Related to: OCR
Schools need not choose between keeping their school community safe and complying with the law, Department Secretary Miguel Cardona said in a letter accompanying newly released guidance documents from the U.S. Department of Education. Schools can both protect students’ rights and respond to safety concerns by providing behavioral supports and imposing discipline in a non-discriminatory…
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On October 26, 2021, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) published a fact sheet addressing key issues that intersex students face in schools and providing recommendations on how students, families, and educators can lend support. The guidance, released on Intersex Awareness Day, first provides general information on the meaning of “intersex”…
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Earlier today, Federal District Court Judge Reed O’Connor of the Northern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction in State of Texas et al. v. United States of America et al. This case began when thirteen states and agencies, including the State of Wisconsin, filed a lawsuit alleging that the interpretation of “sex” in the joint…
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