The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued resources to comply with the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), which requires covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations to a worker’s […]
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Paperwork is the bane of the educator’s existence. It is also one of the larger parts of that existence. And it isn’t going away, even if most of it’s not
If it’s not written down, it didn’t happen. Read More »
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
Appeals Court Upholds Judgment for District in Free Speech and Whistleblower Suit Read More »
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
After Christy Williams was terminated from her position at the Tarrant County College District (TCCD), she filed suit for discrimination, failure to accommodate, and retaliation under the Americans with Disabilities
This week, every public school in West Virginia was shut down due to a teacher’s strike. Teacher protests, such as the one in West Virginia, implicate First Amendment rights. When
Policies Prohibiting Teacher And Student Protests Found Unconstitutional Read More »
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
Appeals Court Affirms Dismissal Of First Amendment Suit By School Nurse Read More »
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
Court of Appeals Upholds Dismissal Of Teacher’s Suit Alleging Constitutional Violations Read More »
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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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
