According to a complaint, a nine-year-old known old known only as Jane Doe in the court documents was checked out of Covington County Elementary School at least six times by an unauthorized stranger during the 2007-08 school year. The stranger, Tommy Keyes, signed the child out as her father and at least once as her [...]
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Fifth Circuit holds that a school district can be held liable for allowing an unauthorized stranger to remove and then sexually abuse a student.
Posted in Constitutional Law, Education Law, tagged child abuse, substantive due process on August 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Eighth Circuit explains the difference between emotional disturbance and social maladjustment under the IDEA.
Posted in Disability Law, Education Law, tagged IDEA on January 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Hansen v. Republic R-III School District, No. 10-1514. Larry Hansen’s son is a ninth-grade student in the Republic R-III School District (“Republic”) and has been diagnosed with conduct disorder, bipolar disorder, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (“ADHD”). Hansen has (1) been suspended numerous times for threatening classmates and teachers, (2) made suicidal comments on multiple [...]
New York appeals court refuses to fire teacher for sending romantic e-mails to a 15-year-old student.
Posted in Education Law, Employment Law, tagged student-teacher relationships on July 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
M.S. was a 15-year-old male student in 36-year-old Colleen McGraham’s English class. He was also involved in the poetry club and theater group, for which McGraham was an advisor. She loaned him books such as "Catcher in the Rye" and "Fahrenheit 451," but also let him borrow "Harold and Maude," a 1972 movie about a [...]
Fifth Circuit reverses holding that Texas failed to provide equal educational opportunities to Mexican-American students.
Posted in Constitutional Law, Education Law, tagged Equal Education Opportunity Act on March 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In 2006, G.I. Forum and LULAC, two groups representing Mexican-American students, challenged Texas Education Agency’s bilingual program, claiming it violated the Equal Educational Opportunity Act (“EEOA”), which requires a state agency “to take appropriate action to overcome language barriers.” They asserted that Texas denied equal educational opportunities to Mexican-American students. The trial court agreed that [...]
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