For some, it is even worth the expenditure of time and energy to file a lawsuit in federal court, as Samantha Sanches (“Sanches”) and her mother did when Sanches failed to make the cheerleading squad at her high school. The lawsuit alleged that the …
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To cheer or not to cheer—that is not the question for Texas public school … – Lexology (registration)
In Silsbee, officials in the Silsbee Independent School District (“SISD”) removed a cheerleader, HS, from the SISD cheerleading squad when she refused to cheer for a particular basketball player, who (along with another young man) had allegedly …
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Competitive cheerleading isn’t a “sport” for Title IX purposes… yet – Lexology (registration)
The court focused on the fact that the cheerleading squad was designed to support other groups and not originally created for authentic athletic competition …
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