Not exact matches
Raymond Abbott's name appeared as lead plaintiff in a court case
brought by Camden and several other poor
school districts against the State of New Jersey, demanding that the state provide equal funding for all
schools.
In an unprecedented move, the Los Angeles County
district attorney's office
brought criminal charges of grand theft last week
against 43 public -
school teachers who received salary increases based on fraudulently obtained college credits.
A recent ruling by a federal appeals court may shield
school districts in a growing number of states
against some types of lawsuits
brought against them in federal courts.
The latest round of accusations,
brought against officials of six
school districts in July, indicates a «very disturbing pattern of corruption,» according to U.S. Attorney Samuel A. Alito Jr..
In the end, the NEA and the nine
school districts that have taken this legal plunge face a difficult task to show that they are the right plaintiffs to
bring this suit, at this time,
against this agency.
But in the past year, parents in two other counties, Carter and Claiborne, have
brought federal suits
against the
school districts and a fundamentalist Christian organization, contending that such classes are unconstitutional.
The first organization was the Council for Better Education, Inc. (CBE), a coalition of
school districts that first
brought an adequacy suit
against the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the late 1980s and then for a second time in 2003.
The suit —
against the Yonkers, N.Y.,
school district and state education officials — was
brought by a high -
school girl who wants to play on her
school's football team.
This lawsuit was
brought against the largest California
school districts that had bargaining agreements that prohibited student test scores in teacher evaluations, according to Students Matter: Antioch Unified, Chaffey Joint Union High School District, Chino Valley Unified, El Monte City School District, Fairfield - Suisun Unified, Fremont Union High School District, Inglewood Unified, Ontario - Montclair School District, Pittsburg Unified, Saddleback Valley, San Ramon Valley Unified, Upland Unified and Victor Elementary School Dis
school districts that had bargaining agreements that prohibited student test scores in teacher evaluations, according to Students Matter: Antioch Unified, Chaffey Joint Union High
School District, Chino Valley Unified, El Monte City School District, Fairfield - Suisun Unified, Fremont Union High School District, Inglewood Unified, Ontario - Montclair School District, Pittsburg Unified, Saddleback Valley, San Ramon Valley Unified, Upland Unified and Victor Elementary School Dis
School District, Chino Valley Unified, El Monte City
School District, Fairfield - Suisun Unified, Fremont Union High School District, Inglewood Unified, Ontario - Montclair School District, Pittsburg Unified, Saddleback Valley, San Ramon Valley Unified, Upland Unified and Victor Elementary School Dis
School District, Fairfield - Suisun Unified, Fremont Union High
School District, Inglewood Unified, Ontario - Montclair School District, Pittsburg Unified, Saddleback Valley, San Ramon Valley Unified, Upland Unified and Victor Elementary School Dis
School District, Inglewood Unified, Ontario - Montclair
School District, Pittsburg Unified, Saddleback Valley, San Ramon Valley Unified, Upland Unified and Victor Elementary School Dis
School District, Pittsburg Unified, Saddleback Valley, San Ramon Valley Unified, Upland Unified and Victor Elementary
School Dis
School District.
DOJ attorneys at the end of May dropped their representation of state Superintendent Tony Evers in a lawsuit
brought by a private religious
school and the parents of students there
against a Washington County
school district and the DPI over a decision to refuse to provide the students transportation to the
school.
The lawsuit was
brought against the largest
school districts that had collective bargaining agreements that prohibited student test scores in teacher evaluations, Lipshutz said: Antioch Unified, Chaffey Joint Union High School District, Chino Valley Unified, El Monte City School District, Fairfield - Suisun Unified, Fremont Union High School District, Inglewood Unified, Ontario - Montclair School District, Pittsburg Unified, Saddleback Valley, San Ramon Valley Unified, Upland Unified and Victor Elementary School Dis
school districts that had collective bargaining agreements that prohibited student test scores in teacher evaluations, Lipshutz said: Antioch Unified, Chaffey Joint Union High
School District, Chino Valley Unified, El Monte City School District, Fairfield - Suisun Unified, Fremont Union High School District, Inglewood Unified, Ontario - Montclair School District, Pittsburg Unified, Saddleback Valley, San Ramon Valley Unified, Upland Unified and Victor Elementary School Dis
School District, Chino Valley Unified, El Monte City
School District, Fairfield - Suisun Unified, Fremont Union High School District, Inglewood Unified, Ontario - Montclair School District, Pittsburg Unified, Saddleback Valley, San Ramon Valley Unified, Upland Unified and Victor Elementary School Dis
School District, Fairfield - Suisun Unified, Fremont Union High
School District, Inglewood Unified, Ontario - Montclair School District, Pittsburg Unified, Saddleback Valley, San Ramon Valley Unified, Upland Unified and Victor Elementary School Dis
School District, Inglewood Unified, Ontario - Montclair
School District, Pittsburg Unified, Saddleback Valley, San Ramon Valley Unified, Upland Unified and Victor Elementary School Dis
School District, Pittsburg Unified, Saddleback Valley, San Ramon Valley Unified, Upland Unified and Victor Elementary
School Dis
School District.
But the stakes in this second year under the new system will only be higher, as the law gives
school districts the power to
bring tenure charges
against teachers who don't fare well in a second consecutive year, putting new pressures on teachers and placing new responsibility on
schools.
DOJ attorneys at the end of May dropped their representation of state Superintendent Tony Evers in a lawsuit
brought by a private religious
school and the parents of students there
against a Washington County
school district and DPI over a decision to refuse to provide the students transportation to the
school.
It comes a week after another judge ordered a preliminary injunction favoring the Guilford and Durham
school districts, which
brought a similar case
against the state.
This newest challenge to the coalition's associational standing hinges primarily on the large number of
school districts and municipalities that are members — creations of the state which are not ordinarily able to
bring suit
against it.
Obtained dismissal of a multimillion - dollar subrogation claim
against an architect for the defective design of a high
school roof
brought by the insurance carrier for the
school district.
Acted for a BC
school board in a human rights matter
brought by parents of a dyslexic child who alleged that the
school district had discriminated
against the student by failing to provide adequate accommodations
Whether a child injury at
school is intentional or not may have some bearing on the
school district's culpability, but
bringing a lawsuit
against a
school can be tricky no matter what the basis.