Is It Legal (new York) For A School To Prevent Me From Taking A Class Because They Don't Like The Class?

[barraq]

I goto a vocational school for Graphics Design and Visual Communications and English and Math are integrated into the class and I'm supposed to be able to take it for credit. I take the math at the vocational school for credit but my school won't allow me to take English for a credit at the vocational school. The first time I asked they said they didn't think it prepared me enough for the NYS Regents exam so I accepted that, sat through the English 11 class until January, took and passed the English Regents, went back and asked again if I could take english for credit and now they're telling me no because they just don't like the class basically. How can this be legal? They are forbidding me from taking a credit that is legally offered to me as a credit-bearing class by New York State...

[Bertold]

It depends if they have a stated policy to that effect I don't think they can stop you from taking the course, but they don't have to recognize the credit for the purposes of applying them to your graduation requirements. In general, the school would have to have a written policy or a good justification for denying the applicability of the credit, but they would have to tell you what that is before you sign up for the course. It sounds like that's what they're doing. It does seem unfair that they would arbitrarily deny one course, but if they do offer a comparable course which would satisfy their requirements, then they're probably on safe ground. If they don't offer an alternative class at all, then if you push the issue they may have to allow you to take that course and give you the credit.However, if I'm understanding you correctly, since you've already passed the English Regents exam you may be able to challenge whatever their alternative class is without having to sit through it. You'd probably be required to take another exam and pay for the credits, but at least it would save you some time. Sources: My experience EddieNygma 80 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.

[Ebeneezer]

In general, a school gets to set its own policies for who can take what classes and what they count for. They're on the hook to provide you with an education of some sort, but they're not obligated to let you into any class, and they can use just about any excuse to exclude you, including "we don't have enough money to let everybody into the class". You can claim that you're being discriminated against on the basis of going to a vocational school, but I wouldn't hold my breath.  What does it mean that they "don't like the class"?  Are they trying to keep students out of the class in hopes of being able to lay off the teacher?(As an aside: as a writing sample, your question is pretty poor.  Most of your sentences are run-on, and you're missing some punctuation and capitalization.  I'm not sure if this is an argument for letting you take more English classes, or against it.)

[Edmund]

I don't think they can stop you from taking the course, but they don't have to recognize the credit for the purposes of applying them to your graduation requirements. In general, the school would have to have a written policy or a good justification for denying the applicability of the credit, but they would have to tell you what that is before you sign up for the course. It sounds like that's what they're doing. It does seem unfair that they would arbitrarily deny one course, but if they do offer a comparable course which would satisfy their requirements, then they're probably on safe ground. If they don't offer an alternative class at all, then if you push the issue they may have to allow you to take that course and give you the credit.However, if I'm understanding you correctly, since you've already passed the English Regents exam you may be able to challenge whatever their alternative class is without having to sit through it. You'd probably be required to take another exam and pay for the credits, but at least it would save you some time.

[Erving]

Schools have pretty wide authority to set classes In general, a school gets to set its own policies for who can take what classes and what they count for. They're on the hook to provide you with an education of some sort, but they're not obligated to let you into any class, and they can use just about any excuse to exclude you, including "we don't have enough money to let everybody into the class". You can claim that you're being discriminated against on the basis of going to a vocational school, but I wouldn't hold my breath.  What does it mean that they "don't like the class"?  Are they trying to keep students out of the class in hopes of being able to lay off the teacher?(As an aside: as a writing sample, your question is pretty poor.  Most of your sentences are run-on, and you're missing some punctuation and capitalization.  I'm not sure if this is an argument for letting you take more English classes, or against it.) PamPerdue 80 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.