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
Suit challenging Oregon district’s transgender safety plan dismissed Read More »
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
In L. F. v. Lake Washington Sch. Dist. #414, No. 18-35792, 2020 WL 253572 (9th Cir. Jan. 17, 2020), the father of two Washington state public school students sued the
On January 16, 2020, the White House issued updated guidance on prayer in public schools. The stated purpose of the guidance is to provide information on the current state of
Updated Federal Guidance On Prayer In Public Schools Read More »
This case out of Mississippi does not involve a school district, but the same analysis applies in a school context when an employee fails to demonstrate fitness to return to
Employee Failed To Show His Fitness To Return To Work After Medical Leave Read More »
The case, Monroe v. Houston Indep. Sch. Dist., No. CV H-19-1991, 2019 WL 7206031, (S.D. Tex. Dec. 11, 2019), examined whether a citizen who made threatening remarks and gestures toward
Can Citizens Who Make Threats At Board Meetings Be Banned? Read More »
In anticipation of our upcoming workshop Effective Documentation of Teachers, we sat down with our two co-presenters from TASB HR Services. This week, we’re excited to introduce you to Karen
Meet Karen Dooley: TASB Co-Presenter of Effective Documentation of Teachers Read More »
The Fifth Circuit recently heard oral argument in a First Amendment and Texas Whistleblower suit brought by former elementary school administrators against the Northside Independent School District and its superintendent.
