The wait for a final resolution of the legal issues surrounding transgender students will be extended as the result of a decision today by the United State Supreme Court in the landmark case, Gloucester County School Bd. v. G.G. Following the Trump […]
Category: Higher Education
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Education (DOE) jointly issued a statement rescinding the guidance on transgender students’ rights under Title IX issued to school districts nationwide in May. The prior administration’s guidance had confirmed that the DOJ […]
New Administration Signals Change on Support of Transgender Guidance
On Friday, the Trump administration signaled that it will not defend the guidance given by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Education (DOE) last May on transgender students’ rights under Title IX of the Education Amendments of […]
Since 2014, the National Labor Relations Board has issued three significant decisions related to union organizing at private universities: Pacific Lutheran University; Columbia College; and Northwestern University. We previously reported on each of these decisions. All three cases were “representation cases” and arose […]
OCR Complaints – Trends and Predictions
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently issued two reports highlighting its work during both fiscal year (FY) 2016 and President Obama’s entire eight-year term of office. The number of OCR complaints filed during FY 2016 […]
Supporting Undocumented Students in High School and College
In the wake of the presidential election, we have experienced a noticeable increase in the number of inquiries from both our K-12 and higher education clients concerning the unique and complex issues facing undocumented youth and their families. School personnel […]
Department of Education Releases Training Materials on Handling Sexual Misconduct
The Department of Education (DOE) recently released the Safe Place to Learn resource package, providing schools with a variety of materials aimed at eliminating student-on-student sexual harassment and sexual violence. The resource package is one of a collection of tools commissioned by […]
Federal Appeals Court Decries State of Federal Civil Rights Law on Sexual Orientation Discrimination
On Thursday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit re-affirmed prior court holdings that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act does not prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, but in so doing pointedly criticized the current […]