Because education law varies from place to place, can you tell me what state this is in?
Customer: I'm in Kentucky
JA: Have you spoken to a local attorney or school administrator? What is your ideal outcome for this situation?
Customer: I have spoken to administration in the past when the staff of my program tried to kick me out of my program for false accusations. I have a meeting with admin and program staff tomorrow. Not sure what will be discussed. I want to graduate
JA: Is there anything else the Lawyer should know before I connect you? Rest assured that they'll be able to help you.
Customer: When I am no longer attending the school, I want to sue them for unfair treatment, making false accusations against me, adversity of being a single mother, exclusion from academic advising, etc.

7.5.2022

I was just wondering how I can stop a placement agency from putting a mark on my credit or suing me for a fee that they are charging when I was not placed by them as a high school teacher in Stamford
JA: Because education law varies from place to place, can you tell me what state this is in?
Customer: CT
JA: Have you spoken to a local attorney or school administrator? What is your ideal outcome for this situation?
Customer: Just stop the harrassment of being billed for work not done.
JA: Is there anything else the Lawyer should know before I connect you? Rest assured that they'll be able to help you.
Customer: This was dropped in 2020 and they just started to send bills again in 2022 after rethinking the situation they said in the letter.

7.5.2022

My son has had his civil rights violated from the school district we live in. I would like to find out if I can sue them
JA: The Lawyer can help you determine if you have a case. Where are you located? These laws vary by state.
Customer: Waterford Michigan
JA: Is there anything else the Lawyer should know before I connect you? Rest assured that they'll be able to help you.
Customer: I have been fighting for my son since 2019., 3 State complaints, 2 violations. But still the district would not provide an appropriate FAPE. I let him info to their FAPE, he ended up loosing 3 months at home due to the total regression I stayed in the 2019 state complaint their FAPE would do exactly what it did

7.3.2022

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