by Jennifer Childress | Jul 11, 2022 | Legal Developments
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of a high school football coach who was terminated for his prayer at high school games. Joseph Kennedy engaged in prayer with a number of students during and after school games. The Bremerton School District in Washington...
by Jennifer Childress | Jun 23, 2021 | Breaking News
The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with a cheerleader who was suspended from the squad for her off-campus social media posts. The case is Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L., Dkt. No. 20-255. After the student, B.L., failed to make the school’s varsity...
by Jennifer Childress | Jun 7, 2021 | Legal Developments, Uncategorized
A group of teachers (Teachers) at the Dallas Independent School District filed grievances objecting to DISD’s method of evaluating teacher performance. DISD denied the grievances as untimely. On appeal, the Commissioner of Education dismissed the grievances,...
by Jennifer Childress | Feb 3, 2021 | Legal Developments
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up the case of the Pennsylvania high school student alleging that her suspension from the cheerleading squad based on her social media post, made on a Saturday, violated the First Amendment. The United States District Court...
by Jennifer Childress | Jan 17, 2019 | Bullying, Legal Developments
Monica Roberts, a parent, filed a lawsuit against Sinton Independent School District, its superintendent, and a school district police officer, Esteban Suarez, alleging they violated her constitutional rights related to free speech and parenting her children by...
