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College District Employee Allowed To Proceed With Disability Discrimination & Retaliation Suit

by Jennifer Childress - Editor of the Legal Digest | Apr 18, 2018 | Legal Developments, Personnel

After Christy Williams was terminated from her position at the Tarrant County College District (TCCD), she filed suit for discrimination, failure to accommodate, and retaliation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Texas Commission on Human Rights...

US Supreme Court Declines Hearing of Transgender Bathroom Case

by Jennifer Childress - Editor of the Legal Digest | Apr 13, 2018 | Federal Guidance, Legal Developments

Transgender Student Presented Sufficient Evidence Of Harm Resulting From The District’s Bathroom Policy; U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Hear The Case The United States Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by a Wisconsin school district involving a transgender...

Supreme Court Lets Stand The Dismissal Of A Teacher’s First Amendment Suit

by Jennifer Childress - Editor of the Legal Digest | Apr 5, 2018 | Federal Guidance, Legal Developments

The New York public school teacher filed suit against the city department of education, the school’s principal, and the school’s vice principal, claiming that her negative evaluations and subsequent termination were in retaliation for exercising her First...

Parent Requests To View School Video: What Are Their Rights?

by Jennifer Childress - Editor of the Legal Digest | Mar 27, 2018 | Federal Guidance, Legal Developments

What do you do when a parent asks for a copy of video surveillance depicting an incident on campus when the video contains images of both innocent bystanders, as well as the students involved?  Is the video an education record of each of the students and is the school...

Policies Prohibiting Teacher And Student Protests Found Unconstitutional

by Jennifer Childress - Editor of the Legal Digest | Feb 28, 2018 | Legal Developments, Personnel

This week, every public school in West Virginia was shut down due to a teacher’s strike. Teacher protests, such as the one in West Virginia, implicate First Amendment rights. When can a school district enforce restrictions on teacher and student speech in these...
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