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.
Continue reading...A Texas state court judge has ruled that cheerleaders at Kountze High School can display banners emblazoned with Bible verses at football games.
Continue reading...The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar, a case addressing the issue of whether an employee must prove that the sole reason for an employer’s action was retaliation or if a successful discrimination claim can be made in situations where retaliation was at least one of two or more motivating factors.
Continue reading...The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a disabled student stated a valid §504 claim that the school district committed gross misjudgment in failing to modify her IEP to safeguard her after three incidents of alleged sexual abuse by students, but failed to state a claim against the district for liability based on student-on-student sexual harassment.
Continue reading...Legislative efforts to allow armed teachers have had mixed results.
Continue reading...On March 11, 2013, NSBA filed an amicus curiae brief in an employment case asking the U.S. Supreme Court not to hamper school districts’ abilities to discipline or fire employees.
Continue reading...The Star-Telegram reports that a Texas state court has ruled that the state’s school financial system is inequitable and unconstitutional.
Continue reading...The San Antonio Express-News reports that two Texas state lawmakers have filed three bills that would ban the use of radio frequency identification technology in public schools.
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...According to The Dallas Morning News, Manny Benavidez, an unsuccessful school board candidate, has filed suit against Irving Independent School District and its board alleging that the district’s new voting system is designed to disenfranchise Hispanics.
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