School Law Briefings is your guide to legally significant K12 news, including recaps of precedential court rulings, regulatory updates and agency guidance. In this edition, the Third Circuit finds a Pennsylvania district provided FAPE for a student with ADHD, New Jersey teachers lose an age discrimination case, and Title IX gives Connecticut athletes power to sue over a transgender competition.

Many of Vermont’s school boards are tabling bond votes this year in light of skyrocketing annual operating costs and uncertainty surrounding the state’s plans for future construction assistance.

Testing data shows that students perform worse in math as they get older. By the time they get to ninth grade, less than half of students are proficient in math.

Superintendent Roger Freeman has coopted the school choice concept within his K-8 district by replacing traditional attendance zones with a series of career-focused academies.