What does Title IX require of schools to ensure equal athletic opportunities for the sexes? When do schools need to recognize student demand and create new athletic opportunities for female athletes? In today's episode, we’re taking the ice with another athletics case! This time, we’re skating our way through a Title IX claim involving some female athletes who were denied the opportunity to play hockey in their school-sanctioned club sports program. We’re going to dive into some of the intricacies of Title IX in the 2022 case of Brooks v State College Area School District. We also discuss a fascinating and troubling email sent out by the Oklahoma State Superintendant of Public Instruction announcing the creation of the Office of Religious Liberty and Patriotism within the Oklahoma Department of Education. -- Need some education law content for your courses or professional development? We have a Teaching Guide! You can check it out at our website, ChalkandGavel.com. We'd also greatly appreciate it if you would consider supporting Chalk and Gavel by becoming a subscriber on Patreon. Your support will help us continue to deliver the education law content you want to hear! ⁠https://www.patreon.com/chalkandgavel --- Keywords: Hockey, Female Athletics, Title IX, Sex Discrimination, Equal Opportunity, Preliminary Injunction, Oklahoma, Establishment Clause, Freedom of Consciousness

What First Amendment rights to free speech do students have in the elementary school classroom? How can schools teach the essential values of kindness, tolerance, and respect for others? In our first-ever live episode, recorded at the Education Law Association's Annual Conference in front of a "live studio" audience, we discuss B.B. v. Capistrano Unified School District. This is a recent case involving a first-grade student who, after a lesson about Martin Luther King Jr., gave a “Black Lives Matter” drawing to her friend and was disciplined by the school for including the phrase "any life" on the drawing. Listen in as we unpack some of the really interesting things the trial court had to say about the free speech rights of some of our youngest students. We also discuss an update on the Parents Defending Education v. Olentangy Local School District case that we covered in Episode 4. This is the case where the trial court declined to halt the enforcement of a school policy forbidding the intentional misgendering of transgender students. After a panel of the Sixth Circuit upheld the trial court's decision, the Sixth Circuit agreed to hear the case en banc, meaning that all sixteen active judges will now hear the case. -- We're building a Teaching Guide! You can check it out at our website, ChalkandGavel.com. We'd also greatly appreciate it if you would consider supporting Chalk and Gavel by becoming a subscriber on Patreon. Your support will help us continue to deliver the education law content you want to hear! ⁠https://www.patreon.com/chalkandgavel --- Keywords: Elementary Students, Free Speech, First Amendment, Black Lives Matter, Parental Engagement, Transgender Students, En Banc

When are schools legally responsible for student injuries during athletic activities? Where is the line between a creative drill and an unnecessary risk? Was the school out of bounds? It’s no slam dunk, but these cases might have you crying foul! Today's episode is a double-header! We’re heading down to the athletic department to talk about two cases where sports practices resulted in students getting injured. From a basketball drill gone wrong to an errant baseball throw, what happens when a school allegedly “drops the ball” with school safety? These are the cases of Secky v. New Paltz Central School District and Grady v. Chenango Valley Central School District. Game on! We also discuss a recent injunction that prevents Louisianna from implementing their new law that would have required all classrooms in the state to post the Ten Commandments. -- We're building a Teaching Guide! You can check it out at our website, ChalkandGavel.com. We'd also greatly appreciate it if you would consider supporting Chalk and Gavel by becoming a subscriber on Patreon. Your support will help us continue to deliver the education law content you want to hear! ⁠https://www.patreon.com/chalkandgavel --- Keywords: Torts, Negligence, Student Athletes, Assumption of Risk, Baseball, Basketball, Establishment Clause, Ten Commandments