The Courts

U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
ISD Responded Appropriately to Claims
Of Student-on-Student Sexual Harassment
Ruling: A mother’s federal lawsuit claiming that a school didn’t do enough to protect her daughter from being sexually harassed by other students is dismissed because the district was able to show that the actions it took upon learning of the allegations “were not clearly unreasonable under the circumstances.” Sonya Brend, B.L. B/N/F, v. Copperas Cove ISD, No. 20-50090. Issued Sept. 15. Ordered “not published.”
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Texas Supreme Court Agrees to Consider
TEA’s Quest to Take Over Houston ISD
The Texas Supreme Court (TSC) announced (Oct. 2) that it has agreed to consider the TEA’s appeal that seeks to dissolve prior judicial orders by lower courts that have kept the agency from enforcing the education commissioner’s decision to take over Houston ISD.
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