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The Program series contains seven subseries. The Casework subseries includes information on the primary activity SAC: student advocacy casework. There were several large cases involving entire school districts: Baldwin and Fennville which are documented here. In the beginning, SAC dealt mainly with individual student cases. There is information in this series including forms, summaries and statistics. The Lawyers' Committee subseries includes information on its creation, minutes, and a topical subseries. The Expulsion Data Collection Project was one of their major activities. The committee also dealt with zero tolerance and 504 policies, among others. The Volunteer subseries contains two training manuals, written twenty-three years apart, reflecting changes in techniques over the decades. Volunteers were recruited and trained to support the student and involved parents to find a resolution to school problems, often stemming from suspension or expulsion. The Website development subseries includes copies of pages from the site as it was accessed on August 10, 2004 at http://www.studentadvocacycenter.org. The website made available sample letters, forms, Attorney Listserv, and Quick Guides for many different types of appeals to school districts.