In Davis v. Evergreen Park School District 231, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled that a student with autism was not entitled to enrollment under…
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The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that a town chairman was not entitled to “qualified immunity” from suit and can face individual liability after selectively deleting comments critical…
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A recent federal court decision highlights just how expensive civil rights litigation can become. In a case against the City of Chicago, a judge approved a $1,500 hourly rate for…
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In E.S v. Manhattan Ogden Unified School District No. 383, a federal trial court in Kansas recently ordered a school district to allow two students with autism to receive privately…
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A federal district court in Minnesota largely dismissed the State of Minnesota's lawsuit challenging the federal government's interpretation of Title IX regarding transgender students' participation in athletics and use of…
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In Henson v. Dwight Common School District No. 232, the Seventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a parent's lawsuit challenging the district’s policy that barred him from volunteering at his…
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In Scott v. Illinois Human Rights Commission, the Illinois Appellate Court affirmed the Illinois Human Rights Commission’s (“Commission”) dismissal of an employee’s workplace race discrimination charge, holding that the Illinois…
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In F.F. v. Valley View Community Unit School District 365U, the parent of an 18-year-old trans female student an Illinois federal trial court dismissed a challenge to the district's policy…
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On July 29th, the U.S. Department of Education’s Student Privacy Policy Office (“SPPO”) found that a Massachusetts district violated the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (“PPRA”) by administering a survey…
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OCR has announced the removal of “disparate impact” regulations for Title VI enforcement. Title VI prohibits racial discrimination in educational programs that receive federal funding. Disparate impact analysis previously allowed…
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