Supreme Court Decision about Community College Raises Issues for Public Body...
Escalated tension, dissention, disagreement have been the new normal for school district and community college boards throughout the country. Censures and reprimands, once a little used arrow in the...
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Agriculture - COASTAL REVIEW: Highly infectious virus spreads among wild birds on coast - Coastal North Carolina’s wild birds and commercial poultry have not been immune to the outbreak of the highly...
View ArticleTop 6 Workplace Law Predictions for Education Employers – and What You Should...
We recently provided our predictions for what education employers could expect to see in the area of workplace law over the next year as part of our FP Forecast series – but we had too many insights to...
View ArticleUpdated Federal Guidance: School Districts Must Include Gender Identity and...
On May 5, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) announced an update to its complaint processing policy. FNS will now interpret the prohibition on sex...
View ArticleSettlement Does Not Void Mandatory Expulsion for Weapon Possession
R.S. by R.S. v. Hempfield Area School District, 268 A.3d 521 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2021). (The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court explained that the Pennsylvania Public School Code requires a one-year expulsion...
View ArticleESSER III: Funding school construction
The original version of this article was published in June, 2021. It has been updated based on experiences over the past year. By now, you are likely aware that the federal government has issued three...
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Economic Development - WWAY NEWS: Visitor spending increases in all 100 North Carolina counties- All 100 North Carolina counties saw in increase in tourism dollars, according to data released Wednesday...
View ArticleEducation Flash Survey Reveals Wide Differences in COVID Approach for New...
While the great majority of schools will not be requiring their students or staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 this coming school year, that’s not necessarily true for schools in the Northeast and...
View ArticleFederal Court Holds that School District’s Denial of Student’s Request to...
C.G. by and through P.G. v. Saucon Valley Sch. Dist., 5:21-CV-03956, 2021 WL 5399920, at *1 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 18, 2021). The District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania grants student’s...
View ArticleMassachusetts CROWN Act Goes Into Effect on October 24, 2022
On July 26, 2022, Governor Charlie Baker signed into law “An Act Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Natural and Protective Hairstyles,” popularly known as the Massachusetts CROWN Act. The...
View ArticleMichigan House Bill 5703 Imposes New Posting Requirement
On Oct. 11, Governor Whitmer signed House Bill 5703: a law that will require schools to post notices including both a provision of the Michigan School Code that reaffirms the prominence of parental...
View ArticleSchool District’s Discipline for Off-Campus Social Media Post Violated...
In re Appeal of G.S., 269 A.3d 718, 722 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2022), appeal denied, 61 MAL 2022, 2022 WL 2447538 (Pa. July 6, 2022) (The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court determined that the expulsion of a...
View ArticleSales Tax Obligations of Michigan Public Schools
This practice guide discusses generally the Michigan sales tax obligations of Michigan public schools under the Michigan General Sales Tax Act, Act 167, Public Acts of Michigan, 1933, as amended (MCL...
View ArticleAlcohol and Drug Background Checks for Bus Drivers - The End of Manual...
Federal regulations are changing the way a district must conduct alcohol and drug background checks for prospective Commercial Driver License (CDL) drivers. Beginning January 6, 2023, a school district...
View ArticleLegal Issues Involving Transgender Students
In recent years, the legal rights of transgender students have been litigated in courts around the country. While court decisions have provided some guidance for school districts, many questions...
View ArticleInconsistent Practice of Salary Schedule Placement for New Employees Can Lead...
Rebecca Cartee-Haring v. Central Bucks School District, Civil Action No. 20-1995 (E.D. Pa. 8/24/22) (A federal court grants certification of a collective action by female teachers pursuing an Equal Pay...
View ArticleBusiness Administrator Transferred to Position with a Substantial Reduction...
Medina v. Harrisburg School District, 273 A.3d 33 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2022) - A Business Administrator reassigned to a Program Grants Administrator position with a substantial reduction in salary was not...
View ArticleSchool Bond Election Timeline for 2024 Election
For school districts and community college districts considering 2024 bond elections, remember that the March 2024 primary election is fast approaching! Even if you are planning for November 2024, it's...
View ArticleOff Campus, but Still Within Reach: Ninth Circuit Affirms a Public High...
As anticipated, the Ninth Circuit has waded back into the choppy waters of student online and off-campus speech following the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2021 ruling in Mahanoy Area School District v....
View ArticleCommonwealth Court orders expedited briefing and hearing schedule in...
Today, the Commonwealth Court (the “Court”) granted an application for an expedited briefing and hearing schedule in the appellate case of Gioffre M. et al. v. School District of Pittsburgh that is on...
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