Duaa Eldeib and Robert McCoppin report that a high school district in Illinois has refused to comply with an order from the Office of Civil Rights concerning locker room access for a transgender student: The student, who identifies as female, is asking that she receive full access to the girls’ locker room. […] An official…
Category: Youth & Schools
University can’t discipline student for off-campus tweets – Kansas
Tim Cushing writes: The Appeals Court of Kansas has upheld a lower court’s decision finding it beyond the reach of a university to expel a student for off-campus behavior. Beneath this logical conclusion are some not-so-pretty facts. The origin of the lawsuit is a “bad breakup” that resulted in criminal charges for the former boyfriend, Navid Yeasin….
Patient privacy paramount (editorial)
On September 26, I noted that the Oregon state board for psychology proposed disciplinary action for the University of Oregon psychologist who turned over a student’s counseling records to university attorneys. The psychologist was the head of the university counseling service. Today, the The Register Guard has an editorial that begins: The University of Oregon is…
New draft bill revises student privacy policy in Oregon
Yuliana Barrales reports: In September, Senator Ron Wyden and Representative Suzanne Bonamici of Oregon released a draft bill to protect student privacy on all college campuses across the country. This proposed bill will adjust the current federal law that governs student records. The draft bill, entitled the Campus Litigation Privacy Act, is intended to add…