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The Academic Advisor - Education Law Insights, Issue 4, April 2024

Welcome to the fourth issue of The Academic Advisor for 2024. We begin this edition with discussion of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. On April 19, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education released its...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

WV Transgender School Athlete Successful in U.S.Court

On April 16, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit determined that because West Virginia law and practice have long provided for sex-differentiated sports teams, the sole purpose of the West Virginia "Save...more

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The Fight Continues for Employee Status – Dartmouth Men's Basketball Players Are Employees Under the NLRA

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Summary: On February 5, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB or Board) Regional Director for Region 1 (Boston) announced that Dartmouth College men’s basketball players are employees under the National Labor...more

Venable LLP

Gender Equity Consideration in School-Sponsored Sports Policies

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As independent schools work to promote equity, understanding, and inclusion of students across the gender spectrum on their campuses, it seems that legislative efforts on the state and federal levels are moving in the...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

Proposed Title IX Regulation Addresses Transgender Student Eligibility for Athletic Teams

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The Department of Education intends to amend its Title IX regulations, clarifying what sex-based criteria schools can use to establish eligibility for athletic teams. In mid-April, the Department published a notice of...more

Console and Associates, P.C.

Zvi Levran, Former Michigan High School Hockey Doctor, Charged with Multiple Counts of Sexual Abuse

Sports provide an incredibly valuable experience for many teens. Whether it's learning how to effectively work as a team, honing their athletic abilities, or even vying for a spot on a professional sports team, most parents...more

Rumberger | Kirk

Is Separate Equal For Public School Sports?

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How will the Eleventh Circuit’s Ruling In Adams – Separate Is Equal for Public School Bathrooms – Affect Constitutionality of Florida Statute Prohibiting Transgender Girls from Participating in Designated Public School Girl’s...more

Franczek P.C.

Title IX Updates: Key Wins—and a Loss—in Federal Courts for Transgender Students and Athletes

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Happy New Year from the Title IX team at Franczek! Over the next several posts, we will be providing Title IX updates from the end of 2022 that you might have missed, as well as noteworthy items to keep an eye on in 2023. ...more

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Federal Court Grants Injunction Permitting Transgender Student to Play Softball Despite Indiana State Law

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A.M., by her mother and next friend, E.M. v. Indianapolis Public Schools, No: 1:22-cv-01075-JMS-DLP; Federal District Court, Southern District of Indiana - A.M. is a 10-year-old transgender girl and a rising fifth grader...more

Pullman & Comley - School Law

OCR and DOJ Issue Clear Guidance that Denying Transgender Students Access to the Bathroom and Sports Team Corresponding to Their...

On June 22, 2021, the United States Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) and the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division (“DOJ) issued a joint Fact Sheet addressed to elementary and secondary...more

Bailey & Glasser, LLP

Male & Female Student-Athletes Win Historic Title IX Sex Discrimination Settlements with Clemson University

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First Class Actions Threatened by Both Men and Women Yield Landmark Results: Clemson Reinstates Men’s Track, Field, Cross Country; Will Add Women’s Team; Give Women Equal Financial Aid and Treatment; and Comply Fully with...more

Franczek P.C.

Is OCR’s New Approach to Trans Rights in Schools Really Inconsistent? Here’s Why It’s Not

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On September 8, 2020, an Education Dive article quoted me about two recent letters from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on the impact on Title IX of this year’s landmark U.S. Supreme Court...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

[Event] Legal Issues and Student Affairs Drive-In Conference - February 28th, University Heights, OH

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The Ohio College Personnel Association in conjunction with John Carroll University and Bricker & Eckler LLP are hosting a drive-in conference regarding legal issues and student affairs. Presentations will include legal...more

Harris Beach PLLC

New York State Board of Regents Amends Regulations Governing Inclusive Athletic Activities

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The New York State Board of Regents recently adopted an emergency rule that amends the Commissioner of Education’s Regulations governing participation in inclusive athletic activities, also known as “unified sports.” This...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Are High School Sports Dangerous Enough to Become a Custody Issue?

Recently the New York Times highlighted a Pennsylvania child custody case focusing on whether or not a child who has sustained multiple concussions should continue to play football. The court has allowed the child to play...more

Franczek P.C.

Appellate Court Determines that Student Handbook is not a Contract

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In Mulvey v. Carl Sandberg High School et al., a family sued its school district and various district officials and coaches alleging breach of contract for the District’s alleged failure to enforce the anti-bullying policies...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

NLRB Ruling on Northwestern Football Players Highlights Need for Congressional Action on College Sports

In August, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or "the Board") unanimously ruled that it lacked jurisdiction to decide whether college football players at Northwestern University are "employees" under the National Labor...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Clear Thinking: The State Board of Education’s Concussion Education Plan and Guidelines for Connecticut Schools

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With each new year, it seems as if Connecticut legislators collectively agree to the same resolution – create new legal obligations for local and regional school boards. This year is no different. Although passed in early...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

NCAA to Appeal O’Bannon Decision

Last Thursday, the NCAA announced that it had filed a notice of appeal of Judge Claudia Wilken’s August 8, 2014 decision in O’Bannon v. National Collegiate Athletic Association et al. The appeal was widely anticipated as the...more

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