On November 15, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education’s (“Department”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) released new civil rights data…
By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995 Most parents see schools as places where their kids go…
By: Eric Richwine, Law Clerk Editor: Sanmathi (Sanu) Dev, Esq. On November 9, 2023, the New Jersey Appellate Division issued…
In 2022, state and local governments banned 2,571 different books. This is more books than were subject to such bans…
By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995 Sometimes students are just not at the right school, but…
By: Victoria M. Adeleke, Law ClerkEdited by: Sanmathi (Sanu) Dev, Esq. On August 7, 2024, the New Jersey Supreme Court…
Recently, a parent sent me an email asking whether a school district could significantly limit an observation of her son’s…
On April 19, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education (“Department”) released the long-awaited Final Rule to Title IX. Title IX…
By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995 Many parents envision expulsion hearings are mini-trials where their child…
To defend against a claim of unconstitutionality, the government must show that “probable cause” exists to justify a proper search…