The Texas Attorney General has sought to intervene in a lawsuit filed by a student who was disciplined for refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. The suit was […]
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We’re excited to announce that later this month the Texas School Administrators’ Legal Digest will officially become known as ED311! As many of you know, Legal Digest has been working
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The Fifth Circuit heard oral argument this week in a case that could cost Texas more than $33 million in federal money meant to serve students with disabilities. On January
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On October 8, 2013, a group of seventh grade girls (twelve and thirteen-year-olds) were handcuffed, arrested, and transported in police vehicles from their middle school campus to the police station.
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Alvin ISD is currently under fire after suspending a male student for wearing makeup to school. Currently, the school district holds a dress code policy prohibiting boys from wearing makeup
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Last week, the Federal Bureau of Investigation issued an advisory encouraging public awareness of cyber threat concerns related to K-12 students. According to the FBI, the rapid growth of education
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New Commissioner rules effective August 26, 2018, impact how school districts are required to handle unauthorized persons on campus. In 2017, the Texas Legislature amended Texas Education Code § 37.105
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In late August, Texas Education Agency officials tapped Justin Porter, formerly the TEA’s executive director of special populations, to serve as the agency’s new statewide director of special education. Porter
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The below is reprinted from Slate.com. Student activism is back in America’s schools. Young people mobilizing around gun safety and social-justice issues are heading back to school. We talk to
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When T.R. was a baby, he sustained massive brain damage from a tainted vaccine. Over a decade later, his guardian and trustee sued Keller Independent School District, where he was
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