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Phila. Fed'n of Teachers v. Sch. Dist., PICS Case No. 16-1024 (Pa. Aug. 15, 2016) Saylor, C.J. (24 pages).

By | August 26, 2016
Commonwealth court properly found that insofar as teachers were concerned, collective bargaining agreements were "teachers' contracts" and were excepted from a school reform commission's cancellation powers based on the construction of the term "teachers' contracts" in §693(a)(1). Affirmed.
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Daily Report Online

DOJ Suit Accuses Georgia of Illegally Segregating Students With Behavioral Disabilities

A suit filed against the state by the U.S. Attorney in Atlanta and the civil rights division of the U.S. Justice Department alleges that students with behavioral disabilities in one Georgia school were segregated from other students and were given no access to elective classes, school facilities and extracurricular activities such as athletics or school clubs.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Campaign for Quality Education v. State of California

By | August 23, 2016
9 minute read

The Recorder

Vergara v. State of California

By | August 23, 2016
10 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'Enough Is Enough,' Federal Judge Says in $160K Fee Dispute

A lawyer who sued a New Jersey school district on behalf of a special-needs student has been taken to task by a federal judge for "simply inexcusable" conduct in the matter, and in his bid for $160,000 in fees and costs. A 68-page opinion by U.S. District Judge Renee Bumb upbraids Cherry Hill solo Jamie Epstein for what the judge called a "pattern of overstating his fees and engaging in unprofessional and unreasonable behavior."
10 minute read

Litigation Daily

The Kids Are Alright--It's Adults Who Get Transgender Bathrooms Wrong

What today's teens would say to a federal judge in Texas who blocked guidance by the Obama administration allowing transgender students to use bathrooms that match their gender identity rather than their biological sex.
11 minute read

Daily Business Review

Report Says School Ignored Inappropriate Teacher Contact

A scathing report reveals administrators at a prep school in Palm Beach County failed to protect students from a teacher who had developed a pattern of having students over for secret sleepovers, private embraces and late-night excursions.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Federal Judge Blocks Obama's Transgender Bathroom Rules

Siding with a group of states, including Texas, Alabama and Wisconsin, a federal judge imposed a nationwide injunction blocking the Obama administration's rules for bathroom facilities and transgender public school students.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Calif. Justices Won't Hear Appeal in 'Vergara' Teacher Tenure Case

A lower court ruling permitting teacher tenure rules will stand. But Justices Goodwin Liu and Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar protested in lengthy dissents.
14 minute read

Daily Business Review

Court Rejects Threat to School Vouchers as Program Expands

A state appeals court rules Florida's largest teachers' union and parents of public school students have no standing to challenge a privately-funded voucher program.
9 minute read

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