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Recent Posts from The School Law Blog

• School District Upheld on Mandatory Vaccinations

  A federal district judge has ruled for a West Virginina school district and its officials in a case in which a parent sought to exempt her daughter from mandatory school vaccinations.

• Supreme Court Declines Appeals on Cuba Book, Religious Speech at Graduation

  The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear appeals over the removal of a children's book about Cuba from school library shelves and a high school co-valedictorian's efforts to deliver a religious message at her graduation…

• School Board's Bar on 'Repetitive' Speakers Upheld

  A federal appeals court today upheld a school district's policy of barring frivolous, repetitive, or harassing speech by speakers at its school board meetings.

• Justices Weigh Life Without Parole for Juveniles

  The Supreme Court takes up the question of whether to extend its prohibition of the death penalty for juvenile offenders to those sentenced to life with no hope of getting out of prison.

• New Message: Controversies Over School E-Mail

  A handful of lawsuits and new policies over school e-mail are making headlines: The Wisconsin Supreme Court next week will take up a case about whether e-mails composed by teachers on school computers, both personal…

• Student Data in State Systems At Risk, Study Says

  A Fordham study says many states manage student databases in ways that threaten privacy.

• Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of NCLB Suit

  The 6th Circuit deadlocks on a key challenge to the No Child Left Behind Act, thus upholding a lower court's dismissal of the case.

• Teacher's Suit Over 'Seasonal Affective Disorder' Revived

  The suit alleges that a district violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to assign the teacher to a classroom with natural light.

• Judge Dismisses Suit Over Mass. Teacher Test

  A federal district judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that the teacher-licensure test in Massachusetts discriminates against minorities and those whose second language is English.

• Justices Weigh Enhanced Fees in Civil-Rights Cases

  Often, after big, complicated civil rights litigation in such areas as school desegregation and the reform of foster care, there is a second battle: over attorneys' fees for the prevailing party. The U.S. Supreme Court…