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- Welcome to the New Legaldigest.com! — December 15, 2009
- The Texas School Administrators’ Legal Digest welcomes you to our new website! For nearly 25 years, the Legal Digest has been considered the definitive source of relevant and practical knowledge…
- 5th Circuit rules on the distribution of religious materials by students on campus — December 4, 2009
- The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a school district's regulations pertaining to the distribution of religious materials by students on campus.
- 5th Circuit OKs School Dress Code — August 14, 2009
- The 5thCircuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of Waxahachie ISD in a First Amendment case involving a “John Edwards for President” t-shirt.In doing so, the court strongly affirmed the…
- Texas Education Code protects school employees from personal liability — July 22, 2009
- A cheerleading sponsor has been ordered to pay over $14,000 in attorneys’ fees to the school principal after filing a lawsuit alleging wrongful termination. The decision in the case of Ward v. Theret…
Web Exclusives
- Texas Supreme Court Clarifies the Timeline for Public Information Act Requests — June 1, 2010
- On February 19, 2010, the Texas Supreme Court in City of Dallas v. Abbott overturned the Attorney General’s understanding of the statutory timeline for responding to requests for public information. …
- Court of Appeals Upholds Canine Search of Student’s Backpack — May 1, 2010
- A Texas Court of Appeals recently ruled on the constitutionality of a procedure that has become common in many Texas districts. Students at a high school in the Austin Independent School District…
- TASB Policies Withstand 1st Amendment Analysis in Recent Fifth Circuit Opinion — April 1, 2010
- In Fairchild v. Liberty Independent School District, a three judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of two school board policies that are used widely throughout…
- Educator Contract Terminations: Procedure and Substance — March 1, 2010
- This month the Legal Digest reports on three Commissioner’s decisions regarding termination of a teacher contract. These three cases contain important lessons for school administrators and…
- District Attorney Discusses Fifth Circuit Case Denying Attorney Fees in IDEA Dispute — February 1, 2010
- On December 16, 2009, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an important ruling in a case involving attorneys' fees in special education disputes. The key fact in this case was that the lower court's…
- A.M. v. Cash –Principal Cash Talks About the Lawsuit Challenging the School’s Restrictions on Displays of the Confederate Flag — January 1, 2010
- Four years later, Paul Cash is still surprised that an incident he saw as a simple dress code violation resulted in a lawsuit and a published Fifth Circuit opinion bearing his name. In January 2006, Cash…
- Texas Sports Officials Seek Injunction Against University Interscholastic League: Officials Say New Rules Unlawful — December 15, 2009
- On December 3, the Texas Association of Sports Officials (TASO) filed a lawsuit against the University Interscholastic League (UIL), seeking a court order to stop the UIL from implementing new rules that…
- Districts Challenge TEA’s Interpretation of New Grading Policy Statute — December 15, 2009
- Six Houston-area school districts have filed a lawsuit in Travis County seeking a court order to prohibit TEA from enforcing its interpretation of a new law, § 28.0216 of the Texas Education Code.…
- Interview with Ted Siff of the Texas School Administrators' Legal Digest — November 10, 2009
- As we celebrate the launch of our new website, here are a few thoughts from Ted Siff, Chief Operating Officer of the Texas School Administrators' Legal Digest, regarding the new and improved www.legaldigest
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