by Sarah Andrews | Apr 25, 2018 | Headline News, Legal Developments
Since July 2017, officials from the U.S. Department of Education have closed at least 65 investigations into school discipline cases in districts singled out for disparately enacting strict disciplinary actions on minority students, including the school district in...
by Sarah Andrews | Feb 28, 2018 | Author Articles, Ed311, Headline News
We are getting excited for our upcoming April 5th workshop, Social Emotional Learning and Mindfulness: Shifting the Paradigm Through a Systems-Based Approach To Fostering Resilience, Engagement and Sustainable Growth Within Your School, and we hope you all are, too!...
by Sarah Andrews | Feb 14, 2018 | Headline News, Legal Developments
Thirteen students at La Vernia High School in La Vernia, Tex. have been arrested and charged with either sexual assault or sexual assault of a child. The arrests stem from at least two allegations of rape by students at the high school, who say they were repeatedly...
by Sarah Andrews | Jan 17, 2018 | Headline News, Legal Developments
The U.S. Department of Education completed an investigation finding Texas Education Agency officials liable for illegally instituting caps on the state’s special education services in an effort to keep special education costs low. In 2016, the Houston Chronicle...
by Sarah Andrews | Dec 6, 2017 | Breaking News, Headline News, Special Education
Two weeks ago, the Texas Education Agency came under scrutiny after firing its new Special Education Director, Laurie Kash. Now, the TEA is facing attacks by special education advocacy groups and parents who say that the agency’s efforts to mine data regarding...
by Jennifer Childress - Editor of the Legal Digest | Nov 9, 2017 | Headline News, Legal Developments
District Not Liable For Student Sexual Assault By Principal When Principal Concealed The Abuse Salazar v. South San Antonio ISD, Dkt. No. 15-50558 (5th Cir. June 15, 2017). The elementary school principal in the South San Antonio Independent School District frequently...
