Brown Act Amendment Now Requires Recordation of Actions Taken During Open...
Senate Bill 751 amends Government Code section 54953 to require the legislative body of a local agency to publicly report any action taken and the vote or abstention on that action of each member...
View ArticleCourt Upholds School District’s Transfer Of Money From Working Cash Fund
The Illinois Appellate Court recently upheld a lower court’s decision to strike down challenges to a school district’s use of its working cash fund. This case builds upon a recent amendment to the...
View ArticleIllinois Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal Of School District’s Claim Against...
The Illinois Supreme Court recently issued a decision in Gillespie Community Unit School District No. 7 v. Wight & Company that upholds the dismissal of the District’s claim of fraudulent...
View Article“Mind Your Own Business”- The Connecticut Supreme Court Limits Challenges to...
In a much ballyhooed case, certain residents and taxpayers of the City of Bridgeport brought a “quo warranto” action in the courts, challenging the qualifications of the City’s Superintendent of...
View ArticleLook Out For Upcoming Spring Deadlines For School Districts
Spring brings a host of deadlines school districts should keep in mind. Here are some important dates for school leaders to mark on their calendars....By: Franczek Radelet P.C.
View ArticleRecording Special Education Team Meetings: Three Reasons Why Your School...
The audio recording of special education team meetings [“PPTs”] by parents and advocates has become a relatively accepted and common practice. Technically, school districts are only obligated to permit...
View ArticleSDNY Dismisses False Claims Act Complaint, Finding Relators Misconstrued...
A False Claims Act case against the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) was dismissed on March 25, the district court holding that Medicaid providers (such as school districts that provide...
View ArticlePA Senators Pushing to Replace School Property Taxes with Expanded Personal...
A number of Pennsylvania State Senators continue to push for legislation to eliminate school district property taxes in Pennsylvania. They would replace the lost revenues by increasing the statewide...
View ArticleMichigan Affirmative Action Ban Upheld By U.S. Supreme Court
Michigan’s affirmative action ban, a Constitutional amendment enacted through referendum during the 2006 election cycle, was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. The decision means that public...
View ArticleAppellate Court Finds District Not Liable For Junior High School Student’s...
In Brooks v. McLean County District Unit No. 5, the Illinois appellate court found that a public school district was immune from liability for a junior high school student’s death after the student...
View ArticleA Reprieve To Mandatory Implementation Of The Uniform School Calendar
On May 3, 2014, the Connecticut General Assembly passed House of Representatives Bill No. 5559, amending, inter alia, General Statutes Section 10-66q (the bill, as amended and passed, also creates a...
View ArticlePA Senators Continue Pushing to Replace School Property Taxes with Expanded...
On April 30th the Pennsylvania Senate’s Finance Committee held a hearing on S.B. 76 which would eliminate school district property taxes in Pennsylvania. The bill would replace the lost revenues: (a)...
View ArticleSchool Districts: New York Supreme Court Holds That Public School District...
On May 14, 2014, in J.G.S. v. Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, the New York State Supreme Court in Nassau County held that the parents of a minor student could proceed with their lawsuit...
View ArticleParaprofessional FMLA Regulations Formally Adopted: School Paraprofessionals...
On May 12, 2014, the Connecticut Secretary of State’s website posted the Department of Labor’s Family and Medical Leave for School Paraprofessionals final regulations. Under the new regulations,...
View ArticleAre Teacher Tenure and Seniority Really Unconstitutional?
If upheld on appeal, the trial court decision in Vergara v. State of California will make it easier for California school districts to keep new teachers in "at will" probationary status longer, to fire...
View ArticleVergara v. State of California Exposes Constitutional Flaws In Public Teacher...
A Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge ruled Tuesday in Vergara v. State of California that teacher tenure laws in California are unconstitutional because they deprive students of their right to an...
View ArticleImpact of the 'Students First' Decision on Non-Teacher Employees of School...
Judge Rolf Treu’s decision in the Students First case is effectively an indictment of the termination process of all California public school employees, not just teachers....By: JD Supra Perspectives
View ArticleVergara v. California: Its Real Meaning
The media has missed the fact that Vergara is not primarily a case about tenure....By: JD Supra Perspectives
View ArticleJudge Strikes Down California Teacher Tenure Laws as Unconstitutional -...
California teacher tenure, firing and layoff laws violate the state constitution, a judge has ruled in a closely watched case that may have significant ramifications for school districts, education...
View ArticleHouse Subcommittees Hold Joint Hearing on Data Mining and Student Privacy
Today, the House Education Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education and the Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security...
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