While most students and many attorneys associate Title IX exclusively with sexual assault, the law and its regulations have long covered other misconduct, including dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking. Whether you believe you have experienced this...
Did you recently report a Title IX violation, participate in a Title IX case, or were involved in a Title IX investigation? After that, were you treated poorly or lost a benefit of some sort? If so, you could be the victim of Title IX retaliation - and you don’t...
On September 29, 2026, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) formally restored the 2020 Title IX regulations to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and repealed the 2024 rules, effective immediately. Schools and the DOE have followed the 2020 rules since early...
Starting this Fall, Ohio’s Dyslexia Law mandates that schools take a more holistic approach to dyslexia. For starters, school districts will have to screen all children in grades K-3 and students grades 4-6, if requested by parents, for dyslexia. This screening is...
While public schools are required to serve children with disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), private schools are not required to meet the same standards. The IDEA provides: “[n]o parentally-placed private school child with a...
Issue 1 and the November Ballot Initiative In the special election that took place in August 2023, Ohio voted against Issue 1. Issue 1 proposed requiring 60% of the vote to pass a constitutional amendment rather than a simple majority. Although not explicitly...
