Legal Digest Newsletter Archives
Feature Article
In order to make the Texas School Administrators’ Legal Digest more useful to administrators and attorneys as a resource for researching and answering legal questions, the following subject matter index is provided. The index covers the ten issues of the Legal Digest that were published in 2013. Following the subject matter index is an alphabetical [...]
Feature Article
A.H. v. Northside ISD, (Feb.) A.P. v. Leander ISD, (Sept.) Alief ISD v. C.C., (May) Allen v. Jacksboro ISD, (Nov./Dec.) Almeyda v. Alief ISD, (Jan.) Antoine v. First Student, Inc., (June) Autry v. Fort Bend ISD, (Feb.) Baldridge v. Brauner, (Sept.) Bennett v. Dallas ISD, (May) Black v. Hart ISD, (Feb.) Blumrick v. Louise ISD, [...]
Feature Article
FEB Lindsey Jones Texas Charter Schools: Five Things You Should Know MAR Thomas P. Brandt Render Unto Caesar: Candy Canes, Cheerleaders, And The Ten Lessons I Have Learned In Religious Liberty Litigation APRIL Travis Ketner Federal Criminal Statutes [...]
Law Dawg
DEAR DAWG: I noticed on page 16 of this publication that you reported on the case of Hiri v. Isaac Newton. How did Mr. Newton respond to this lawsuit? I’m assuming this is the world famous Isaac Newton we are talking about, since the suit also challenges his “earth center gravity” theory. I did not [...]
Legal Developments
Discrimination DID THE SCHOOL BOARD DISCRIMINATE AGAINST THE RETIRED TEACHER DUE TO HER AGE? Case citation: Dubea v. School Board of Avoyelles Parish, __ Fed. Appx. __, 2013 WL 5977134 (5th Cir. 2013). Summary: Rebecca Dubea worked for the School Board of Avoyelles Parish in Louisiana for about twenty years, until she retired in 1999. [...]
Legal Developments
Qualified Immunity WAS THE SUPERVISOR ENTITLED TO IMMUNITY? Case citation: Petrie v. Salame, __ Fed. Appx. __, 2013 WL 5835612 (5th Cir. 2013) (unpublished). Summary: Matthew Petrie worked for the City of Grapevine Police Department as a Middle School Resource Officer (SRO) and taught the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program. Toward the end of [...]
Legal Developments
Commissioner Jurisdiction Editors’ Note: The cases reported below concern the jurisdictional authority of the Commissioner of Education. The Commissioner has jurisdiction over violations of the “school laws of this state” and the regulations adopted under those laws. The Commissioner also has jurisdiction over violations of employment contracts that caused, or would cause, monetary harm. To [...]
Legal Developments
SPECIAL EDUCATION & DISABILITY LAW
FAPE THE PARENT FAILED TO SUPPORT HER CLAIMS FOR RELIEF UNDER THE IDEA? Case citation: K.F. v. Houston ISD, __ Fed. Appx. __, 2013 WL 6137981 (5th Cir. 2013). Editor’s Note: The Fifth Circuit similarly dismissed another appeal filed by the plaintiff that was filed on behalf of her other minor child. In L.F. v. [...]