Law & Courts
Education news, analysis, and opinion about court cases, lawsuits, and regulations affecting schools.
See also: Supreme Court, Court Cases, First Amendment, Student Rights
Law & Courts Supreme Court Weighs High-Stakes Fraud Issue for E-Rate ProgramThe justices appear to lean toward a ruling that could help keep schools from being overcharged by telecommunications companies.
Law & Courts Court Battles and Presidential Election Have Big Implications for Title IX RegulationA federal appeals court heard arguments about whether some provisions of the Title IX regulation should be allowed to go into wider effect.
Law & Courts Top Affirmative Action Foe Has New Target: Scholarships for Aspiring Minority TeachersThe legal activist behind the U.S. Supreme Court college admissions decision has now sued over an Illinois minority scholarship program.
Law & Courts This State Requires 69传媒 to Teach the Bible. Parents and Teachers Are SuingOpponents of an Oklahoma directive that compels schools to teach the Bible are suing the state鈥檚 superintendent of public instruction.
Law & Courts States Sue TikTok Over 'Addictive' Design Features. What That Means for 69传媒The lawsuits are the newest fight targeting social media platforms' algorithms.
Law & Courts A School Board Tried to Make Public Comments Civil. It Went Too Far, Court SaysThe rules blocked protected speech or were inconsistently applied, judges say.
Law & Courts Two Notable Education Cases the Supreme Court Declined to Take Up This TermThe justices turned away cases on public aid to nonpublic schools and the 2021 controversy over school board protests.
Law & Courts What's Ahead for Education This Supreme Court Term? Trans Rights, E-Rate, and MoreThe justices have one major case on transgender medical care on their docket and others pending on gender-identity issues in schools.
Law & Courts Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court to Spare Huge E-Rate Funding SourceA lower court ruling has jeopardized more than $2 billion in annual funding for internet connectivity for schools and libraries.
Law & Courts Court Revives Asian-American Groups' Challenge to New York City Selective AdmissionsNew York's program has sought to increase representation of Black and Latino students in its selective high schools.
Law & Courts The New Title IX Regulation and Legal Battles Over It, ExplainedThe Biden administration's regulation that interprets Title IX to protect LGBTQ+ students faces multiple legal challenges.
Law & Courts Court Upholds Injunction on Arizona Transgender Sports Ban for Young AthletesA federal appeals court upholds an injunction against an Arizona law, allowing two transgender girls to compete on female teams.
Law & Courts How Moms for Liberty's Legal Strategy Has Upended Title IX Rules for 69传媒The grassroots group's tactic is confounding schools across the country trying to keep up with which Title IX rules apply to them.
Law & Courts Supreme Court Leaves Biden's Title IX Rule Fully Blocked in 26 StatesThe court's action effectively leaves in place broad injunctions blocking the entire regulation in 26 states and at schools in other states.
Law & Courts Iowa's Book Ban Is Reinstated by Appeals Court But Case Against It Will ContinueThe Iowa law bars books depicting sex in school libraries and discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity in preK-6.
