See You In Court! - May 2019
With the arrival of spring and the coming of summer, incidents of student misbehavior increase in Nutmeg each year. This year, Mr. Superintendent has had his hands full in dealing with such matters,...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – May 2019
Dear Legal Mailbag: I am one of the assistant principals at my high school and I share the duty to oversee the athletic program with my principal. Over recent years, there has been a steady increase of...
View ArticleOOR Determines that a School Bus Surveillance Video is a Public Record...
In Galvez v. West York Area School District, AP 2019-0267 (May 15, 2019), a reporter requested a portion of a school bus surveillance video depicting a student altercation. The District denied the...
View ArticleNo Students? No Problem, Developer Still Pay
In Tanimura & Antle Fresh Foods, Inc. v. Salinas Union High School District, the Sixth District Court of Appeal considered whether the Salinas Union High School District (“District”) acted...
View ArticleSee You In Court! – June 2019
The Nutmeg Board of Education is getting ready to close out its books for the 2018-2019 school year, and some of the new Board members are anxious about the possibility of ending the year in deficit....
View ArticleWhat is the deal with Jefferson v. Compton?
Some California school districts are employing a little-known practice loosely titled, “Recommendation for Reassignment,” to demote administrators. It is little-known because it does not exist in...
View ArticleNew York State Change in Law Means No Vaccination, No School
On June 13, Governor Cuomo signed legislation removing the religious exemption from vaccinations (Chapter 35 of the Laws of 2019). Now, the only exemption would be when immunization presents a risk to...
View Article“Back To School” Training: What Your School Should Focus On After This Offseason
Spring training is a time-honored tradition for Major League Baseball. The league has long used springtime to fine tune the skills of returning players, while teaching new players about what the team...
View ArticleCourt Establishes 5 Factors to Determine When A School District Offer to...
Judge v. Shikellamy Sch. Dist., 905 F.3d 122 (3d Cir. 2018). When a public school district offers an employee a chance to resign in lieu of termination, courts will review five factors to determine...
View ArticleSee You In Court! – July/August 2019
The members of the Nutmeg Board are very concerned about whether and how they will make ends meet this year. The Town slashed their budget request during the appropriation process, and as things stand...
View ArticleDeadlines for School Safety Grants Coming Fast
Summer deadlines are fast approaching for three federal grant programs that focus on promoting school safety. These grant programs target student-centric and school climate needs based on findings from...
View ArticleTexas Education Policy Update
The 86th Texas Legislative Session came to a close on Memorial Day. Over 7,300 bills were filed at the beginning of session, with over 1,250 ultimately becoming law. The 140-day session focused on...
View ArticleEducation Policy Update
Federal Updates- The approved House of Representatives’ FY2020 appropriations bills included $260 million in dedicated funding for social emotional learning. Of this package, $170 million would go to...
View ArticleFY 2020-2021 Ohio Biennial Budget Select Education Provisions
After a 17-day delay, state budget negotiations have concluded, and Governor Mike DeWine signed Ohio’s $69 billion two-year state operating budget into law. On June 30, lawmakers passed an interim...
View ArticleNew Year, New Rules: 2019 Pennsylvania Public School Code Revisions (Part 2)
(Editor note: This is Part 2 of a two-part alert on the multitude of changes to the Pennsylvania Public School Code for the 2019-2020 school year. Part 1 dealt specifically with the changes brought...
View ArticleCourt Dismisses Student’s Claim That Confiscation of His Cell Phone While...
Rorvik v. Snohomish School District, et al., 2018 WL 3917932. The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington rejects student’s Section 1983 claims that District officials’ confiscation...
View ArticleNew York Human Rights Law Expanded to Cover Discrimination and Harassment...
On July 25, 2019, Governor Cuomo signed a bill amending the New York Human Rights Law to include discrimination and harassment claims filed by students against public school districts and boards of...
View ArticleLabor Department Confirms That Certain School Meetings Are FMLA-Protected
In an eye-opening opinion letter issued yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor confirmed that parents attending certain school meetings for the benefit of their children are entitled to FMLA leave for...
View Article2019 Education Legislation Summary
In its 2019 regular and special sessions, the General Assembly made a number of changes in the statutes that affect public education in Connecticut. This summary is intended to give you a brief...
View ArticleEducation Policy Update
Federal Updates - Last week, U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ed Markey (D-MA), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) sent letters to numerous education technology companies expressing concern about “vast...
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