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 TikTok Is a Step Closer to Being Banned. What Schools Need to KnowTikTok is a big headache for educators, but banning it probably won't solve all their issues with student engagement.
Law & Courts Supreme Court Won't Take Up Case on District's Gender Transition PolicyThe U.S. Supreme Court declined an appeal from a parents' group contending that a district's policy on gender support plans excludes them.
Law & Courts High Court Won't Review School Admissions Policy That Sought to Boost DiversityThe U.S. Supreme Court refused a case about whether race was unconstitutionally considered in admissions to Boston's selective schools.
Law & Courts Supreme Court Case on Medical Care for Trans Youth Could Impact School SportsThe justices weigh a Tennessee law that bars certain medical treatments for transgender minors, with school issues bubbling around the case.
Law & Courts How a Supreme Court Case on Vaping Stands to Impact SchoolsThe U.S. Supreme Court heard an important case about federal regulation of flavored e-cigarettes, which remain a concern for schools.
Law & Courts Billions of School Tech Dollars At Risk as Supreme Court Takes Up E-Rate CaseThe U.S. Supreme Court will take up a lower-court decision that struck down the funding mechanism for the E-rate school internet program.
Law & Courts The Uncertainty Ahead for Title IX and Transgender Students in Trump's New TermTrump may not be able to withdraw the Title IX rule on "Day 1," but advocates on both sides expect it to go away.
Law & Courts Explainer Undocumented Students Have the Right to a Free Education. This Is WhyA landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling protected undocumented students' access to free public education. Some lawmakers seek to overturn it.
Law & Courts Ten Commandments Law for Public Schools Is 'Impermissible,' Judge RulesThe Louisiana law would require displays of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom.
Law & Courts Supreme Court Weighs High-Stakes Fraud Issue for E-Rate ProgramThe justices appear to lean toward a ruling that could help keep schools from being overcharged by telecommunications companies.
Law & Courts Court Battles and Presidential Election Have Big Implications for Title IX RegulationA federal appeals court heard arguments about whether some provisions of the Title IX regulation should be allowed to go into wider effect.
Law & Courts Top Affirmative Action Foe Has New Target: Scholarships for Aspiring Minority TeachersThe legal activist behind the U.S. Supreme Court college admissions decision has now sued over an Illinois minority scholarship program.
Law & Courts This State Requires Schools to Teach the Bible. Parents and Teachers Are SuingOpponents of an Oklahoma directive that compels schools to teach the Bible are suing the state’s superintendent of public instruction.
Law & Courts States Sue TikTok Over 'Addictive' Design Features. What That Means for SchoolsThe lawsuits are the newest fight targeting social media platforms' algorithms.
Law & Courts A School Board Tried to Make Public Comments Civil. It Went Too Far, Court SaysThe rules blocked protected speech or were inconsistently applied, judges say.
