Public Education & Services

The National Law Review covers developments, legal actions, and news stories related to the public education and services sector.  Under this coverage, legal experts analyze developments with the Department of Education (DOE) compliance actions, stories about how the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) affects public institutions and its students/employers, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), are a taste of the legal analysis related to Public Services available from the National Law Review.

Government funding for new public education services, school meal programs, public housing issues, special education programs in public schools, and ransomware and privacy in higher-education institutions, are among the stories covered by the National Law Review. Visitors will read updated legislation that has passed prohibiting discrimination in the classroom, or new policies related to student-athletes in the country’s top institutions. Campus sexual assault, the #MeToo Movement in the workplace and public education sector, employee relations, and other new stories are reported daily by the National Law Review.  Additionally, litigation and decisions from major circuit courts and the US Supreme Court about public sector employment and other issues related to major government institutions are carefully analyzed by the National Law Review. 

The National Law Review also covers hot topics like civil rights, and how they intersect with the public-education sector in the United States. Our legal experts also cover issues related to the evolution of Title IX, and how enforcement is carried out by the relevant agencies.  Additionally, NLR has articles on how public services and public education work together, topics like transgender discrimination, gender-based harassment claims, and discrimination lawsuits, are leading stories which visitors will find on the website. Details about violence and mass shootings in the realm of public education and institutions, student rights, teacher/employer rights, and other topics related to the public institutions and services sector, can all be found on the National Law Review’s website.

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Jul
23
2012
 U.S. Electrical Grid is Not Well Protected: Watchdog calls for better coordination in protecting the electricity supply against cyber threats. Center for Public Integrity
Apr
6
2020
 U.S. DOL Issues Additional Guidance on CARES Act Unemployment Programs Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar
23
2021
 U.S. DOE Issues New Guidance for Use of COVID Relief Funds Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Mar
8
2011
 U.S. District Court: School System Failed to Provide Disabled Student with a ‘Free Appropriate Public Education’ Required by IDEA; Ordered to Directly Pay Student’s Private School Tuition Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
2
2019
 U.S. District Court Decision Upholds “Race-Conscious” College Admissions Policy at Harvard University, Affirming Affirmative Action Plan (US) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
14
2016
 U.S. Departments of Justice and Education Issue ‘Significant Guidance’ on Transgender Rights under Title IX Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
18
2023
 U.S. Department of Interior Proposes New Conservation Framework Beveridge & Diamond PC
Apr
23
2024
 U.S. Department of Education: Highly Anticipated Title IX Regulations Published, Compliance Required by August 1, 2024 Miller Canfield
Jul
9
2012
 U.S. Department of Education's Gainful Employment Rules Affecting For-Profit Colleges Are Struck Down Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
17
2017
 U.S. Department of Education Withdraws Select Obama-era Title IX Policy and Guidance Statements Faegre Drinker
Jun
17
2021
 U.S. Department of Education Will Protect LGBTQ+ Students Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
23
2017
 U.S. Department of Education Seeks Public Comment on Regulatory Reform Initiatives; Issues Regulatory Reform Task Force Progress Report Faegre Drinker
Jun
18
2021
 U.S. Department of Education Says Title IX Protects LGBTQ Students Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
May
10
2020
 U.S. Department of Education Requires Higher Education Institutions to Post CARES Act Funding Information on Websites Faegre Drinker
May
7
2020
 U.S. Department of Education Releases Additional Details on CARES Act Funds for Minority Serving Institutions, Institutions Serving Low-Income Students and Other Institutions with the Greatest Unmet Coronavirus Needs, and State Discretionary Grants Faegre Drinker
Aug
13
2018
 U.S. Department of Education Proposes to Rescind Gainful Employment Regulations Faegre Drinker
Apr
14
2023
 U.S. Department of Education Proposes New Title IX Rules on Transgender Student-Athletes Miller Canfield
Jun
24
2022
 U.S. Department of Education Proposes Amendments to Title IX Regulations Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
5
2017
 U.S. Department of Education Promulgates New Regulations for Distance Education Programs and Foreign Locations of U.S. Institutions Faegre Drinker
Nov
8
2022
 U.S. Department of Education No Longer Recognizes ACICS as an Accrediting Agency Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Feb
27
2019
 U.S. Department of Education Issues Updated Student Privacy Guidance Following Federal Commission on School Safety Report Faegre Drinker
Jul
26
2016
 U.S. Department of Education Issues Proposed State Authorization Regulations Faegre Drinker
Jul
2
2019
 U.S. Department of Education Issues Proposed Rule to Revise Accreditation Regulations Faegre Drinker
May
27
2015
 U.S. Department of Education Issues Proposed Regulations From Latest Title IV Program Integrity Rulemaking Faegre Drinker
Jun
17
2016
 U.S. Department of Education Issues Proposed Borrower Relief Regulations Faegre Drinker
Jun
17
2021
 U.S. Department of Education Issues New Interpretation Providing Protection Against Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and/or Gender Identity Under Title IX Roetzel & Andress LPA
Nov
25
2015
 U.S. Department of Education Issues New Guidance on Incentive Compensation Regulations Faegre Drinker
May
7
2020
 U.S. Department of Education Issues Final Title IX Regulations Reflecting Major Changes for Handling Campus Sexual Misconduct Faegre Drinker
Nov
26
2019
 U.S. Department of Education Issues Final Rule to Revise Accreditation and State Authorization Regulations Faegre Drinker
Nov
7
2016
 U.S. Department of Education Issues Final Rule on Borrower Defense to Repayment Faegre Drinker
Jun
19
2018
 U.S. Department of Education Further Postpones Certain Gainful Employment Disclosure Requirements Faegre Drinker
Dec
22
2020
 U.S. Department of Education Extends and Clarifies COVID-Related Waivers for Accrediting Agencies Faegre Drinker
May
20
2020
 U.S. Department of Education Expands COVID-19 Regulatory Flexibilities for Higher Education Institutions Faegre Drinker
Nov
9
2022
 U.S. Department of Education Ends Recognition of ACICS as National Accrediting Agency: the Effect on Immigration Benefits Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jun
2
2023
 U.S. Department of Education Delays Release of Title IX Final Rules to October 2023 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
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