University Admissions THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ADMISSIONS POLICY DID NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF STUDENT RACE Case citation: Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, F.3d__. 2014 WL 3442449 […]
FAPE THE PARENT DID NOT DEMONSTRATE A DENIAL OF FAPE Case citation: Student v. Killeen ISD, Dkt. No. 241-SE-0613 (Hearing Officer Brenda Rudd, January 20, 2014). Summary: The student attended school […]
Jurisdiction THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS’ SUIT AGAINST T.E.A. WAS NOT RIPE FOR REVIEW Case citation: BridgeportISDv. Williams, __ S.W.3d __, 2014 WL 2191035 (Tex. App. – Austin 2014). Summary: A number of […]
Discrimination Case citation: Griffin v. Kennard ISD, Fed.Appx. , 2014 WL 1890997 (5th Cir. 2014). Summary: Nadean Griffin and Jerry Smotherman were African American and worked for the Kennard Independent School […]
Nepotism APPLICATION OF NEPOTISM EXCEPTION WHEN A COUNTY EXCEEDS POPULATION LIMIT Case citation: Tex. Att’y Gen. Op. GA-1064 (2014). Summary: The Commissioner of Education recently asked the Attorney General whether […]
THE DAWG’S GUIDE TO EDU-PAIN-O-METERS, HEDGE FUND MANAGERS, AND SOME OF THE INS AND OUTS OF THE FINE AND OFTEN UNEXAMINED PARTS OF OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION LAWS Q. Dawg, […]
It’s time again for the back-to-school issue of the Legal Digest, including our round up of important legal developments to remember as you start the 2014-2015 school year. This year […]