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...
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...
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...
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...
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...