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Discrimination is prejudicial treatment related to (or inappropriate consideration of) an individual's actual or perceived membership in a particular class, group or category, such as an individual's... more +

OCR Update: Shared Ancestry and Ethnicity Discrimination Guidance

Franczek P.C. on 7/12/2024

In recent months, OCR has reached resolution agreements with a school district and two universities after investigating complaints of discrimination and harassment based on ancestry or ethnicity, including allegations...more

The Academic Advisor - Education Law Insights, Issue 5, May 2024

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 6/3/2024

Welcome to summer and the fifth issue of The Academic Advisor for 2024 - In this issue, we examine the following topics of import for schools, institutions of higher education, and other education-focused organizations: ...more

Department of Education Issues Dear Colleague Letter as Student Protests Continue

BCLP on 5/10/2024

Colleges and universities around the country have been dealing with increasingly violent and contentious student protests in recent months. Many have had to deal with student, parent, faculty, donor, and public criticisms...more

OCR Releases Resource on School Re-openings and Student Rights

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC on 5/18/2021

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) has published an extended Q&A designed to support educational institutions in protecting student rights and interests within the context of both virtual and...more

Transcending Gender In Schools: Is Gender Neutral The New Normal?

Fisher Phillips on 10/5/2015

In Missouri, a 17-year-old student who was born male, but has identified as female since he was 13, chose to use the girls’ locker room during gym class. That decision sparked outrage in the school community and led to...more

Deliberate Indifference to Bullying Can Amount to Massive Liability – Lessons from the Pine Bush Settlement

Pullman & Comley - School Law on 7/20/2015

$4.48 million. That’s how much the Pine Bush School District in central-New York just agreed to pay to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of current and former students who alleged that school administrators were...more

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