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		<title>Teachers&#8217; union hits Chicago&#8217;s school board with two suits opposing proposed school closings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chicago Teachers Union has filed two lawsuits, on behalf of parents and their special needs children, to try to stop the city from closing 53 elementary schools. ]]></description>
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		<title>School district reaches $85k settlement with teacher recommended for dismissal after stomping on the U.S. flag in class</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Carolina school district reaches an $85,000 settlement agreement with an English teacher who made national headlines after stomping on an American flag in front of his classes and faced dismissal as a result.]]></description>
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		<title>NSBA Offers Legal Webinars</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National School Boards Association's Council of School Attorneys (COSA) offers online learning experiences for attorneys who represent schools.]]></description>
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		<title>Federal appellate court rules Tennessee district’s student assignment plan does not violate African-American students’ equal protection rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sixth Circuit has ruled that a Tennessee school district’s student assignment plan does not violate African-American students’ Fourteenth Amendment equal protection rights.]]></description>
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		<title>Federal appeals court rules Michigan law prohibiting school systems alone from collecting union dues via payroll deduction is constitutional</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 19:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a Michigan statute, which prohibits public schools from collecting union dues from its employees, does not violate the rights of teachers or their unions under the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution.]]></description>
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		<title>Lawsuit charges California district with physical abuse and racial profiling of Latinos</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 18:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of California parents and students have filed a federal lawsuit against the Compton school district alleging a pattern of abuse and racial profiling of Latinos by school police.]]></description>
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		<title>Oklahoma district&#8217;s board votes to remove Ten Commandments displays from classrooms</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Muldrow School school board in Oklahoma has elected to remove Ten Commandments plaques, currently displayed in every classrooms, rather than risk a suit by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. ]]></description>
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		<title>Florida appellate court rules that student email complaining about professor&#8217;s classroom behavior and teaching methods was an education record protected from disclosure under FERPA</title>
		<link>http://legalclips.nsba.org/?p=20209</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 17:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Florida Appeals court has ruled that a college did not violate the state public records law by refusing to provide a professor with an unredacted copy of a student's email complaining about the professor's classroom behavior and teaching methods, because the email was protected under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).]]></description>
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		<title>California teachers sue unions and school districts over nonmember union fees</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 15:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of California teachers filed a federal suit claiming that the “agency-shop” law allowing for the collection of union fees must be overturned because it violates their rights of free speech and association.]]></description>
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		<title>Louisiana Supreme Court strikes down state&#8217;s school voucher program as unconstitutional</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 16:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A six justice majority of the Louisiana Supreme Court, with one justice dissenting, has ruled that the state's means of funding its statewide private school voucher program violates the state constitution.]]></description>
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		<title>DOJ approves ouster of El Paso ISD school board in wake of testing scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 16:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[State-appointed managers will take over the El Paso Independent School District after the U.S. Department of Justice said it won't oppose ousting the locally elected school board in the wake of a testing scandal at several of high schools.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Texas court rules school cheerleaders can display religious banners at football games</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 16:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tburns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Texas state court judge has ruled that cheerleaders at Kountze High School can display banners emblazoned with Bible verses at football games.]]></description>
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		<title>Florida teachers&#8217; union&#8217;s merit pay lawsuit based on state law claims is dismissed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 16:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lawsuit by Florida's teachers' union filed in state court over the merit-pay law was dismissed today, with a circuit judge ruling the sweeping 2011 law did not violate teachers' state constitutional rights.]]></description>
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		<title>Suit challenges Missouri ballot intiative that would eliminate teachers&#8217; tenure protections</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 16:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Opponents of an initiative-petition proposal in Missouri that requires a new evaluation process for teachers, and does away with tenure protections, have filed a lawsuit challenging the proposal’s ballot summary, which they say would mislead voters.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Dispute over boys participating in girls&#8217; sports in Pennsylvania appears headed to court</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 16:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tburns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association is seeking to overturn state law that has allowed boys to play on girls' high school sports teams for decades.]]></description>
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