On June 30, the United States Supreme Court concluded a highly consequential term, issuing several decisions that will have a major impact on public education. We have covered several of these key decisions on the Legal Ledger in recent weeks, including blog posts covering Mahmoud v. Taylor, …
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As reported in previous posts on the Legal Ledger blog (here and here), 2025 has been a big year for decisions issued by the Supreme Court of the United States that affect school districts. Another major decision—Mahmoud v. Taylor—was issued last…
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Last Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision to hear two significant…
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Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in the case Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. The case involved a high school football coach who lost his job after he knelt at midfield after games to pray. The coach sued the district for the disciplinary actions it took against him, alleging that the district’s actions violated his rights under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution…
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Last Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in the case of Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, which asks whether it is constitutional for school employees to pray on school grounds, at a school event, with students and other members of the school community present.
The landmark case on school prayer, Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 (1962), concluded that the First Amendment…
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On Wednesday, the Ohio Supreme Court determined that school employees may not carry firearms unless they have peace officer training or 20 years of experience as a peace officer (Gabbard v. Madison Local School Dist. School Bd. of Edn., Slip…
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In a 5-4 decision, the US Supreme Court ruled today that the State of Illinois’ extraction of agency fees from non-consenting public-sector employees violates the First Amendment.
The decision, in Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, …
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On Monday, Feb. 26, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Janus v. AFCSME, Council 31 regarding the constitutionality of requiring nonmember bargaining unit…
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On Dec. 7, the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) released a Q&A document clarifying the scope of a free appropriate public education (FAPE) following the Supreme Court of the United States’ (SCOTUS) March 2017 decision in Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District.
The SCOTUSblog provides resources…