Reyes v. Manor Indep. Sch. Dist., No. 16-50542, 2017 WL 908221 (5th Cir. Mar. 7, 2017). The mother of E.M. brought this suit alleging that the Manor Independent School District […]
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In March, the Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 6 which would require people to use bathrooms in schools, universities, and other governmental buildings that aligned with the gender on their
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On Friday, March 17, 2017, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter to Frisco ISD Superintendent Jeremy Lyon, calling for religious equality in the use of a prayer room
Legal Digest and Ed311 had a busy week at the recent SXSW Edu conference in Austin, TX, and we wanted to take a moment to share some of our top
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As a minister and lay counselor of women throughout the Austin community for over 20 years, Eloise Sepeda is always on the clock. As such, she relies on certain ingrained
Co-author of Restorative Discipline Practices and special education teacher talks about classroom benefits of practice As a middle school special education teacher, Jennifer Karydas is no stranger to navigating complex
Eubank v. Lockhart Indep. Sch. Dist., No. 1:15-CV-1019-RP (W.D. Tex. Jan. 17, 2017). Magdalena Eubank was a counselor in the Lockhart Independent School District when she was terminated for a
Garcia v. Vega Indep. Sch. Dist., Dkt. No. 2:16-CV-00211-J (N.D. Tex. Jan. 27, 2017). J.G. was a transfer student in the Vega Independent School District in October of 2012, when
The majority of Texas schools do not offer sex education to students, and those that do are not necessarily presenting students with accurate information, finds a recent study by the
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The New York Times reports that the Drumpf administration will not pursue action against the injunction that kept in place a ban on transgenders’ use of bathrooms that correspond with
