Showing posts with label Public Schools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Public Schools. Show all posts
Thursday, October 09, 2025

5th Circuit Grants En Banc Review of Louisiana 10 Commandments Law

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On Oct. 6, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals granted en banc  review in Roake v. Brumley, ( Full text of court's Order .) In the cas...
Saturday, October 04, 2025

IDEA Requires New York To Pay for Kindergartener's Judaic Studies Class

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In Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York v. E.L. ,  (SD NY, Sept. 30, 2025), a New York federal district co...
Wednesday, October 01, 2025

Teacher Loses Challenge to School's "Controversial Issues" Policy

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In Cahall v. New Richmond Exempted Village School District Board of Education ,  (SD OH, Sept. 29, 2025), an Ohio federal district court dis...
Friday, September 26, 2025

Canceling Church's Sunday Lease on School Gym Violated 1st Amendment

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 In Truth Family Bible Church Middleton v. Idaho Housing and Finance Association , (D ID, Sept. 22, 2025), an Idaho federal district court h...
Saturday, September 20, 2025

School's Policy on Disclosure of Students' Social Transitioning Violated Due Process, But Not Parents' Free Exercise Rights

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In Mead v. Rockford Public School District ,  (WD MI, Sept. 18, 2025), parents of a middle school student, referred to as G.M., challenged a...
Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Oklahoma Supreme Court Stays Implementation of New Social Studies Standards While Litigation Is Pending

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 As previously reported , in July a suit was filed asking the Oklahoma Supreme Court to assume original jurisdiction and enjoin implementati...
Monday, September 15, 2025

California Legislature Passes Law Aimed at Combatting Antisemitism and Other Bias in Schools

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On September 12, the California legislature gave final passage to AB 715 ( full text ) which amends the state Education Code to create a st...
Wednesday, September 10, 2025

School Rules on Non-gendered Pronouns Do Not Violate Free Exercise or Free Speech Rights

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In Hyland v. State Board of Education , (NJ App., Sept. 9, 2025), a New Jersey state appellate court rejected a 1st and 14th Amendment chall...
Friday, September 05, 2025

6th Circuit: Transgender Bathroom Rule Did Not Violate Objecting Parents' or Students' Free Exercise Rights

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In Jane and John Doe No. 1 v. Bethel Local School District Board of Education ,  (6th Cir., Aug. 26, 2025), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Ap...
Thursday, August 28, 2025

HHS Pressures West Virginia To Implement Religious Exemptions from Compulsory School Vaccination Law

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 As reported by Med Page Today , the Department of Health and Human Services is pressuring the state of West Virginia to recognize religious...
Monday, August 25, 2025

Ban on Faith Statements by Colleges Participating in Program for High Schoolers Violates Free Exercise Clause

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Loe v. Jett ,  (D MN, Aug. 22, 2025), is a challenge to a 2023 Amendment to Minnesota's Post Secondary Education Option (PSEO) statute. ...
Friday, August 22, 2025

School Counselor's Office Display of Anti-Trans Books Is Permissible Only When No Students Are in His Office

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In Theis v. Intermountain Education Service Board of Directors ,  (D ORA, Aug. 20, 2025), a social worker employed by the district to admini...
Friday, August 15, 2025

School Officials Lack Standing To Sue Advocacy Group For Interfering With Their Duties

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In Oklahoma State Department of Education v. Freedom From Religion Foundation ,  (ED OK, Aug. 13, 2025), Oklahoma education officials, in an...
Monday, August 11, 2025

Court Again Upholds Idaho Law on School Restroom Use by Transgender Students

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In Sexuality and Gender Alliance v. Critchfield ,  (D ID, Aug. 7, 2025), an Idaho federal district court refused to issue a preliminary inju...
Thursday, August 07, 2025

7th Circuit: Jury Must Decide Whether Religious Accommodation Would Create Undue Hardship

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In a Title VII case that has been in litigation for six years, in Kluge v. Brownsburg Community School Corp ., (7th Cir., Aug. 5, 2025), the...
Wednesday, July 02, 2025

Suit Challenges Oklahoma's Social Studies Standards

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Suit was filed yesterday in the Oklahoma Supreme Court by public school teachers, parents, children and clergy asking the court to assume or...
Tuesday, July 01, 2025

Suit Challenges Texas Requirement for 10 Commandments in Classrooms

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Suit was filed last week in a Texas federal district court challenging the constitutionality of a recently enacted Texas law that requires t...
Saturday, June 28, 2025

Supreme Court: Parents Have Free Exercise Right to Opt Children Out of Class Discussions That Undermine Religious Beliefs

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 In Mahmoud v. Taylor , (Sup.Ct., June 27, 2025), the U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision upheld the granting of a preliminary injunction t...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Texas Enacts Requirement That Schools Offer Released-Time Programs

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On June 20, Texas Governor Gregg Abbott signed  SB 1049 ( full text ) which requires all public and charter schools to permit students to at...
Monday, June 23, 2025

Texas Enacts Law Requiring Ten Commandments In Every Classroom

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The Texas legislature has passed, and on June 20 Governor Gregg Abbott signed , SB10 ( full text ) which requires that: a public elementary ...