Student Advocacy Center of Michigan
Gratitude Report 
Have you seen our 2019-2020 Annual Report yet? We are calling it our Gratitude Report. Check out the impact YOU have had at SAC. SAC Annual Report for 2019-2020 or try a flipbook version here.
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Helpline
Call our Student Rights Helpline. Leave a message at (734) 482-0489 or email helpline@studentadvocacycenter.org for help M-F.
Helping Students Stay In School
The Student Advocacy Center of Michigan is a unique organization with a proud history of helping students get back into school and stay in school. We are fighting school pushout and dropout every day. There is no other organization like us in Michigan.
Please use this site as a resource to help students experience more success in school. Special features include pages on the rights of specific populations (including students in foster care, facing school discipline, homeless) and our Create-A-Letter resource, providing examples on how to request a special education evaluation and much more. There are also ways for you to get involved in advocating for policy change in Michigan.
Mission:
The Student Advocacy Center of Michigan works collaboratively with underserved students, and their families, to stay in school, realize their rights to a quality public education, grow and experience success.
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As we enjoy Dr. King's day off from the office, school, etc. we want to remember why we are here. SAC's team is inspired by the community organizing work of King's time. We persist, running, walking, crawling, fighting for education as a human right for all youth.
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Michigan has the 4th highest black-white discipline disparity in the country. ![]()
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"The worldwide coronavirus pandemic has understandably raised concerns that students of color are missing out on learning opportunities ... But the ongoing rollout of vaccines means that the pandemic, however devastating, will eventually end. ![]()
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There is no end in sight, however, for another longer lasting, more deeply rooted cause of disparities in lost learning time: exclusionary disciplinary policies such as suspension and expulsion that disproportionately impact students of color. ![]()
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Overall, U.S. students lost 62,596 years of instruction to out-of-school suspension in 2015-16. These losses are disproportionately inflicted upon students of color and students with disabilities."![]()
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nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-lost-days-1-12-21
62,596 Years of Instruction Are Lost Annually, and It Has Nothing to Do With COVID
nepc.colorado.edu
A new report quantifies disparities in the instructional tim...2 days ago ·
SAC staff reviewed suicide crisis response and safety planning today at our staff meeting. We are seeing a rise in suicidal ideation among our youth, and we continue to take this seriously and offer intensive support for our students during this pandemic.
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General Education
Student Advocacy Center assists general education students, especially students facing school discipline and students identified as at-risk for dropping out of school.
Special Education
Student Advocacy Center can assist families with requesting special education evaluations, obtaining special education services, and improving existing special education services.
Foster Care
Student Advocacy Center has a long-standing history of working with youth in foster care. Our Foster Care Advocate helps youth with school enrollment, transportation, special education services, and reducing other barriers to school success.
That’s Not All!
We help students of all kinds, for example:
That’s Not All!
We help students of all kinds, see more examples to the right:
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