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5th Circuit Issues Decision Regarding Personnel Complaints in Open Session — February 26, 2010: The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the policies of a Texas school district that effectively prevented a disgruntled former employee from criticizing a current school employee during the…
Welcome to the New Legaldigest.com! — December 15, 2009: The Texas School Administrators’ Legal Digest welcomes you to our new website! For nearly 25 years, the Legal Digest has been considered the definitive source of relevant and practical knowledge…
5th Circuit rules on the distribution of religious materials by students on campus — December 4, 2009: The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a school district's regulations pertaining to the distribution of religious materials by students on campus.
5th Circuit OKs School Dress Code — August 14, 2009: The 5thCircuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of Waxahachie ISD in a First Amendment case involving a “John Edwards for President” t-shirt.In doing so, the court strongly affirmed the…

Educator Contract Terminations: Procedure and Substance — March 1, 2010: This month the Legal Digest reports on three Commissioner’s decisions regarding termination of a teacher contract. These three cases contain important lessons for school administrators and…
District Attorney Discusses Fifth Circuit Case Denying Attorney Fees in IDEA Dispute — February 1, 2010: On December 16, 2009, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an important ruling in a case involving attorneys' fees in special education disputes. The key fact in this case was that the lower court's…
A.M. v. Cash –Principal Cash Talks About the Lawsuit Challenging the School’s Restrictions on Displays of the Confederate Flag — January 13, 2010: Four years later, Paul Cash is still surprised that an incident he saw as a simple dress code violation resulted in a lawsuit and a published Fifth Circuit opinion bearing his name. In January 2006, Cash…
Texas Sports Officials Seek Injunction Against University Interscholastic League: Officials Say New Rules Unlawful — December 15, 2009: On December 3, the Texas Association of Sports Officials (TASO) filed a lawsuit against the University Interscholastic League (UIL), seeking a court order to stop the UIL from implementing new rules that…

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