Parents of disabled children in Virginia filed a federal lawsuit today to challenge Governor Youngkin's Executive...
Disabled Students Challenge Virginia Governor’s Executive Order Banning School Mask Mandates
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Covid-19
Do Masks Harm Children?
Many people strongly endorse universal masking in schools to protect students and staff from getting sick with...
Pizer Law Files Amicus Brief in Supreme Court of Virginia on Behalf of Parents of a Child with Cancer
On Monday, January 24, 2022, Pizer Law filed an amicus ("friend of the court") brief in support of the parents who...
School Mask Mandates and Students with Disabilities
Universal masking in school is a hot button political issue these days. It is also a legal issue. For students with...
Judge Finds Texas School Mask Ban Violates ADA
In the latest development in a growing and quickly-developing body of case law, a Texas federal district court ruled...
Data, Data, Data
The US Department of Education, in collaboration with the CDC, launched a new COVID-19 data dashboard for K-12...
Judge Finds Tennessee Governor’s Order That Allowed Mask Opt-Out in Schools Violates Federal Law
A US District Court judge ruled that the Tennessee Governor's order allowing parents to opt their children out of...
New Federal Resource on Supporting Students’ Social, Emotional, Behavioral and Mental Health during COVID-19
The US Department of Education released a resource for schools on supporting students’ social, emotional, behavioral and mental health needs during the Covid-19 pandemic.
More School Mask Lawsuits on Both Sides of the Debate
The controversy over masking in schools isn't going away any time soon. Parents filed class action lawsuits recently...
Students with Disabilities Allege Discrimination in Distance Learning
Families of students with intellectual and developmental disabilities filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice against the State of California for violating the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) in its distance learning program.