by Jennifer Childress | Mar 4, 2020 | Legal Developments, Personnel
The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently considered a suit filed by a terminated public elementary school principal and assistant principal against Northside Independent School District and its superintendent. The suit, Powers v. Northside Indep. Sch....
by Andrea Payne | Feb 27, 2020 | Legal Developments
This week we’d like to bring you two additional resources prior to Super Tuesday. We at ED311 do not publicly support any particular candidate or party, but we heartily encourage you to vote, and we especially hope you’ll vote for people who are pro public education...
by Jennifer Childress | Feb 26, 2020 | Legal Developments, Liability
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 schools in establishing and training threat assessment teams in...
by Jennifer Childress | Feb 19, 2020 | Legal Developments, Transgender
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 female by birth. The plan allowed the transgender student to use...
by Jennifer Childress | Feb 12, 2020 | Legal Developments, Personnel
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 the district and held a two-year term contract for the...
by Jennifer Childress | Feb 5, 2020 | Legal Developments
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 dismissal of an equal protection claim stemming from a student’s disqualification from sports...
