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Louisiana Supreme Court declares school's voucher program unconstitutional due to program's funding structure

  • Franczek Radelet PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 29 2013

This month, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled in favor of a number of parents and teachers' unions in Louisiana Fed of Teachers, et al. V. State of

Public Access Counselor holds that straw poll violates the Open Meetings Act

  • Franczek Radelet PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 22 2013

Recently, the Illinois Public Access Counselor rendered a binding opinion, holding that a committee violated the Open Meetings Act when it chose to

Tips and tricks: avoiding discriminatory discipline of groups of students

  • Franczek Radelet PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 21 2013

Discriminatory discipline has been a hot topic this year in public schools, and the focus on this topic makes it one that school leaders should not

Board candidate files suit after State’s Attorney serves quo warranto action

  • Franczek Radelet PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 30 2013

In Parker v. Lyons, 2013 WL 1624336 (C.D. Ill. 2013), a candidate filed a nominating petition with the requisite number of signatures and was later

OCR issues new guidance regarding retaliation

  • Franczek Radelet PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 26 2013

For the first time, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued guidance this week in the form of a "Dear Colleague

Sixth Circuit rules school’s search of student cellphone violated Fourth Amendment

  • Franczek Radelet PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 23 2013

In a recent decision, the first federal appellate court to address the rights of school officials to search student cell phones held that a student's

Federal Court determines that the Fair Housing Act applies to university housing

  • Franczek Radelet PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 23 2013

In United States of America v. University of Nebraska at Kearney, et al., the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska granted

Colorado school denies six-year-old transgender students request to use girls’ bathroom

  • Franczek Radelet PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 2 2013

As The New York Times recently reported, a Colorado school district is facing a lawsuit after refusing to allow a six-year-old transgender student to

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upholds city’s invocation policy for council meetings

  • Franczek Radelet PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 2 2013

In Rubin v. City of Lancaster, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's determination that the city council's invocation policy and

District Court finds boys’ basketball haircut policy does not constitute discrimination or infringe student rights

  • Franczek Radelet PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 26 2013

In Hayden v. Greensburg Community School Corporation, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana found that a school's haircut