Showing posts with label School Policies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label School Policies. Show all posts
Thursday, February 12, 2026

Child Evangelism Fellowship Sues School District Over Discriminatory Treatment

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Suit was filed this week in an Illinois federal district court by Child Evangelism Fellowship alleging that fees charged to it for after-sch...
Thursday, July 31, 2025

North Carolina Legislature Overrides Governor's Veto of Bill on Transgender Issues, Pornography and Religious School Opt-Outs

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On Tuesday, the North Carolina legislature overrode the governor's veto of House Bill 805 ( full text ). The new law deals with a lengt...
Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Iowa Enacts Law Allowing Released-Time Religious Instruction in Schools

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On June 6, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed  a bill that gives students in public and accredited nonpublic schools the right to attend up ...
Saturday, January 18, 2025

Cert. Granted on Whether Opt-Out is Required When Parent Objects on Religious Grounds to Public School Curricular Material

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Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court granted review in Mahmoud v. Taylor,  (Docket No. 24-297, certiorari granted 1/17/2025). ( Order List .) Th...
Friday, November 01, 2024

7th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments Challenging Schol's Derecognition of "Students For Life" Club

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On Tuesday, the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments ( audio of full oral arguments ) in  E. D. v. Noblesville School Dist...
Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Using Students' Preferred Pronouns Is Not Part of Teacher's Ordinary Job Duties

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 In  Geraghty v. Jackson Local School District Board of Education , (ND OH, Aug. 12, 2024) an Ohio federal district court ruled in part in f...
Friday, June 21, 2024

Louisiana Governor Signs "Given Name Act", School Chaplaincy and 10 Commandments Bills

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On Wednesday, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed  a package of 18 separate bills which the Governor's office described as " bill...
Thursday, May 30, 2024

Louisiana Legislature Requires Posting of 10 Commandments in Every Public School and College Classroom

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The Louisiana legislature this week gave final passage to HB71 ( full text ) which requires all public schools to display the Ten Commandme...
Wednesday, May 29, 2024

New Hampshire Divisive Concepts Law Is Void For Vagueness

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 In Local 8027, AFT-N.H., AFL-CIO v. Edelblut , (D NH, May 28, 2024), a New Hampshire federal district court held that statutes enacted in 2...
Wednesday, May 01, 2024

Accommodating Teacher's Anti-Transgender Beliefs Created Undue Hardship for School Under Title VII

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In Kluge v. Brownsburg Community School Corporation , (SD IN, April 30, 2024), an Indiana federal district court in a 46-page opinion that s...
Friday, April 26, 2024

Arizona Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Have Required Transgender Individuals to Use Alternate Single Occupancy Showers in Public Schools

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On April 23, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed Arizona Senate bill 1182. ( Full text of veto letter .) The bill, titled the "Arizona ...

Florida Authorizes Volunteer Chaplains in Schools

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On April 18, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed HB 931. The bill ( full text ) allows school districts to authorize volunteer school chap...
Thursday, March 21, 2024

Satanic Temple Sues School Board Over Discriminatory Rental Fees for Satan Club

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The Satanic Temple filed suit this week in a Tennessee federal district court complaining that the Memphis-Shelby County School Board is pla...
Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Settlement Narrows Interpretation of Florida's "Don't Say Gay" Law

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On Monday, a Settlement Agreement ( full text ) was filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Equality Florida v. Florida...
Saturday, March 09, 2024

Indiana Legislature Passes Bill Barring Antisemitism in Public Schools and Colleges

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On Friday, the Indiana legislature gave final passage to House Bill 1002 ( full text ) which amends the state Education Code to specificall...
Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Certiorari Denied In Transgender Bathroom Case

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Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied review in Metropolitan School District v. A.C.,  (Docket No. 23-392, certiorari  denied 1/16/2024) ...
Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Parents Sue School for Using Teen's Preferred Masculine Name and Pronouns

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Suit was filed yesterday in a Michigan federal district court by parents of a 13-year-old biologically female child whose school concealed f...
Friday, December 15, 2023

Florida Transgender Teachers Challenge Law That Bars Them from Using Their Preferred Pronouns

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Suit was filed this week in a Florida federal district court by three current and former Florida public-school teachers who identify as tran...
Friday, September 15, 2023

Teachers Get Religious Exemption from School Policy Barring Disclosure to Parents of Gender Identity Changes

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In Mirabelli v. Olson ,  (SD CA, Sept. 14, 2023), a California federal district court granted a preliminary injunction prohibiting the Escon...
Thursday, September 07, 2023

California AG Challenges School District's Policy On Disclosure To Parents of Students' Gender Dysphoria

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Suit was filed last week by California's Attorney General against the Chino Valley Unified School District challenging the district'...