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School District’s Discipline of Students for Off-Campus Speech Affirmed by Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Education K-12 Education

A recent Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision held that school officials did not violate students’ First Amendment rights when disciplining them for off-campus social media posts that amounted to severe harassment targeting particular classmates. Though the Supreme Court recently […]

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Franczek’s Title IX Team Published in Illinois Association of School Business Officials UPDATE Magazine

Education K-12 Education

An article by Franczek’s Title IX team—partners Kaitlin Atlas, Amy Dickerson, Jennifer Smith, attorney Emily Tulloch, and law clerk Jenny Lee*—was published in the Winter 2022 Risk Management issue of the Illinois Association of School Business Officials (IASBO) UPDATE magazine. […]

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PAC Issues Two Decisions in Favor of School District Decisions to Withhold Student Records and Proprietary Information

Education K-12 Education

Recently, the Public Access Counselor (PAC) issued two non-binding opinions concerning the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), both upholding school district decisions to exert exemptions and withhold key documents under the FOIA. In the first decision, the PAC determined that […]

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