National Educators Law Institute

Discipline policies must treat students even-handedly.

Today, ED issued guidance to educational institutions to ensure fair enforcement of Title VI and keep our nation’s classrooms safe.

New Texas education laws take effect: What families need to know New Texas education laws are taking effect this school year. Here's what families need to know about vouchers, graduation requirements and more.

Texas school districts still struggle to fund state safety requirements, hire officers Several years after state legislators passed House Bill 3, which aims to make schools more safe, KXAN investigators checked in with roughly two dozen school districts in our viewing area to ask abo…

Surveys link student behavior, teacher retention in Arizona The state’s top education official says he knows the way to make teachers feel more satisfied and supported in schools: more and clear discipline of students.

NELI Fall Conference: December 3 and 4 IN PERSON!

Registration for our NELI Fall Conference (and the hotel room block) is open! A complete list of topics and speakers will be available soon, but grab your hotel room before they sell out!

https://nelilaw.net/conferences

Texas law expands virtual learning options Senate Bill 569 replaces the state’s previous virtual learning framework and allows districts to offer individual virtual courses, full-time virtual and hybrid programs, and eventually full-t…

Why Seneca Valley’s cyber school program is a ‘game changer’ in Pennsylvania Seneca Valley’s pitch is unique, and for a public school, rare.  The Butler County school district will help education leaders statewide offer...

A West Texas district plans to sue the state over school funding Midland school trustees argue they have minimal control over local taxes and can’t properly serve students as a recapture system redistributes millions of the district’s revenue.

Tampa company bets AI can speed special education evaluations A Tampa education technology company is expanding into telehealth psychology, using AI to speed special education evaluations.

I really hope our education board starts to focus on the kids rather than bickering amongst themselves

A Democratic Texas education board member alleges harassment A Democratic board member says colleagues harassed her in social media posts during Texas’ debate over how history is taught. The GOP members deny any bullying.