Miriam Freedman, a special education expert and the author of several resources published by Legal Digest and Ed311, calls the recent Supreme Court ruling on IDEA “both reasonable and workable”
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Following a series of articles by the Houston Chronicle, which alleged that school districts in Texas were denying eligible students access to special education services, the Houston Independent School district
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In a detour from discussion on the controversial “bathroom bill”, Senate Bill 6, the Texas House will discuss a new bill this week designed to prevent school districts from making
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Last Thursday, the Senate voted to approve SB 3, a bill that would authorize the creation of subsidy programs for families who choose to homeschool their children or send them
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Last week, the Supreme Court ruled that schools must give students with disabilities education plans that are “appropriately ambitious”, creating a precedent that could have a big bearing on special
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Kevin Curtis is a firm believer that there is one thing that separates good educators from great educators, a “secret sauce” so to speak. “It’s relationships,” said Curtis, a former
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Arlington Indep. Sch. Dist. v. T.P., No. 02-16-00249-CV, 2017 WL 526311 (Tex. App. Feb. 9, 2017). The parents of R.T. sued Arlington Independent School District for negligence, alleging that R.T.
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
Another “Bathroom Bill” is on the Table in Texas this Legislative Session Read More »
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
