The Racism-Free Schools Law (P.A. 103-0472) was passed by the Illinois General Assembly in August 2023 and goes into effect August 1, 2024, for the 2024-2025 school year. Policy &…
Jennifer Mueller Rosenberg
In B.P.J. v. West Virginia State Board of Education, the Fourth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals reversed a federal trial court and upheld the Title IX claim of the Plaintiff;…
ISBE recently issued its Final Rule governing dispute resolution procedures for students asserting homeless status when seeking to enroll in school. It went into effect on February 5, 2024, and,…
The final Title IX regulations on sex discrimination from the U.S. Department of Education may be released this spring after all. The Department initially announced the final rule would be…
To get 2024 started off right, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs and Office of Educational Technology issued a new Dear Colleague Letter regarding the use…
Public Act 103-0473 (eff. Jan. 1, 2024) amends Section 13A-4 of the School Code (105 ILCS 5/13A-4) on administrative transfers. A student in grades 6 through 12 who is subject…
In another recent example of litigation nationwide over parent notice and consent related to gender-affirming supports provided to students, a parent filed a lawsuit against Spreckels Union School District, about…
In Fellowship of Christian Athletes v. San Jose Unified School District Board of Education, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (which has jurisdiction over Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana,…
The Satanic Temple, Inc. (“TST”) sponsors the After School Satan Club at public schools throughout the country. In February 2023, the TST applied to use the facilities of the Saucon…
On August 1, 2023, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in A.C. by M.C. v. Metro. Sch. Dist. of Martinsville, No. 22-1786, 2023 WL 4881915 (7th Cir. Aug. 1, 2023),…