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Texas education board approves optional Bible-centered elementary school curriculum

JURIST

Texas’s State Board of Education (SBOE) approved an optional Bible-centered curriculum for elementary schools on Friday. The law provides that while school districts are not required to use state-approved educational material, school districts that do use the material are entitled to additional state funding.

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Argument about adequate education for a disabled child gets heated 

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Another day in our modern Supreme Court on Tuesday, as the argument in A.J.T. Several lower courts have adopted a rule obligating students who allege discrimination to satisfy a higher standard than courts require in other contexts. The student in this case, known as A.J.T. Arguing on behalf of A.J.T.,

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Justices to consider standards for special-education discrimination suits 

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Osseo Area Schools is the latest in a long series of Supreme Court cases involving the statutory rights Congress has granted to schoolchildren with disabilities. The IDEA obligates all school districts to provide a free appropriate public education to children with disabilities. So what have the lower courts done?

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US appeals court temporarily lifts block on Louisiana Ten Commandments law

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A US federal appeals court on Friday temporarily lifted a trial court’s blocking of a Louisiana law mandating public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. The appellate court’s lifting of the order will last until the court finishes reviewing the defendants’ appeal of the trial court’s order.

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US Supreme Court to hear landmark cases on public funding for religious schools

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On Friday, the US Supreme Court announced that it would take up a groundbreaking case to determine whether Oklahoma could fund a proposed Catholic charter school. If the court sides with Oklahoma, it would mark the first time the government can establish and directly fund religious schools. Drummond and St.

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Attorneys general file brief to US Supreme Court supporting Maryland county’s LGBTQ book curriculum

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A coalition of 19 attorneys general filed a 31-page amicus brief with the US Supreme Court on Wednesday, claiming a Maryland county’s policy of incorporating LGBTQ-inclusive books into their curriculum with no opt-out option for parents does not violate the US Constitution.

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US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in consequential disability rights case

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The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in a disability-rights appeal brought on behalf of a student and her parents against their school district, alleging their child did not receive fair accommodations for their child’s disability. The court is expected to decide on the case before the end of June. ” Lisa S.

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