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School Choice Finally Sticks in Texas: 5 Key Takeaways for Private School Leaders

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At long last, school choice has come to Texas. A new state law will allow participating families in the state to utilize publicly funded education savings accounts to pay for private school tuition and other approved...more

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Summer Reading for Educational Leaders: Resources to Help You Plan for the 2024-2025 School Year

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As you recover from another whirlwind of a school year, we hope you can take some time to relax and enjoy your summer break. The next few months will be the perfect time to – at your leisure – catch up on this past year’s...more

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Appeals Court Hands Medical School a Win in Resident’s Due Process Case: Key Takeaways and 6 Steps You Can Take Now

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An appeals court recently sided with a medical school by holding that it did not violate a medical resident’s due process rights in dismissing her from its residency program. In reaching this decision, the 6th U.S. Circuit...more

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5 Tips for Schools to Strengthen Enrollment Contracts from a Litigation Standpoint

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You may feel like the school year just started, but as we near the end of 2023, it’s already time to start preparing for the 2024-2025 school year. With that in mind, we wanted to briefly discuss one of the key documents that...more

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A Private School Education is Not a Right: The Role of Cooperation Clauses in Ensuring Parent Civility

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One of the more challenging issues that schools have faced during the pandemic is the increasingly difficult parent. The relationship between schools and their community has not been without controversy over the past two...more

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Case Challenging Race-Conscious Admissions at the University of Texas is Dismissed

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On July 26, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas dismissed the latest case filed by Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) against the University of Texas at Austin, challenging the university’s use of race...more

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Show Me The Money! Is Your Enrollment Contract Enforceable Against A Tuition Refund Demand?

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2020 has been a tumultuous year, but it has taught us to better prepare for the future and how to better enable schools to maintain their operations in the face of these unprecedented challenges. As schools faced shutdown...more

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7-Point Action Plan: How Educational Institutions Should Plan For 2021 And Beyond

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There is no doubt that 2020 brought huge challenges for schools. As we near the end of the first semester and plan for the rest of the 2020-2021 school year and beyond, there are some lessons we can learn, some processes to...more

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Key Reminders on Student Enrollment, Discipline, Records, and Special Education During School Closures

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As the issues related to the mandated school closures in response to the COVID-19 crisis continue to rapidly evolve, the Governor extended the closure through April 7, and in all likelihood, Illinois schools will remain...more

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Blog: California Senate Appropriations Committee Sends Three Postsecondary Bills for Further Action, Shelves Three Others

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After returning from recess on August 12, the California Senate Appropriations Committee took up the package of six remaining higher education bills intended to address concerns about private postsecondary education providers...more

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Title IX and Due Process: University Enrollment as Property Interest in DOE v. ALGER

Tuition-wise, public universities have long been considered a better option than private schools, and in Doe v. Alger, a federal court in Virginia held that public university tuition may bring an additional bonus, that being...more

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Education Law Report Vol. XXIV No. 3, 2013

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IN THIS ISSUE: - Kindergarten Students Subject to Compulsory Attendance Requirements Upon Enrollment: After obtaining custody of her twin daughters, Jennifer Ann Kerstetter enrolled them in the kindergarten...more

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Education Update, No. 3, July 2013: Are Your Enrollment Agreements Creating More Liability Than Revenue?

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Running a school has become more regulated and difficult. As we look at the creative ways that schools structure enrollment contracts and encourage early payment or accommodate payments over time, many schools may be...more

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