LIABILITY
Qualified Immunity WAS THE TEACHER’S AIDE ENTITLED TO QUALIFIED IMMUNITY STEMMING FROM CORPORAL PUNISHMENT OF A STUDENT? Case citation: Marquez v. Garner, Fed. Appx. , 2014 WL 1779210 (5th Cir. 2014). […]
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LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
Discrimination DID THE FORMER EMPLOYEE STATE VALID DISCRIMINATION CLAIMS? Case citation: KIPP, Inc. v. Whitehead, S.W.3d , 2014 WL 3926562 (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.] 2014). Summary: Kimberly Whitehead worked […]
LAW DAWG
DEAR DAWG: We had an educational expert show up on behalf of the parents at a recent ARD meeting. The guy looked like the real package. Glasses. Neatly trimmed Van […]
“MORE” ON NAVIGATING THE UNCHARTED WATERS OF PROCUREMENT OF CONTRACTS
This article is intended to supplement and to extend the discussion of the issues raised in the September 2013 edition of the Texas School Administrators’ Legal Digest. While the Texas […]
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STUDENTS
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 […]
SPECIAL EDUCATION & DISABILITY LAW
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 […]
PRACTICE & PROCEDURE
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 […]
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
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 […]
GOVERNANCE
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 […]
LAW DAWG
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, […]