New York State Mandates Subject Area Certification Requirements for Special...
New guidance from New York State requires one of two certification options in special class subject areas for special education teachers at the secondary level (grades 7-12). The New York State...
View ArticleNew York Board of Regents Approves Part 121 Regulations Required by Education...
January 14, 2020, the Board of Regents formally adopted Part 121 to the Commissioner’s Regulations to implement Education Law § 2-d. The regulation will become effective January 29, 2020. This...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – January 2020 #2
Dear Legal Mailbag: Teaching Civics or anything remotely connected to how our government functions (or doesn’t function) has become a contact sport for teachers and administrators. It seems that no...
View ArticleNew Education Laws
Part 1: California Laws Impacting Schools and School Districts for 2020 - Last year brought many changes to the legal landscape affecting educators. In this Best Best & Krieger LLP Legal Alert...
View ArticleNew Special Education Laws
Part 2: California Laws Impacting Schools and School Districts for 2020 - Last year brought many changes to the legal landscape affecting educators. In this Best Best & Krieger LLP Legal Alert...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – January 2020 #3
Dear Legal Mailbag: Under our teacher contract, requests for leave come first to me as the building principal, and then they go to the assistant superintendent with my recommendation. Yesterday, I got...
View ArticleVideo, Audio Recordings From PA School Districts That Employ School Police...
Under Pennsylvania’s Act 22 of 2017, a public school entity will be considered a “law enforcement agency” if it employs a court-approved “school police officer.” That status under the Act removes the...
View ArticleSDE Issues Revised Guidance on Initial Evaluation Timelines: Federal Timeline...
On January 23, 2020, the Connecticut State Department of Education (“SDE”) issued updated guidance on the timeline for initial special education evaluations (available here). This new guidance replaces...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – January 2020 #4
Dear Legal Mailbag: I am an avid reader of Legal Mailbag, and your advice has been helpful as I do my job as a principal. For example, I always thought that the First Amendment guaranteed teachers free...
View ArticleSee You In Court! - February 2020
Nellie Newbie was excited to be a newly-elected member of the Nutmeg Board of Education, but she admits that she has a lot to learn. Nellie thought that she would be able to ease into her...
View ArticleHow Should Arkansas Schools Handle Parent Demands for Emails About Students?...
Arkansas schools often face parent requests to see all the school’s documents and emails about their child. Schools may wonder whether a parent has a right to such sweeping information. Federal law...
View Article[Webinar] School Construction - Understanding Procurement and Delivery Models...
When preparing for a construction project, one of the first decisions that must be made is whether to use a general contractor, construction manager at risk or design-build delivery model. Join Bricker...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – February 2020 #2
Dear Legal Mailbag: As the principal of an elementary school, I have had my difficulties with permission slips for various field trips. More than once, we have had a young student in the office in...
View ArticleNinth Circuit Upholds District’s Imposition of Parent Communication Plan
School districts often grapple with how to handle communications from a minority of parents who send voluminous and uncivil messages to their children’s teachers and other school staff. The U.S. Court...
View Article[Audio] Top 10 Actions (or Inactions), that Spur Special Education Impartial...
For school districts, special education impartial hearings can be time consuming, expensive and stressful for staff members. Jeffrey Weiss, Harris Beach partner and co-leader of the firm’s Educational...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – February 2020 #3
Dear Legal Mailbag: It is that time again. My superintendent sent out the annual memorandum last week asking all of us principals if we have any non-tenured teachers whose contracts we recommend not...
View ArticleConnecticut School Districts Experience an Influx of Unaccompanied Minors
New federal data show that the number of unaccompanied minors coming to Connecticut nearly tripled from 2018 to 2019. As the numbers continue to increase, it is important to keep in mind the...
View ArticleCoronavirus Concerns for Schools
Each year, schools fight to prevent the spread of all sorts of germs and illnesses. This year, there’s another virus to be concerned about - novel coronavirus (COVID-19). As the COVID-19 outbreak...
View Article[Webinar] Buy, Sell or Lease - Real Estate Primer for School Districts (Pre-K...
Join Bricker attorneys Amy Bartemes, Nicole Donovsky and Shannon Martin for a discussion on the real estate issues facing school districts, and the various tools available to address those...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – February 2020 #4
Dear Legal Mailbag: I read some reports on Facebook about the controversy over vaccinations of students in school, but I thought it was someone else’s problem — until today. A new family moved into my...
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