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  • S.M. v. Chichester Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-25
    Practice Area: Education Law
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    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Brody
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    Case Number: 21-4266

    The court, after noting that it had been three years since the parents of S.M., who has severe autism and intellectual disabilities, had sued the school district seeking an appropriate residential educational placement, ordered the school district to secure and fund S.M.'s placement at Melmark School in Berwyn, Pa. immediately.

  • Hatboro-Horsham Sch. Dist. v. R.C.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-20
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Bartle
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    Case Number: 24-2591

    Court granted injunctive relief for tuition reimbursement where parents sought to maintain child's placement pending resolution of due process action. Motion for automatic injunctive relief granted.

  • McAvoy v. Dickinson Coll.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-06
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Chagares
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    Case Number: 23-2939

    College's in-depth investigation of sexual assault claim supported the reasonableness of going three times over the standard investigation period, demonstrating that college did not act with deliberate indifference in violation of Title IX. Judgment of the district court affirmed.

  • Follman v. Sch. Dist. of Philadelphia

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
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    Case Number: 1323 C.D. 2023

    Petitioner sought review of an order of Pennsylvania's Secretary of Education which affirmed a decision of respondent School District of Philadelphia's Board of Education that dismissed petitioner from his employment as a tenured teacher. The court reversed, reinstated petitioner, and remanded for a determination of damages. The court held that Board violated petitioner's rights to a hearing under the School Code's procedures for the termination of tenured professional employees when Board's hearing officer conducted petitioner's term

  • Trenton Pub. Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ. v. Found. Acad. Charter Sch.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-31
    Practice Area: Education Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Restrepo
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    Case Number: 23-2924

    Appellants Keydotta and Aldric Crawford, on behalf of K.C., appealed the district court's grant of emergency relief to the Trenton Public School District Board of Education, which vacated an administrative law judge's order of emergent relief.

  • Faw v. Villanova Univ.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-26
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Rufe
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    Case Number: 23-3897

    College student plausibly alleged contract and unjust enrichment claims based on university's retention of tuition after cancelling in-person instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic where university had made the benefits of on-campus education a part of its bargain with students. Defendant's motion to dismiss denied.

  • Abigail P. v. Old Forge Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-12
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Hardiman
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    Case Number: 23-1680

    Plaintiff student appealed the district court's order affirming an administrative hearing officer's rejection of her claim that defendant school district denied her a free appropriate public education. The court affirmed, holding plaintiff was not denied a FAPE when defendant moved to remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Fakhreddine v. The Univ. of Pennsylvania

    Publication Date: 2024-07-05
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education | Federal Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Goldberg
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    Case Number: 24-cv-1034

    Court denied student/faculty petition challenging university's disclosure of documents to the U.S. House of Representatives in response to the House's request where plaintiffs failed to demonstrate standing by alleging facts showing that disclosure would put them at risk of threats or harassment. Defendant's motion to dismiss granted.

  • M.D. v. Trinity Area Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Western
    Judge: District Judge Horan
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    Case Number: 2:22-CV-00517-MJH

    Defendant school district sought summary judgment on plaintiff student's Title IX retaliation claim. The court granted the motion, holding that plaintiff failed to demonstrate genuine issues of material fact regarding her claims that a school official tried to influence her not to report a rumored sexual assault involving another student and that she was removed from the school basketball team for reporting the rumored incident.

  • B.S.M. v. Upper Darby Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-21
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Ambro
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    Case Number: 23-1595

    Appellants, a student and her parent, appealed the district court's judgment on the administrative record in favor of appellee school district in their action seeking compensatory education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. The court vacated and remanded where the district court erroneously concluded it need not separately analyze a Child Find claim under Section 504 after conducting a similar analysis under the IDEA.