November 2023-December 2023 Community College Legal Update Newsletter

Notable decisions in this issue include:

• A state agency failed to accommodate an employee’s religious belief under a clarified undue hardship standard by the U.S. Supreme Court.
• A former professor failed to provide evidence to overcome summary judgment on his claims a community college violated his U.S. Constitution First Amendment rights.
• The U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, issued a Dear Colleague letter addressing prohibited discrimination against students from certain backgrounds.