No. 25-15

Bellevue School District No. 405 v. C. S. A., a Minor, By and Through His Guardians B. W. A. and P. E. S.

Lower Court: Washington
Docketed: 2025-07-03
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: federal-law ferpa gonzaga school-district state-pra supremacy-clause
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Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Do multiple appellate decisions interpreting FERPA conflict with both Gonzaga and the congressional intent underlying FERPA?; Do appellate decisions like this one make state PRAs a substantial obstacle to achieving the congressional intent underlying FERPA?; Does it violate the Supremacy Clause of the UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE VI, CLAUSE 2, to impose state fines, fees, and penalties on a school district for complying with federal law?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

are: 1. Do multiple appellate decisions interpreting FERPA conflict with both Gonzaga and the congressional intent underlying FERPA? 2. Do appellate decisions like this one make state PRAs a substantial obstacle to achieving the congressional intent underlying FERPA? 3. Does it violate the Supremacy Clause of the UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION , ARTICLE VI, CLAUSE 2, to impose state fines, fees, and penalties on a school district for complying with federal law?

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-07-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-07-22
Waiver of C.S.A., a minor, by and through his guardians B.W.A. and P.E.S. of right to respond submitted.
2025-07-22
Waiver of right of respondent C.S.A., a minor, by and through his guardians B.W.A. and P.E.S. to respond filed.
2025-07-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 4, 2025)

Attorneys

Bellevue School District No. 405
Kenneth Wendell MastersMasters Law Group, PLLC, Petitioner
C.S.A., a minor, by and through his guardians B.W.A. and P.E.S.
Jennifer Lea DobsonNielsen, Koch & Grannis, Respondent