In the case of Fort Bend County, Texas v. Davis, 587 U. S. ____ (2019), the United States Supreme Court held that the charge-filing requirements for a Title VII employment discrimination claim may not be raised at any time and are subject to time limitations. In this case, an employee filed an intake questionnaire with […]
On June 18, 2019, the United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released a report on its investigation into the use of restraint and seclusion on K-12 students by public schools districts. The GAO concluded that – based on the thirty (30) largest public schools in the United States – the nation’s public schools were not […]
In Doe v. Boyertown Area School Dist., 893 F.3d 179 (3d Cir.2018), the United States Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from an appellate court opinion holding that a public school may adopt a policy permitting transgender students to use the bathroom consistent with their gender identity as opposed to the sex they were […]
In the case of N.L. ex rel. C.L. v. Springboro Community City School Dist., 119 LRP 20931 (S.D.Ohio 2019), a federal district court held that a public school did not violate the stay-put provisions of the Individuals With Disabilities in Education Act (“IDEA”) when the public school demonstrated that a special needs student was a […]
In the case of M.L. v. Williamson Cty. Bd. of Edn., 6th Cir. No. 18-5671, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 15528 (May 24, 2019), the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that parents of a special needs student failed to prove that a school retaliated against them by filing reports of child abuse against […]
In the case of Hall v. Rocky River, 2019-Ohio-1997, an Ohio appellate court held that a union employee is required to exhaust administrative remedies under the grievance procedure prior to bringing a court action under a collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”). In this case, a union employee was terminated for poor performance. The union employee appealed […]