by Jennifer Childress | Jul 26, 2022 | Legal Developments
A high school football referee sued Northside ISD and an assistant football coach for injuries sustained when two players hit him, knocking him to the ground. The facts alleged that the assistant football coach ordered the two players to hit the referee in retaliation...
by Jennifer Childress | Jul 5, 2022 | Legal Developments
Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. (SFFA), a nonprofit organization committed to ending race discrimination in higher-education admissions, sued the University of Texas at Austin (UT) over its use of race in admitting students. The district court concluded SFFA had...
by Jennifer Childress | Jun 7, 2022 | Legal Developments
Parents of a Northwest ISD kindergarten student challenged the district’s special education evaluation. A special education hearing officer concluded that the evaluation complied with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). On appeal in federal court,...
by Jennifer Childress | Jun 6, 2022 | Legal Developments
A ninth-grade Pflugerville ISD student fell in PE class and broke his arm. The school called the student’s mother, who took her son to a medical clinic. The suit alleged that the student broke his arm in two places and that he had surgery for a dislocated and broken...
by Jennifer Childress | May 2, 2022 | Education News
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower trial court’s dismissal of a Virginia student’s free speech lawsuit. Jonathan Starbuck sued the Williamsburg James City County School Board (“the Board”) asserting that it violated his constitutional rights when it...
