Fostering School Safety offers school board members legal guidance to help school boards find best practices for their districts. The guide covers policies and programs that promote safe learning environments and ideas on how to collaborate with local law enforcement officials to assess threats.
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Reports, School Law Resources
August 17, 2018
School Law Resources
May 9, 2018
Title VI legal complaint
School Law Resources
February 28, 2018
ACLU-IN's legal complaint on behalf of transgender student seeking access to gender specific facilities at school on the basis of gender identity.
Reports, School Law Resources
February 27, 2018
This brief outline will help school districts identify issues and potential responses to meet the challenges arising from student mass protests.
Reports, School Law Resources
January 31, 2018
New legal guide for public schools on the regulation of student and employee speech. Q&A format designed to aid in conversations as policy is being developed.
School Law Resources
January 2, 2018
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California issues prelimimary injunction barring San Pasqual Valley USD from enforecing its rules prohibiting students and coaches from engaging in political protests, such as kneeling or sitting during the National Anthem.
Reports, School Law Resources
October 3, 2017
UPDATED: October 3, 2017 - Using a Q&A format, this guide helps school leaders understand and navigate the operational difficulties that school districts face today around serving undocumented students. The guide explains the current law on relevant immigra
School Law Resources
September 26, 2017
Third Circuit order denying petition for rehearing en banc.
School Law Resources
August 14, 2017
Fourth Circuit panel held that Maryland school district provided with a disabled student with a free appropriate public education as required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act even though the student's individualized education plan did not address the students religious and cultu
School Law Resources
August 11, 2017
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, order denying plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction.
