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Sua Sponte: NSBA’s amicus brief urges U.S. Supreme Court to review Tenth Circuit ruling that parents who unilaterally placed disabled student in a private residential treatment facility were entitled to tuition reimbursement

The National School Boards Association, along with the Colorado Association of School Boards, has filed an amicus brief asking the U. S. Supreme Court to review a decision by a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in JCSDR1 v. Elizabeth E. holding that the parents of a special education student, who unilaterally placed the student in a private treatment facility, were entitled to reimbursement for tuition expenses under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

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Football helmet manufacturer Riddell negligent in failing to warn of concussion dangers

A Colorado jury has found Riddell, a football helmet manufacturer, negligent in failing to warn players about concussion dangers, in a lawsuit brought by the family of a severely injured high school football player.

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Colorado appellate court rules parents/taxpayers have no standing to challenge district’s private school voucher program

In a 2-1 split, a three-judge panel of the Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled that the plaintiffs, who include students, parents, taxpayers, and non-profit organizations, lacked standing to challenge the Douglas County School District’s Choice Scholarship Program, which provides vouchers for private school tuition under Colorado’s Public School Finance Act of 1994.

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Parents of Colorado transgender student file complaint over bathroom access

As reported on CNN.com, a transgender rights group has filed a discrimination complaint in Colorado on behalf of a first-grader who was born a boy but identifies as a girl.

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Federal appellate court rules Colorado parents are entitled reimbursement for unilateral placement of disabled student in private residential treatment facility

A unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has unanimously ruled that the parents of a special education student, who her parents unilaterally placed in a private treatment facility, were entitled to reimbursement for tuition expenses under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

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Federal appellate court rules that use of desk with a restraint did not violate disabled student’s Fourth or Fourteenth Amendment rights

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has ruled that a Colorado teacher’s use of a desk with a restraint did not violate a disabled student’s rights against an unreasonable seizure under the Fourth Amendment, and her Fourteenth Amendment due process and equal protection rights.

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Federal appellate court rules that claim of institutional racism was insufficient to prove pretext for employee’s termination, and rejects cat’s paw theory of liability

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has ruled that a former elementary school principal has failed to prove that a Colorado school district discriminated against her on the basis of race/ethnicity when it terminated her for insubordination.

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Private school voucher programs face legal challenges

According to the Associated Press (AP), at the heart of brewing political fights is whether public dollars should go to school vouchers to help make private schools more affordable. Opponents say they erode public schools by taking away money, violate the separation of church and state by giving public dollars to religiously based private schools, and are not a proven way to improve test scores.

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Parents and teachers question whether African-Americans targeted as Denver Public Schools trimmed staff

According to the Denver Post, teachers and parents are questioning whether African-Americans were targeted as Denver Public Schools (DPS) sought to trim teachers and staff in its effort to turn around failing schools.

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Colorado’s governor signs new teacher tenure measure into law

After a bill revising the rules about how teachers and principals will be evaluated and how they will earn or lose tenure easily passed through Colorado’s general assembly with 99 out of a possible 100 votes, Gov. John Hickenlooper signed it into law, says the Denver Post. The signing represents the culmination of the work behind the controversial Senate Bill 191, passed in 2010. That bill created a council that after more than a year of meetings developed evaluation rubrics and definitions of effective teachers and educators.

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