The Birmingham Business Journal reports that the Alabama Education Association has filed a lawsuit to block a bill that would give a tax credit to parents of children at failing schools to offset the cost of attending private school or another public school.
Continue reading...WBRC Fox 6 reports that the Alabama Education Association has filed suit in federal court against state Superintendent Tommy Bice, Ed Richardson, Chief Financial Officer of Birmingham City Schools, and the Alabama Department of Education alleging voters in the city of Birmingham have been disenfranchised by the state takeover of the city’s school system.
Continue reading...AL.com reports that an African-American teacher has filed suit against Shelby County School District, alleging he has been passed over for several promotions because of his race and religion.
Continue reading...An Eleventh Circuit three-judge panel has affirmed the validity of the U.S. Department of Education regulation under the IDEA that provides that a parent “has the right to an independent educational evaluation at public expense if the parent disagrees with an evaluation obtained by the public agency,” concluding that an Alabama school district must reimburse the parents of a disabled student for their costs related to an independent educational evaluation performed on their student.
Continue reading...The Tuscaloosa News reports that the Alabama Education Association (AEA) opposes Amendment 4, which would remove language from the state’s constitution providing for separate schools by race.
Continue reading...An Alabama federal district court has ruled that the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment claims made by several students for being subjected to chemical spray (mace) by school resource officers for minor nonviolent rules infractions are for a jury to resolve. The court also ruled that a student had stated valid constitutional claims against a school administrator for use of excessive force and excessive corporal punishment.
Continue reading...As reported on CNN.com, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has denied a request by the state of Alabama for a new hearing on the state’s controversial immigration law, HB 56.
Continue reading...A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has ruled that Section 28 of Alabama’s immigration law requiring public schools to verify, and collect data on, the citizenship and immigration status of enrolling students violates the Equal Protection Clause, reversing a district court’s denial of HICA’s motion for a preliminary injunction to bar enforcement of that provision.
Continue reading...After the June 25, 2012 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court striking down three provisions of Arizona’s controversial immigration law on the basis of federal preemption, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit is now in a position to rule on a similar Alabama law which contains provisions that would significantly impact school districts in that state.
Continue reading...According to the Birmingham News, the Fort Payne City School District has reached a settlement in a nearly 50-year-old school desegregation lawsuit with the U.S. Department of Justice.
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