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
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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
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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
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Last week, a federal court upheld the Texas Campus Carry law, which allows professors to carry concealed weapons onto college campuses. The ruling was the latest update in a lawsuit
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Greenwood Public School District (GPSD) in Mississippi hired Montrell Greene as superintendent in April 2013. Greene held a three-year term contract through June 2018, but was terminated effective January 4,
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Transgender Student Presented Sufficient Evidence Of Harm Resulting From The District’s Bathroom Policy; U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Hear The Case The United States Supreme Court has declined to hear
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The New York public school teacher filed suit against the city department of education, the school’s principal, and the school’s vice principal, claiming that her negative evaluations and subsequent termination
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What do you do when a parent asks for a copy of video surveillance depicting an incident on campus when the video contains images of both innocent bystanders, as well
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The U.S. Department of Education will no longer investigate or take action on complaints filed by transgender students who are banned from restrooms that match their gender identity, according to
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A.H., a senior at Evanston Township High School in Illinois, was a member of the school’s track and field team despite his physical limitations from spastic quadriplegia related to cerebral
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