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By Mason Lawlor | February 14, 2023
A lawsuit alleging a 13-year-old student endured racial and disability discrimination can proceed against a Columbus Christian school, minus claims for emotional distress and punitive damages.
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By Allison Dunn | January 26, 2023
Attorneys with Susman Godfrey, Merritt Law, and the Civil Rights Clinic of Georgetown Law are bringing additional allegations against the Fairfax County School Board and the Virginia Department of Education on behalf of families with students with disabilities, alleging that the school system was complicit in ensuring students did not receive the necessary services, according to the amended complaint filed Jan. 20.
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By Aleeza Furman | January 19, 2023
The plaintiffs claimed in their complaint that CCIU, an agency that provided educational services to the school, "allowed Glen Mills' education program to operate in the shadows, turning a blind eye to its flagrant violations of youths' education rights."
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By Allison Dunn | January 13, 2023
"The lien also does not contravene public policy and is consistent with IDEA's statutory scheme. First, IDEA's fee-shifting provision provides for an award of reasonable fees and costs to the prevailing party, not all fees and costs. 20 U.S.C. § 1415(i)(3)(B)," Judge Janet Bond Arterton wrote.
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By The Associated Press | January 10, 2023
The lawsuit says the Effingham County school district's unfair application of its dress code is part of a broader pattern of discrimination and "deliberate indifference to acts of racial animosity" that violate the civil rights of Black students.
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By Mason Lawlor | January 5, 2023
"In this case, the school board has gone to great lengths—as the district court itself acknowledged—to accommodate LGBTQ students," the majority wrote.
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By Colleen Murphy | January 1, 2023
"Kean and Montclair took actions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and in compliance with EOs issued pursuant to the governor's powers under the EHPA," Judge Richard J. Geiger wrote. "Permitting plaintiffs to recover damages related to those actions would run counter to the legislature's purpose in granting authority to the executive branch to take such actions to thwart the dangers posed by the COVID-19 pandemic."
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By Brad Kutner | Michael A. Mora | December 30, 2022
The 150-page opinion stands in contrast to the U.S. Second, Fourth, Seventh, and Ninth circuits, which all found transgender students can access restrooms in line with their gender identity.
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By Amanda Bronstad | December 20, 2022
The verdict, announced on Tuesday, the latest to award damages to parents, teachers and children who suffered brain damage after being exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, at their school in Monroe, Washington.
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By Amanda Bronstad | December 16, 2022
On Friday, U.S. District Judge William Orrick III said the April 17 trial in a case brought by the San Francisco Unified School District over Juul's e-cigarettes will go forward against Altria, parent company of Philip Morris.
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