On July 24, 2024, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri temporarily enjoined the 2024 Title IX Regulations, recently issued by the Department of Education under the Biden administration. As we wait for additional clarity from the Court...
BY: Christine Temple, Executive Editor | Originally posted at Springfield Business Journal After serving in public education for two decades, most recently at Springfield Public Schools as chief human resources officer, why move to private practice to open the...
On June 23, 2022, the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the Department of Education released proposed changes to the Title IX regulations for public comment. We will provide more information once the regulations are finalized. The rules are available here and a summary is...
Natalie Hoernschemeyer and Grant Wiens will be presenting at the MoASBO 2022 Spring Conference. The new policies and regulations under Title IX have been in place for a little over a year. Many school districts across the state now have first-hand knowledge of the...
In an interview by Special Ed Connection, Mickes O’Toole attorney, Josh Douglass, shares his insights regarding OCR complaints resolved outpace number of complaints received for 3rd consecutive year. You can read the entire article below: [pdf-embedder...
Published by MARE, March 2018 In 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit was the first Circuit to hold that Title VII discrimination prohibition extends to discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation. See Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College of...
On Tuesday, May 30, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a district court order granting a preliminary injunction issued to permit a transgender student’s access to the boys’ restroom in accordance with his gender identity. The...
By: Sarah Schmanke In April, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a decision finding that Title VII’s prohibition on discrimination on the basis of sex includes discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. See Hively v. Ivy Tech Community...
Published by MoASBO, February 2013 Imagine the following scenario: a student makes a claim that he has been sexually harassed by another student in your district. Per Board of Education policy, you follow grievance procedures and after investigating, determine that...
