Discrimination in pre-school??

Question

I have a friend who has a 4 yr daughter. Pre-K is provided through our elementary school and she registered her daughter for this school yr. Her husband recently got a better job, so when they filled out her lunch forms, his new salary went on the form.

They are now denying the child for Pre-K.

Can they do this??

Answer 1

if the preschool is income based, yes they can.  sounds like this is the situation.  sorry.  try the ymca.

Answer 2

It depends on if the reason that she qualified for the preschool in the first place was because of a "low income" status.  If so, you must meet income guidelines in order to qualify to receive the scholarship to attend.  Often, this is the case in preschools run by school districts... they are often based on low income status, because they are attempting to "even the field" between those parents who can afford to pay for preschool and those who can't.  She needs to check into the reason that the child was qualified in the first place... if it was for low income status, then the school can deny her a placement if income levels are above the maximum allowable.  If criteria was not previously based on income status (they didn't have to fill out income forms prior to being accepted into the preschool program), then it is discrimination- which is entirely different.

Answer 3

That would depend on what their legal forms say.  Are they only accepting people under a certain income level?  I send my child to school where you have to pay - a certain percentage of people get three types of scholarships and he's got one this year.  Are they discriminating?  To a degree, but they pick deserving people.  Maybe the school is like that, that theyonly pick a certain type of child or someone who fits criteria.  If the child no longer fits the criteria and that's spelled out they are not discriminating aginst her.

Answer 4

it's probably an at-risk preschool program.

in my town we have one preschool classroom and it only has 16 kids, and they evaluate everyone and pick the most 'needy' kids. if the child got in for being low-income and then their income changed, that could be the reason. I guess in a way it's kind of discrimination but it's not like 'oh you have money you aren't accepted here' it's just trying to get the MOST needy kids in the class.