Both the state and federal government make and enforce education laws. Now more than ever, the United States Supreme Court has been weighing in on education-specific cases. Whether weighing the importance of who should be liable in student attacks or debating the merits and constitutionality of drug testing students in school, education lawyers need to be on top of emerging legal developments. FindLaw's archive will help facilitate your research and provide you with the guidance you need whether you represent a school, student, parent, union or individual teacher. Click on the Education Law articles below, which focus on the unique and challenging aspects of school-based laws.
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U.S. Supreme Court Holds that a Private Right of Action for Retaliation is Implied by Title IX.
On March 29, 2005, a divided United States Supreme Court expanded the scope of Title IX by ruling that a male coach who complained about discrimination against his high school girls' basketball team may sue for retaliation even though retaliation is ...
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Public Employees "Escape" Social Security Inclusion For Now
Representatives of state and local retirement plans are resting easy now that the administration's Social Security proposals do not include any provision mandating that new state and local public employees be brought into the system. However ...
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Important Advisory Alert Regarding 1998 Levies
The Supreme Court recently heard oral argument in a case appealed by DuPage County tax objectors who are asking the Court to hold, contrary to 44-year-old precedent, that an Illinois school district's tax levy must be based on a previously adopted ...
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Municipal Bond Tax Issues Explained
Many of you have been involved in the issuance of tax-exempt bonds. At some point in the issuance process, you probably took part in conversations with bond counsel and the underwriter involving tax issues related to the bonds. Words like "private ...
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Questions and Answers on Certain Provisions of Title XIV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
The Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 (P.L. 103-382) reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). The purpose of the reauthorized ESEA is to improve teaching and learning for all children to enable them to ...
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Undiagnosed and Misdiagnosed Closed-Head Injuries
Article provided by the Karney Law Firm. Please visit our Web site at www.karneylaw.com. Approximately 1.4 million Americans seek medical treatment for traumatic brain injuries each year. Closed-head injuries are the most common cause of brain ...
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How to Apply for A Railroad Retirement Annuity
Prospective retirees should be aware of what steps to take and what documents are required by the Railroad Retirement Board when applying for retirement benefits, so that they can avoid delays and begin receiving payments from the Board as soon as ...
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Title IX and Education
Discrimination against students on the basis of sex is prohibited in education programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. states that: No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation ...
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Playing It Safe: A Fourth Nationwide Safety Survey of Public Playgrounds By Public Interest Research Group
A fourth nationwide investigation of public playgrounds by the Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG) and Consumer Federation of America (CFA) found that a majority of American playgrounds pose hidden threats to our nation's youngsters. Too many ...
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Illinois Appellate Court Overturns Student Expulsion for Failure of District to Offer Student Opportunity to Cross-Examine Witnesses
In a decision that retreats from a line of cases declining to find a right of confrontation and cross-examination in student expulsion hearings, an Illinois appeals court, on August 14, 1998, held that a high school student was denied due process by ...