by Jennifer Childress | Jun 24, 2020 | Federal Guidance
The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), within the U.S. Department of Education’s (Department) Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, has issued Question and Answer (Q & A) documents in response to inquiries concerning implementation of...
by Jennifer Childress | Jun 5, 2019 | Federal Guidance
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up a case by four Pennsylvania high school students who challenged their school district’s policy that allows transgender students to use restrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identity. The students argued...
by Jennifer Childress | Feb 26, 2019 | Federal Guidance
The U.S. Department of Education’s Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) recently issued a guidance document addressing how the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) applies to a school district’s disclosure of protected student information to law...
by Jennifer Childress | Nov 19, 2018 | Federal Guidance
In an 8-0 decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) applies to government employers regardless of their size. The case arose out of the Mount Lemmon Fire District in Arizona after it fired its two oldest...
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 2, 2018 | Federal Guidance, Legal Developments
The Fifth Circuit heard oral argument this week in a case that could cost Texas more than $33 million in federal money meant to serve students with disabilities. On January 17, 2017, the United States Department of Education (“Department”) issued a proposed...
