Friday Snippets: 06/13/08 - Title IX & Sec. 1983 & Certiorari

Interesting case this week out of Florida on pre-release waivers for activities.
The case is not related to schools directly, but may have school
implications. I get asked a pre-release waivers a lot. My standard
advice ... do them, but don't rely on them.



Interesting school newspaper case in CA. Students published a front page photo of a student burning a flag ... principal shuts down paper.



New Orleans voucher bill continues moving forward, this time through the state Senate. Also, Louisiana's anti-evolution bill also progresses. But, no concealed weapon law on college campuses. Louisiana's been quite entertaining this year.



Muslim student who wasn't happy about graduation being held in a church settles.



Hartford's desegregation lawsuit settles up.



So much for California's Year of Education.



Around the Blogosphere:



The big news this weeks was the Supreme Court granting cert. to a Title
IX, Section 1983 school sexual discrimination case. Mark Walsh has details. Title IX blog has a bit of commentary. I will try to do a write up on the case in the next week or two.



Jen Weissman has advice on school records and teacher dress codes.



Look for Jim at Maine's Education Law Conference
- and be sure to tell him you met him in the blogosphere. I won't be at
that one Jim, one of these days though, we will be at the same one.



Mitchell Rubinstein has the City of NY dragging its feet ... and paying the price, in a case against a teacher.



And lots of noise (but no action) on NCLB this week. Sec. Spellings trying her best to spin it positively (a nice little retrospective worth reading). An NCLB Recess until Reauthorization? McCain's Position (official position - no education plan till fall). And sensing opportunity, Democrats are dividing on priorities. A statement on education. A BOLDER statement on education. (and Jon Becker has a lock on the education policy statement futures market).



For your Friday Fun:



Fan of the TV show Deadliest Catch on Discovery? Well, now you can play the Deadliest Catch game,
which, amazingly, is pretty cool. You are the captain of the boat and
choose where and how to fish to make as much money as possible. Great
way to waste a few hours on a Friday.

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