Earlier this month in Vengalattore v. Cornell University, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit provided a welcome affirmation of colleges’ and universities’ obligation to respect ...
College students who face sexual misconduct hearings under Title IX, the federal law that governs adjudication of such allegations, enjoyed increased due process protections for the last two years.
Last month, the Biden administration finally released the Department of Education’s long-anticipated rewrite of Title IX’s implementing regulations. Weighing in at just over 1,500 pages, the notice of ...
A Newington mother’s long fight to get special education services for her son has spurred new legislation. Governor Ned Lamont just signed it this week, making it easier for parents to make their case ...
Sometimes, despite the best and thorough efforts of school employees, parents of students receiving special education services will file a request for a due process hearing (usually known as a “due ...
Over the past year and a half, school districts have been inundated with high numbers of due process complaints and mediation requests. Looking back, it appears that as the wave of COVID-19 cases ...
The Supreme Court's 1920s Education Trilogy cases–Meyer v. Nebraska, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, and Farrington v. Tokushige–were important milestones in American constitutional history. These ...
-Do non-citizens have the right to due process? - What is the Alien Enemies Act? - Ways to advocate for due process rights of non-citizens Due process is a fundamental right guaranteed by the U.S.
In his three years as president of the 2,600-member teacher’s union in Shawnee Mission USD 512, Rep. Jerry Stogsdill remembers just a handful of times the union needed to use due process prior to 2014 ...