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Michelle Alissa Ball
Student Attorney and Advocate
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Michelle Ball has represented students throughout California since 1995 in expulsion, suspension, special education, 504, sports, bullying, Title IX, discrimination and many other student matters.
Michelle assists parents and students with public and private, pre-K, elementary, middle school and high school problems, as well as college difficulties, across California.
Michelle is located in Sacramento and has a highly informative website and blog on student education issues.
https://edlaw4students.com/
https://edlaw4students.com/blog/
Practice Area
- Education Law
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Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- California
Languages
- English: Spoken, Written
Professional Experience
- Owner/attorney
- Law Office of Michelle Ball
- - Current
- Education attorney for students assisting with expulsion, suspension, discipline, transfer, special education, 504, sports, attendance, harassment, discrimination, and most other education law issues. Helping students in public and private schools, at all grade levels, including pre-school, elementary, junior high, high school, and college since 1995.
Education
- University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
- J.D. (1994)
- Honors: Graduated "With Distinction," top 25% of class
- Univ of California Santa Barbara
- B.A. (1991) | Law & Society
Professional Associations
- California State Bar  # 173429
- Member
- - Current
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7 Questions Answered
- Q. My son is in 6th grade missed several days due to illnesses . . Junior high is denying his application
- A: This sounds like a private school. Private schools often set their own entrance requirements or mandates for admission. Depending on the type of school, they may have even broader ability to exclude students They may have entrance mandates that include the prior year attendance, or other factors.
The state codes on public schools often don't apply to private schools.
A public school where a student resides must provide schoolage students in the district an education under the California Constitution, and should not factor past attendance in. There are no entrance requirements other than living in the district/school area.
- Q. My wife has some mental health problems and refuses to allow my 12 year old son to attend school. What can I do?
- A: This is far more than a school issue- and seems like a family law matter, as educational rights may need to be determined.
Parents do have obligations for their kids to attend school or face truancy allegations, but there are options including private school, home school, charter schools, online schools, and the local public school, among others, but first there may need to be consensus.
https://edlaw4students.com/child-truant/
Good luck.
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