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SPECIAL EDUCATION & DISABILITY LAW

October 2014 / Legal Developments

Stay-Put WAS THE CHARTER SCHOOL REQUIRED TO RETAIN THE STUDENT PENDING THE DUE PROCESS HEARING? Case citation: SeashoreCharterSchoolsv. E.B., 2014 WL 4364863 (S.D. Tex. 2014) (unpublished). Summary: E.B. was a fifteen–year–old […]

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PRACTICE & PROCEDURE

October 2014 / Legal Developments

Dismissal DID THE PARENT RAISE VALID CLAIMS ON BEHALF OF HER DAUGHTER? Case citation: Conely v. Georgetown ISD, 2014 WL 2727107 (W.D. Tex. 2014) (unpublished). Summary: Vallie Conely was the […]

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LIABILITY

October 2014 / Legal Developments

Qualified Immunity WERE THE UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS ENTITLED TO QUALIFIED IMMUNITY? Case citation: Cutlerv. Stephen F. Austin State University, F.3d , 2014 WL 4548549 (5th Cir. 2014). Summary: In 2007, Christian […]

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LABOR & EMPLOYMENT

October 2014 / Legal Developments

Discrimination DID THE DISTRICT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST THE EMPLOYEE ON THE BASIS OF HER RACE? Case citation: Smithv. Houston ISD, 2014 WL 4471386 (S.D. Tex. 2014) (unpublished). Summary: Scwyana Smith worked […]

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GOVERNANCE

October 2014 / Legal Developments

Open Meetings Act CAN THE BOARD OF AN OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL MEET BY VIDEOCONFERENCE? Case citation: Tex. Att’y Gen. Op. GA-1079 (Sept. 12, 2014). Summary: The Commissioner of Education recently […]

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LAW DAWG

October 2014 / Law Dawg

DEAR DAWG: I don’t know what lamebrain lawyer represents the Hardrock ISD, but I figure that you do, so I’m sending this correspondence to you. I hereby make a demand […]

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CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING & OTHER INVALUABLE LESSONS I’VE LEARNED REPRESENTING TEXAS EDUCATORS

October 2014 / Feature Article

For more than eleven years, I represented public school employees, both at-will and contractual, in all manner of employment-related situations. As a staff attorney, and later the General Counsel of […]

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STUDENTS

September 2014 / Legal Developments

Bullying DID THE FAMILY STATE VALID TITLE IX CLAIMS STEMMING FROM STUDENT BULLYING? Case citation: Carmichaelv. Galbraith, __ Fed. Appx. __, 2014 WL 2767590 (5th Cir. 2014) (unpublished). Summary: The Carmichaels’ […]

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SPECIAL EDUCATION & DISABILITY LAW

September 2014 / Legal Developments

Child Find THE STUDENT DID NOT QUALIFY FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION AND RELATED SERVICES Case citation: Studentv. Grapevine-Colleyville, Dkt. No. 074-SE-1113 (Hearing Officer Lucius Bunton March 31, 2014) Summary: The student attended […]

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PRACTICE & PROCEDURE

September 2014 / Legal Developments

Dismissal THE TRIAL COURT ERRED WHEN IT DISMISSED THE DISCRIMINATION SUIT Case citation: Davoodiv. Austin ISD, 755 F.3d 307 (5th Cir. 2014). Summary: Mostafa Davoodi filed this lawsuit in Texas state […]

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