Law & Courts
Education news, analysis, and opinion about court cases, lawsuits, and regulations affecting schools.
See also: Supreme Court, Court Cases, First Amendment, Student Rights
Law & Courts Judge Casts Doubt on Trump’s Authority to Gut Education Dept. StaffTwenty-one states and a coalition of unions and school districts are challenging the president's dismantling of the Education Department.
Law & Courts Supreme Court to Weigh Discrimination Standard for Some Special Education CasesThe U.S. Supreme Court will consider what legal standard must be met for proving discrimination against students with disabilities.
Law & Courts Trump Can't Enforce Anti-DEI Directives in Schools, 3 Judges SayThree judges, including two Trump appointees, said the administration had overstepped its authority in its efforts to rid schools of DEI.
Law & Courts Supreme Court Leans Toward Parents on Opt-Outs for LGBTQ+ LessonsThe U.S. Supreme Court took up a case on whether religious parents may remove their children from public school lessons on LGBTQ+ topics.
Law & Courts Supreme Court Faces Big Test on Religious Students' Opt-Outs From LGBTQ+ BooksThe justices will weigh whether a school district must allow parents with religious objections to LGBTQ+ books to excuse their children.
Law & Courts Another Court Lets the Trump Admin. Keep Teacher-Training Grants FrozenA federal appeals court overturned a lower court's order that had temporarily restored millions of dollars in terminated grant funds.
Law & Courts Supreme Court Allows Trump Admin. to End Teacher-Prep GrantsThe high court, over three justices' dissent, granted the administration's request to remove a lower court's block on ending the grants.
Law & Courts Groups Sue Over Trump's Cuts to Education Department Research ArmThis suit seeks the restoration of Institute of Education Sciences staff and contracts abruptly canceled by the Trump administration.
Law & Courts Supreme Court Appears Unlikely to Strike Down School E-Rate ProgramThe Supreme Court seems unlikely to strike down the E-rate program, though some justices questioned its funding structure and oversight.
Law & Courts Tracker See All the Lawsuits Filed Over Trump's Education PoliciesHere’s a look at the Trump education policies that have drawn litigation, and where the complaints stand.
Law & Courts Opinion Can States Bar Religious Charter Schools? The Supreme Court Will Soon DecideRecent U.S. Supreme Court decisions suggest that bans on faith-based charter schools may violate the Free Exercise Clause.
Law & Courts NEA, AFT Sue to Block Trump’s Education Department DismantlingThe nation’s two largest teachers’ unions are asking federal courts to halt efforts to close the U.S. Department of Education.
Law & Courts Idaho Can Restrict Transgender Students’ Restroom Use, Appeals Court RulesA federal appeals court panel declined to block an Idaho law requiring students to use restrooms that align with their "biological sex."
Law & Courts Schools Fear Funding Loss as Supreme Court Weighs E-Rate CaseThe justices hear arguments next week in a challenge to the funding structure of the $4 billion program to connect schools to the internet.
Law & Courts Religious Charters, LGBTQ+ Books, and More: A Winter Legal RoundupThis winter, key court cases tackled school desegregation, parental rights, religious charters, LGBTQ+ policies, and education funding.
