When a Title IX complaint is filed, schools must also offer supportive measures to every Title IX complainant and respondent, and supportive measures often include no contact orders. See 34 C.F.R. § 106.30(a); 34 C.F.R. 106.44(a). Supportive measures are...
Beginning in fall 2027, the University of Michigan will replace traditional letter grades for some first-semester freshmen with pass/fail grades to allow freshmen a smoother entry into college. The reasoning is that removing grades will help address the growing...
The other day, a parent described her child as showing signs of “autistic burnout.” The term stopped us both mid-sentence. We wrote it down immediately, because it captured something we had observed in our practice for years but had never had a name for. We have...
For better and sometimes for worse, depending on whom you ask, social media is often relied upon by students as evidence of key facts in either the complaint or defense of a complaint. Regularly playing a critical role in Title IX investigations, social media can...
The Biden administration has proposed changes to Title IX regulations that would eliminate bans on transgender athletes’ participation in school sports, nationwide. These regulations could affect 19 states that have enacted some form of legislative ban upon trans...
On March 21, 2023, the Supreme Court delivered a rare unanimous opinion in Luna Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools, et al. affirming the rights of grade school students alleging disability discrimination to immediately sue for damages under the Americans with...
