Emerging School Law Issues
The Missouri State Legislature has passed a social networking law which prohibits communication through websites, such as Facebook and Twitter, between teachers and current students…
Continue Reading Missouri State Teachers’ Association Sues State Over Social Networking Law
In Jones v. Oklahoma City Public Schools, a federal appeals court held that a school employee who was demoted and replaced with a younger…
Continue Reading Court Approves Age Discrimination Suit by Demoted School Employee
In Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Hastings College of the Law (“Hastings” or the “law school”), a public…
Continue Reading Supreme Court Rules that Schools Need Not Recognize Discriminatory Student Groups
By legislation effective January 1, 2009, Congress expanded the scope of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) so that a greater number of individuals will…
Continue Reading Comment Period for Revised ADA Regulations Open
Although many Connecticut school districts have policies that permit the administration to bring in drug-detecting dogs to sniff unattended school property (such as student lockers)…
