Some of us measure our year in weeks, months, or, for the readers of this article, likely by the school calendar. The Supreme Court, however, has its own measurement. The Court operates, hears cases, and issues rulings each...more
2/6/2025
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Charter Schools ,
Colleges ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Equal Protection ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
First Amendment ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
LGBTQ ,
SCOTUS ,
Students ,
Transgender ,
Universities
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of a deaf student in Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools, 143 S. Ct. 81 (U.S. 2022), where the Court held that the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”) exhaustion...more
3/24/2023
/ Administrative Remedies ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Damages ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Due Process ,
Educational Institutions ,
Exhaustion Doctrine ,
Fry v Napoleon Community Schools ,
IDEA ,
Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) ,
Perez v Sturgis Public Schools ,
Public Schools ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 504 ,
Special Education ,
Students
On July 18, 2022, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released its revised Case Processing Manual (CPM), which was last updated in August 2020. The CPM outlines the procedures OCR uses to...more
8/9/2022
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Complaint Procedures ,
Department of Education ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Educational Institutions ,
New Guidance ,
OCR ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Section 504 ,
Students ,
Title IX