Know Your Rights
as Students & Parents…
Anywhere, Anytime.
The EdRights App from the Health & Education Justice Initiative puts answers to your education rights questions at your fingertips.
We address the root causes of inequities in child health and well-being, using a community lawyering model to advance systemic change.
We want to hear about systemic issues affecting children:
- Who are experiencing homelessness
- Who are in foster care
- Who are suspended or expelled and receiving little to no education
- Who are facing barriers to free public education
- Who are in the juvenile court system
We improve child health and community wellbeing through:
- FREE civil legal help in individual cases
- Impact litigation and advocacy
- Community engagement
- Community education through know-your-rights resources & workshops
- Policy and legislative analysis
Our education justice work (formerly known as the Health & Education Justice Initiative) is one of our core priorities. We remain dedicated to disrupting the School-to-Prison pipeline.
Check out these resources for students, caregivers and providers:
- Missouri School Enrollment Guide (pdf)
- Missouri School Enrollment Guide (online flipbook)
- Missouri School Enrollment Guide (en Español) (pdf)
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 Health & Education Justice Initiative, or to leave a message on our community tipline, contact us at:
314.256.8789 or heji@lsem.org
Staff
- Amanda Schneider, Managing Attorney
- Hopey Fink, Senior Staff Attorney
- Kami Narayan, Staff 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