Lori Rayborn was a high school nurse when a student committed suicide due to alleged school bullying. The student was diabetic and Rayborn had worked closely with the student to […]
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Elsa Rodriguez is a current Houston Independent School District employee and a member of the HISD teacher’s union, the Houston Federation of Teachers (“HFT”). Rodriguez became active in HFT in
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In Ayala v. Houston ISD, No. CV H-16-2503, 2018 WL 496898, at *1–2 (S.D. Tex. Jan. 22, 2018), a federal district court weighed in on whether the Houston ISD and
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The U.S. Department of Education completed an investigation finding Texas Education Agency officials liable for illegally instituting caps on the state’s special education services in an effort to keep special
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On Jan. 11, 2018, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) received a final monitoring report from the U.S. Department of Education with its findings on the delivery of special education services
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A high school senior athlete in the San Pasqual Valley Unified School District in California sued the district seeking an injunction barring the district’s enforcement of its policy against kneeling
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The following story has been reprinted from the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, DC — A federal appeals court in New Orleans earlier this year ruled that a lower court correctly tossed
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In Del Angel v. La Joya Independent School District, Dkt. No. 15-41099 (5th Cir. Nov. 29, 2017), twenty-nine employees of La Joya Independent School District sued the school district, the
District Not Liable For Student Sexual Assault By Principal When Principal Concealed The Abuse Salazar v. South San Antonio ISD, Dkt. No. 15-50558 (5th Cir. June 15, 2017). The elementary
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School administrators from districts hit hard by Hurricane Harvey this year spoke to a state legislative panel this week, asking for leniency on state testing requirements and assistance weathering the
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