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District Court Dismisses a Parent’s Associational Discrimination Claim Against a School District

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Alex Le Pape, a student at Lower Merion School District (“District”) since 2006, was diagnosed with autism as a child and identifies as a non-speaker. In tenth grade, Alex began communicating using the “spelling to...more

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OCR Issues Guidance on Nondiscrimination in the Age of Distance Learning

The U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued a fact sheet today entitled “Addressing the Risk of COVID-19 in Schools While Protecting the Civil Rights of Students.” The fact sheet addresses various...more

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New Federal Regulations for Schools - Clarifies Language and Requirements Related to Special Education

Recently, the U.S. Department of Education published regulations to implement Rosa’s Law, legislation enacted in 2010 to replace the term “mental retardation” with “intellectual disability” in federal laws. These laws include...more

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When Is A School District “Deliberately Indifferent” To Student Discrimination Claims?

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When a student alleges discrimination within the school environment, the school district may be held liable if it was “deliberately indifferent” to the discrimination. Three recent cases involving allegations of sexual...more

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