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...The Columbus Dispatch reports that the Ohio State Board of Education plans to adopt the state’s first policy governing seclusion and restraint in public schools.
Continue reading...As reported in the Los Angeles Times, New Mexico Education Department Secretary Hanna Skandera recently suspended the entire school board of the Questa Independent School District in northern New Mexico, saying that state officials would take over the running of the board.
Continue reading...The Republic reports the Arizona Department of Education has settled a complaint brought by the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education as a result of an investigation that revealed that tens of thousands of students were incorrectly identified as being fluent in English.
Continue reading...According to an Associated Press report in The Republic, the Southern Poverty Law Center, Southern Disability Law Center, and Disability Rights Mississippi have filed suit in federal court against the Mississippi Department of Education, alleging that MDE has not done enough to solve special education problems in Jackson Public Schools.
Continue reading...The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Chester Upland School District has tentatively agreed to settle two lawsuits against the Pennsylvania Department of Education by having PDE pay off millions in debts the district owes.
Continue reading...New York State education officials and the state teachers’ union reached an agreement on a new teacher evaluation system, reports School Book, within hours of the deadline imposed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. According to those involved in the negotiations, Cuomo threatened to break the impasse by imposing his own way to judge the quality of [...]
Continue reading...According to a report from Associated Press (AP) in the Bowling Green Daily News, Kentucky education officials are acting to limit the use of restraint and seclusion on public school students after citing two schools for violating the rights of three disabled students who were subjected to the practices.
Continue reading...Courthouse News Service reports that Chester Upland School District (CUSD) has filed suit against the state of Pennsylvania seeking a temporary restraining order (TRO) directing the state to give it at least $7 million in emergency funding to assure that it can continue operating for the next 6 weeks [through mid-February, 2012]. Without that order, the district said, it would be unable to make payroll starting the week of January 16.
Continue reading...The Maine Department Education (MDE) has released a draft of its new rules governing the use of restraint and seclusion on students in public schools, reports the Bangor Daily News. Some children’s rights advocates have expressed concern about the definition of restraint and the process laid out for secluding a student from others.
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