Law & Courts
Education news, analysis, and opinion about court cases, lawsuits, and regulations affecting schools.
Law & Courts Court Backs Religious-School Student's Participation in Vermont Dual-Enrollment ProgramA federal appeals court rules that recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions support the student's free exercise of religion claim.
Law & Courts Supreme Court Considers Issue of Damages That Comes Up in Many Suits Over School PoliciesThe justices weigh whether students still have a case for "nominal damages" when schools change a policy in response to a lawsuit.Law & Courts U.S. Supreme Court to Weigh Whether Schools May Discipline Students for Internet SpeechThe justices will hear the appeal of a school district whose discipline of a student for her vulgar message on Snapchat was overturned.
Law & Courts District's At-Large Elections Violated Minority Voting Rights, Federal Appeals Court FindsThe case involves school board elections in a majority Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish district with a large Black and Latino population.Law & Courts Federal Appeals Court Revives Teacher's Pay-Discrimination Case Over Starting SalaryThe court weighed an administrator's alleged comment that the teacher's starting pay was less because her husband worked.
Law & Courts Appeals Court Rules for Religious Schools in Latest Challenge to Pandemic RestrictionsThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, in Cincinnati, exempted nine religious schools from an Ohio county's school closure order.Law & Courts Federal Appeals Court Lets Lawsuit Proceed Against Educators in Student's SuicideThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, in Cincinnati, rules in the case of a 3rd grader who killed himself after repeated bullying.Law & Courts Supreme Court Tosses Challenge to Exclusion of Undocumented Immigrants From CensusThe challenge to President Donald Trump's effort is being watched by educators concerned about its impact on federal funding.
Law & Courts Supreme Court Denies Kentucky Religious Academy's Challenge to School Closing OrderThe justices, over two dissents, cited the imminent expiration of the order. The school could challenge again if the order is renewed.
Law & Courts U.S. Supreme Court to Weigh NCAA Rules on Education-Related Aid for Student-AthletesLower courts found the rules covering items such as computers, science equipment, and financial aid for internships violate antitrust law.
Law & Courts High Court Declines Challenge to District Policy Protecting Transgender StudentsThe case was brought by those objecting to letting transgender students use restrooms and other facilities matching their gender identity.
Law & Courts Federal Appeals Court Rejects Civil Rights Suit by Parkland SurvivorsThe court in Atlanta held that students who survived the 2018 mass school shooting could not recover from the missteps of public officials.
Law & Courts A Full U.S. Appeals Court Lets Federal Right-to-Education Case Go ForwardThe suit says Mississippi’s lack of a “uniform” education system violates a post-Civil War era law readmitting the state to the union.
Law & Courts Kentucky Religious School Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Block State Closure OrderDanville Christian Academy is seeking emergency relief from the COVID-19 closure order after losing in federal appeals court.
Law & Courts Justices Weigh Trump Effort to Exclude Undocumented Immigrants From Key Census TallyEducation groups expressed concern that excluding undocumented immigrants would affect census numbers used in federal funding programs.
