by Jennifer Childress - Editor of the Legal Digest | Oct 24, 2018 | Federal Guidance, Headline News, Legal Developments
In Espinoza v. San Benito Consolidated Independent School District, No. 17-40839, 2018 WL 5018491 (5th Cir. Oct. 12, 2018), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld the judgment in favor of the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District in a case...
by Jennifer Childress - Editor of the Legal Digest | Oct 10, 2018 | Headline News, Legal Developments
The Texas Attorney General has sought to intervene in a lawsuit filed by a student who was disciplined for refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. The suit was filed on behalf of India Landry after she was expelled from Windfern High School in Harris County....
by Jennifer Childress - Editor of the Legal Digest | Aug 16, 2018 | Headline News
The high school physical science teacher also served as a lunchroom supervisor, and in that role tried to maintain order and discourage student fights. While the school district generally instructed teachers to intervene in fights if they felt they could do so safely,...
by Jennifer Childress - Editor of the Legal Digest | Aug 9, 2018 | Headline News
In Shackelford v. Bonham Indep. Sch. Dist., No. 4:18-CV-00035 (E.D. Tex. July 31, 2018), a federal court dismissed a breach of contract action filed by a former employee of Bonham ISD for the employee’s failure to exhaust administrative remedies through the...
by Jennifer Childress - Editor of the Legal Digest | Jul 8, 2018 | Headline News
Last week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wrote a letter to the Fort Worth Independent School District superintendent and board president, addressing parent complaints that they have been denied access to public records regarding FWISD’s human sexuality curriculum....
by Sarah Andrews | May 16, 2018 | Headline News, Legal Developments
A Dallas-based teacher is suing the Mansfield Independent School District for discrimination following a sequence of events that led to her being put on leave and transferred to another district last fall. Stacy Bailey, an art teacher at Charlotte Anderson Elementary...
