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Delaware Law Weekly

Delaware ACLU Challenge to Inadequate School Funding Gets Green Light

A Delaware Court of Chancery judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing state and county officials of failing to provide adequate school funding for disadvantaged students, thanks in part to outdated property tax assessments.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Federal Judge Blocks Releasing Records on FIU Bridge Collapse

Senior U.S. District Judge William Stafford quashed a ruling by a state-court judge that would have required the Florida Department of Transportation to turn over records requested by the Miami Herald.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Plaintiffs Drop SDNY Suit Opposing Rider University's Sale of Choir College

The plaintiffs sought to have the sale declared illegal, claiming it violated the terms of the merger agreement between Rider and Westminster.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

3rd Circ. Solidifies Protections for Students With Service Animals

When a child with disabilities needs an accommodation to access school, her parents can request it. If the accommodation is reasonable, federal and state civil rights laws require the school to provide it.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Board of Governors to Scrutinize Universities Projects

In addition, the Board of Governors is making arrangements with an outside firm to conduct an “independent review of university financial controls and processes.”
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

St. Joe's Defends Investigation in Sexual Assault Case

The university says its investigator, a Cozen O'Connor lawyer, adhered to the school's definition of sexual assault, so the disciplined student can't sue for breach of contract.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

College, the Culture of Assault and Changes to Title IX

Due to the popularity and appeal of college sports, sports-related scandals are usually the ones making the headlines. For example, in May 2016, Art Briles was dismissed as head football coach of Baylor University for mishandling sexual assault allegations against his student-athletes.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

What You Need to Know About Changes to the Pa. Public School Code

On June 22, Act 44 was enacted containing, among other things, new school safety provisions that have immediate requirements of schools across the state as they start the new school year.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Do Schools Have an Increased Responsibility to Prevent Violence?

Basic rules, codes of conduct and discipline, are areas in which we accept that our schools will act with authority as surrogates for the benefit of our children. Both to maximize the learning taking place, but also the very safety of our children.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Court Backs Student Suspension in Sexual Harassment Case

A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit rejected arguments by Jeffrey Koeppel that the Valencia College had violated his First Amendment and due-process rights and the federal education law known as Title IX, which addresses discrimination based on sex.
4 minute read

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