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Frozen at the Starting Line: Biden’s New Title IX Rules Blocked in Majority of States as Schools Torn Between Trump Initiatives...

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Twenty-six states filed litigation in courts nationwide to prevent the enactment of President Biden’s April 2024 revisions to the Title IX statute aimed at increasing protections for LGBTQIA+ athletes, pregnant and parenting...more

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The Academic Advisor - Education Law Insights, Issue 6, June 2024

Welcome to the sixth issue of The Academic Advisor – our e-newsletter focused on education law insights. For this mid-summer edition, we take a deeper look at the newest developments regarding the 2024 amendments to...more

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The Development of AI and Protecting Student Data Privacy

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Educational technology (EdTech) has long been used by educators as a way to support teaching and facilitate student learning using a wide range of digital tools, platforms, and resources designed to engage students and...more

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My Teacher, the Robot: President Biden's Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence and the Implications for Schools

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On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued Executive Order No. 14110 on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence. ...more

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Office of Civil Rights Proposes New Rule on Transgender Student Participation in Athletics

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The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published on April 6, 2023, a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) about sex-related criteria used to limit or deny a student's ability to participate in...more

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OCR Releases Proposed Rule Updating Title IX on Student Eligibility for Athletics

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On April 6, the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released its much-anticipated proposed Title IX rule on the eligibility of students for participation in athletic programs based on their gender identity....more

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Department of Education’s New Proposed Rule for Transgender Participation in Athletics

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The participation of transgender athletes in youth, interscholastic, and elite sport has long been a highly charged political issue domestically and internationally, with a vast range of different approaches to regulating...more

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A SCOTUS Stay of OSHA's "Vax or Test" Rule: What Does It Mean for Independent Schools?

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As we previously wrote, on September 9, 2021 President Biden announced a strategy to combat COVID-19 that, among other things, directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to issue an Emergency Temporary...more

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Breaking News: OSHA Announces It Is Suspending Vaccination ETS Pending Court Challenges

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On Tuesday, November 16, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that it is suspending all implementation and enforcement efforts related to the emergency temporary standard (ETS) on mandatory...more

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The Top 15 Workplace Law Stories from October 2021

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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Vaccine Mandates are Becoming the Rule and Not the Exception: What Employers Need to Know

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The COVID-19 pandemic threw the world into a state of uncertainty and life-threatening risk with ever changing health and safety recommendations and mandates. The alleged “two weeks” that it would take to combat the virus has...more

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What you should know about the K-12 Cybersecurity Act of 2021

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On October 8, 2021, President Biden signed the bipartisan K-12 Cybersecurity Act of 2021 into law. While the act offers little in the way of concrete reform, it represents both an important first step into the K-12 cyber...more

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White House Announces New Measures to Fight COVID-19 Pandemic

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On September 9, 2021, the White House announced a COVID-19 Plan that contains a comprehensive national strategy to address the rise in COVID-19 cases caused by the delta variant. The strategy employs six detailed points of...more

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July 2021: The Top 14 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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Public hearings on Title IX raise questions for coming guidance and regulatory changes

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Educational institutions all over the country have been grappling with the nuances of Title IX compliance since the new Title IX regulations were released last summer. With many stakeholders unhappy with the final...more

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Texas Legislative Update on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion-Related Bills

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In the recent 87th legislative session, the Texas Legislature contended with several bills that address or may impact areas relevant to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives within Texas government, public and...more

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American Rescue Plan and Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund III: What institutions of higher education need to know

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President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 into law on March 11, 2021. The Act includes around $1.9 trillion dollars in funding for coronavirus recovery, $39.6 billion of which is appropriated to institutions...more

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ESSER III: Receiving and spending your district’s dollars

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The federal government has allocated three rounds of relief funds to public schools during the course of the pandemic. Its most recent legislation, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, enacted on March 11th, will funnel an...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, April 2021 # 5

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In Washington: President Biden said Wednesday that he expects the U.S. will share surplus coronavirus vaccine doses with Canada and Central American countries. “We don’t have enough to be confident to send it abroad now, but...more

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Update: American Jobs Plan Builds Opportunities for Construction Industry

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In an eagerly anticipated action, the Biden Administration announced yesterday the $2.25 trillion dollar “American Jobs Plan,” the first part of the Administration’s Build Back Better Plan. As discussed in our prior...more

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Understanding the Topline Provisions within the American Action Plan

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This week, Congress approved the latest coronavirus relief package to the tune of $1.9 trillion. This package is largely based off President Biden’s proposal; however, it excludes some principal policy priorities of the Biden...more

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American Rescue Plan Act of 2021: Summary

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The U.S. House of Representatives on March 10, 2021, passed the Senate-amended H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan (ARP). The ARP provides $1.9 trillion in additional relief to respond to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)....more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, March 2021 # 4

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In Washington: Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) pledged on Thursday to pass a coronavirus relief bill this week. “No matter how long it takes, the Senate is going to stay in session to finish the bill this week,”...more

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COVID-19 Weekly Newsletter: Biden Announces School Reopening Goals

Despite obstacles posed by severe winter weather on a seemingly national scale, the past week included some significant milestones in the vaccination rollout and national COVID-19 response. School Opening Plan? ...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, February 2021 # 7

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In Washington: The Senate began former President Trump’s second impeachment trial Tuesday afternoon, voting to affirm its own jurisdiction to hear the case. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) led the House managers’ presentation of an...more

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