by Jennifer Childress | Oct 24, 2018 | Federal Guidance, Headline News, Legal Developments
In Espinoza v. San Benito Consolidated Independent School District, No. 17-40839, 2018 WL 5018491 (5th Cir. Oct. 12, 2018), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld the judgment in favor of the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District in a case...
by Jennifer Childress | Oct 18, 2018 | Education News
According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), there has been a heightened demand for information and advice on workplace sexual harassment since the start of the #MeToo movement one year ago. The EEOC says it is stepping up enforcement of workplace...
by Jennifer Childress | Oct 10, 2018 | Headline News, Legal Developments
The Texas Attorney General has sought to intervene in a lawsuit filed by a student who was disciplined for refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. The suit was filed on behalf of India Landry after she was expelled from Windfern High School in Harris County....
by Jennifer Childress | Sep 26, 2018 | Legal Developments, Students
On October 8, 2013, a group of seventh grade girls (twelve and thirteen-year-olds) were handcuffed, arrested, and transported in police vehicles from their middle school campus to the police station. An assistant principal had asked a school resource officer (“SRO”)...
by Jennifer Childress | Sep 19, 2018 | Education News, National
Last week, the Federal Bureau of Investigation issued an advisory encouraging public awareness of cyber threat concerns related to K-12 students. According to the FBI, the rapid growth of education technologies and collection of student data could have privacy...
