by Jennifer Childress | Dec 15, 2022 | Legal Developments
Jane Roe, a former student of Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District, sued the district alleging that when she was fourteen years old, she was sexually assaulted by another student in a stairwell at Cypress Creek High School, following an abusive relationship...
by Jennifer Childress | Aug 15, 2022 | Legal Developments
The Fifth Circuit considered Title IX regulations aimed at protecting due process rights of a student accused of peer sexual harassment. The case arose out of an encounter between two sophomores at Texas A&M University. The encounter started consensually but,...
by Jennifer Childress | Jun 30, 2022 | Federal Guidance
Marking the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the U.S. Department of Education released for public comment proposed changes to Title IX regulations. The proposed regulations would: Require schools to take prompt and effective action to end any sex discrimination in their...
by Andrea Payne | Oct 22, 2021 | Education News
Magnolia ISD (northwest of Houston) is being sued by the American Civil Liberties Union for a dress code that requires boys—and only boys—to have short hair. Magnolia ISD policy states that a boy’s hair must be shorter than both their collar and the bottom of their...
by Jennifer Childress | Jun 17, 2021 | Legal Developments
The parents of an intellectually disabled student in the Houston Independent School District sued the district and the student’s teacher alleging Title IX and constitutional violations. According to the suit, the school knew of the student’s cognitive and emotional...
