The American Civil Liberties Union has filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Education’s civil rights office, asking it to investigate whether Beloit School District and Barron School District are violating Title IX’s provisions banning sex discrimination in education by maintain singe-sex classes.
Continue reading...A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has unanimously affirmed a federal district court’s decision that a provision in Wisconsin’s Act 10, which restricts the collective bargaining rights of public workers classified as “general employees”, is constitutional.
Continue reading...The Courthouse News Service reports that Milwaukee public school teachers have filed a class action lawsuit against a public school district that claims it can cut their pay at will and fine them up to $2,500 if they do not sign their contracts on time.
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...According to a report in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the First Amendment dispute over Brookfield public high school graduations inside Elmbrook Church could be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Continue reading...According to a report from the Student Press Law Center, the Vernon County board of supervisors has approved an ordinance that criminalizes bullying.
Continue reading...The Wisconsin State Journal reports that Dane County Circuit Judge Amy Smith has ruled that the law giving Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker power to oversee the rulemaking authority of the state superintendent of public instruction violates the state constitution.
Continue reading...As reported in The New York Times, Judge Juan B. Colás of Dane County Circuit Court struck down much of the 2011 state law pushed through by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker that severely restricts the ability of public employees to bargain collectively.
Continue reading...A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled that a school district is not liable under Title IX for teacher-on-student sexual harassment because teachers’ alerts to a school administrator of their suspicion that a female co-worker had an inappropriate relationship with a student did not constitute actual notice of sexual harassment.
Continue reading...In an en banc decision, a majority of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that a Wisconsin school district violated its students’ rights under the Establishment Clause when it held graduation ceremonies for two of its high schools at a local Christian church.
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