The Seventh Circuit has ruled that under Illinois state law substitute teachers do not have probationary status or tenure eligibility and therefore time spent as a full-time substitute teacher can not be considered in the four-year requirement to award tenure.
Continue reading...The Kane County Chronicle reports that a Kane County Circuit Court judge has dismissed a suit brought by the Geneva School District against a former school principal charging she violated Illinois’ eavesdropping law.
Continue reading...A report on DailyBreeze.com states that Jack Berghouse, who filed suit against the Sequoia Union High School District after school officials removed his son from a sophomore honors class for cheating, has dropped a lawsuit challenging the punishment.
Continue reading...A federal district court in Texas has denied a student’s motion for a preliminary injunction barring a school district from transferring her from the specialty program she attends back to her base school because she refuses to wear the required ID badge while on campus.
Continue reading...The Patriot-News reports that a Pennsylvania federal judge has freed the West Shore School District from a lawsuit by a middle school principal who claims her civil rights were trampled when she was suspended without pay.
Continue reading...According to a report in Education Week, a three-judge panel of the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that a Milwaukee school district may not be held liable under federal civil rights law for the drowning death of a 12-year-old student on a class outing to a lake.
Continue reading...A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has affirmed a district court’s decision granting judgment to a school district, ruling that the district did not deprive school security guards of property without due process of law when it terminated their employment without notice or hearing to outsource their positions.
Continue reading...The Providence Journal reports that the Rhode Island Supreme Court has ordered the dismissal of a suit brought by American Civil Liberties Union challenging the constitutional validity of truancy courts.
Continue reading...According to The Meridian Star, Meridian Public School District Superintendent Alvin Taylor said he started making discipline policy changes almost immediately when he began his job in July 2011, months before the U.S. Department of Justice started its investigation.
Continue reading...The Chicago Tribune reports that according to contract summaries from both sides, the Chicago Teachers Union’s gains during the strike were incremental improvements from offers already on the table.
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