NSAA Member Lunch & Learn Webinars* | NSAA Board of Directors Nominations | |
Monday, June 23, 2025, 12:00 Noon Eastern --- Navigating AIA Contracts and Amendments: A Primer for School Attorneys | The NSAA Nominating Committee seeks applications for service on the NSAA Board of Directors! | |
Wednesday, July 9, 2025, 12:00 Noon Eastern -- SCOTUS and Public Education: A Blockbuster Term | Interested members should review the Nomination Guidelines and complete the online application form. | |
Tuesday, September 10, 12:00 Noon Eastern -- Student Mass Threats: From Real Risk to Red Tape*Register on the Programs and Events page. | If you have any questions about board service or the application process, please contact Sonja Trainor, Executive Director, strainor@nsaa.legal. |
School Law News This Week 06.20.2025
NSAA News and Reminders
The NSAA Nominating Committee seeks applications for service on the NSAA Board of Directors! Interested members should review the Nomination Guidelines and complete the online application form. Contact Sonja Trainor, Executive Director, strainor@nsaa.legal, with questions about board service or the application process.
Get your flights now! NSAA’s Third Annual Conference will be held October 15-17 in Fort Worth, Texas. The agenda is live and registration will be available very soon.
ADMINISTRATION AND AGENCIES
ED Announces Referral of NY SEA to DOJ for Enforcement
FEDERAL COURTS
Supreme Court Upholds Tennessee’s Ban on Gender Affirming Care for Minors
Supreme Court Overrules Lower Courts’ Deferral to FCC in Junk Faxes Case
Supreme Court Affirms Eleventh Circuit in Favor of City in Former Employee’s ADA Claim
Ninth Circuit Vacates Portions of District Court Ruling for District in Employees’ Challenge to Termination for Online Activity Opposing District’s Transgender Student Policy
Seventh Circuit Panel Affirms Right of Student to Use School Bathroom Consistent with Gender Identity; Suggests That Could Change
Fifth Circuit Panel Affirms District Court Ruling Against School in IDEA
Placement Dispute
Seventh Circuit Panel Affirms SJ for School District in Principal’s Age and Sex Discrimination Claims
District Court in Maryland Enjoins RIFs in U.S. Dept. of Education’s OCR
District Courts
- Illinois District Court Grants District’s Motion to Dismiss Student’s ADA Claim for Failure to Exhaust; Allows Compensatory Damages and State Law Claims to Proceed
- Pennsylvania District Court Grants SJ for School District in TIX Claim Brought by Student Alleging Abuse by Adopted Father, a District Teacher
NSAA Amicus Briefs:
Mahmoud v. Taylor (Supreme Court merits -- parent Free Exercise opt-out rights re; LGBTQ supportive books in the reading curriculum)
A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools (Supreme Court merits - standard of liability for education-related claim under Section 504/ADA)
Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond (Supreme Court merits - whether private religious school operating charter school constitutes state action; whether denial of charter to religious virtual school violates Free Exercise rights)
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