Law & Courts
Education news, analysis, and opinion about court cases, lawsuits, and regulations affecting schools.
See also: Supreme Court, Court Cases, First Amendment, Student Rights
Law & Courts Supreme Court Won't Take Up Case on Schools' Bias-Response PoliciesOver the dissents of two justices, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to weigh a case about educational institutions' bias-reporting policies.
Law & Courts Schools May Get Relief From Overcharges After Supreme Court Ruling on E-RateThe ruling potentially bolsters schools that have been overcharged by telecommunications companies.
Law & Courts Parents Lose Appeal Over School’s Gender Identity Notification PolicyA federal appeals court ruled for a district in the case of a 9th grader who did not want officials to notify parents of gender transition.
Law & Courts Denver Schools First District to Sue Trump Admin Over ICE Policy in SchoolsDenver Public Schools became the first school district to sue the Trump administration challenging its ICE policy.
Law & Courts What Trump’s Trans Athlete Ban Means for Schools and StatesSome athletic groups responded quickly to the executive order on transgender participation in athletics, while lawsuits are expected.
Law & Courts Are Religious Charter Schools Legal? The Supreme Court Will Decide SoonThe court's ruling could fundamentally alter the line between church and state in education.
Law & Courts Legal Fights Highlight Clashes Over Transgender Students’ Pronouns in SchoolsA federal court weighs the case of a teacher who refused to use students' chosen names and pronouns, as similar questions arise elsewhere.
Law & Courts Can Parents Opt Kids Out of Reading LGBTQ+ Books? The Supreme Court Will DecideThe U.S. Supreme Court will take up a school district's policy of refusing to let parents opt out their children from LGBTQ+ storybooks.
Law & Courts How Educators Feel About the Supreme Court's Decision to Uphold TikTok BanThe Supreme Court upheld a law targeting TikTok, increasing the uncertainty for an app highly popular among U.S. educators and students.
Law & Courts After 50 Years, This School District Is No Longer Segregated, Court SaysA federal appeals court panel declared that the Tucson, Ariz., district was now legally desegregated a half century after it was first sued.
Law & Courts Biden's Title IX Rule to Expand Protections of Trans Students Struck DownThe Title IX rule improperly expands sex-discrimination protection to gender identity, the judge ruled.
Law & Courts TikTok Is a Step Closer to Being Banned. What Schools Need to KnowTikTok is a big headache for educators, but banning it probably won't solve all their issues with student engagement.
Law & Courts Supreme Court Won't Take Up Case on District's Gender Transition PolicyThe U.S. Supreme Court declined an appeal from a parents' group contending that a district's policy on gender support plans excludes them.
Law & Courts High Court Won't Review School Admissions Policy That Sought to Boost DiversityThe U.S. Supreme Court refused a case about whether race was unconstitutionally considered in admissions to Boston's selective schools.
Law & Courts Supreme Court Case on Medical Care for Trans Youth Could Impact School SportsThe justices weigh a Tennessee law that bars certain medical treatments for transgender minors, with school issues bubbling around the case.
