Ohio School Law: Federal Laws

The Federal Gun Free Schools Act puts restrictions on firearms in public schools

Family educational and privacy rights (FERPA)

No State shall deny equal educational opportunity to an individual on account of his or her race, color, sex, or national origin.

The failure of an educational agency to attain a balance, on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin, of students among its schools shall not constitute a denial of equal educational opportunity, or equal protection of the laws.

Assignment on students on a neighborhood basis not a denial of equal educational opportunity.

No court of the United States shall order the implementation of any plan to remedy a finding of segregation which involves the transportation of students, unless the court first finds that all alternative remedies are inadequate.

The US Dept of Education was established in 1979.

Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

In order to receive federal funding, each state educational agency must file a plan which includes testing requirements for each student.

Paul D. Coverdell Teacher Protection Act limits liability for teachers.

Civil action for deprivation of rights

Civil rights in public education

School officials must ensure that no person shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin be excluded from participation in, be denied benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, STUDENT PRIVACY POLICY OFFICE 4/12/23

5th Cir. Court of Appeals enjoined the law would have required independent bookstores, national chain bookstores, large online book retailers, book publishers and other vendors to review and rate millions of books and other library materials according to sexual content if those books are sold to school libraries, and to do so according to vague labels dictated by the state without any process for judicial review.

Ohio Capital Journal 5/30/24