This week, the Texas Education Agency issued the following new FAQs and guidance documents related to waivers, virtual enrollment, attendance, federal funding and grants, general state funding, and COVID-19 Costs […]
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The Texas Education Agency has developed a Coronavirus (COVID-19) Support and Guidance webpage at https://tea.texas.gov/texas-schools/health-safety-discipline/coronavirus-covid-19-support-and-guidance. On April 3, 2020, TEA issued its Summary Debrief of TEA COVID-19 Superintendents Call. According
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The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) requires certain employers to provide their employees with paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a vast impact on public education, as school districts try to figure out ways to keep their students and employees safe, educate and feed students,
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With concerns over the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), there is talk of school closures and other measures. Spring break is upon us and families are traveling around the globe.
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The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently considered a suit filed by a terminated public elementary school principal and assistant principal against Northside Independent School District and its
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The Texas State Texas School Safety Center (TxSSC) has issued model policies and procedures consistent with the requirements of Texas Education Code (TEC) 37.115 for public school districts and charter
Current and former high school students, their parents, and organizations brought suit challenging an Oregon school district’s transgender safety plan for a student who identified as a male, but was
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The Commissioner of Education recently found permissible the Caddo Mills ISD’s reassignment of its Athletic Director to a teaching position at the district’s alternative school. Mr. Sumrow was employed by
This week, in Martinez v. New Deal Independent School District, No. 19-50603, 2020 WL 536253, at *2 (5th Cir. Feb. 3, 2020), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the
