State Supreme Court to decide if schools subject to suits under anti-discrimination law
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Lawyer Micha Star Liberty: “In California we have great protections (for victims of discrimination) but not in public schools” unless the Unruh Act applies.Yalonda M. James / The Chronicle
The California Supreme Court, in a Bay Area case, has agreed to decide a question of students’ rights that has remained unsettled for more than 60 years: whether public schools can be sued for damages under a state anti-discrimination law.
The Unruh Civil Rights Act was sponsored in 1959 by future Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh and was a forerunner of similar laws in other states. It applies to businesses that serve the public and allows suits for discrimination based on race, sex, religion, disability and other grounds that have been added over the years, including sexual orientation and immigration status.
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US Schools Plan for Remote Learning into the Fall
February 16, 2021
Students at Driggers Elementary School attend a class in-person as they interact with classmates virtually, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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School leaders around the United States are planning for the possibility of more distance learning in the next school year.
William “Chip” Sudderth III is a spokesperson for Durham, North Carolina schools. School buildings there have been closed since last March. Sudderth said, “We have no
illusions that COVID will be
eradicated by the time the start of the school year comes up.”
Parents of schoolchildren learning from home shouldn’t necessarily count on reclaiming the dining room table any time soon. After seeing two academic years