Immigration Compliance In The Trump Era: What Schools Need To Know
The first couple of months of the Trump administration have been something of a whirlwind. Many Americans have been glued to their TVs, computer screens, or smartphones on a daily basis, anxiously...
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I live in Atlanta, Georgia, the crown jewel of the Southeast. Along with its benefits, we enjoy dense traffic, inconsistent sports teams and challenged public schools. I mention the latter as my wife...
View ArticleCommonwealth Court Orders Teacher Reinstated When The School Board Fails To...
Vladimirsky v. School District of Philadelphia, 144 A.3d 986 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2016). The Commonwealth Court held that a tenured teacher has a constitutionally protected interest in his (or her)...
View ArticleMiddle School Gay-Straight Alliance Allowed To Pursue Equal Access Claims
Carver Middle Sch. Gay-Straight Alliance v. Sch. Bd. of Lake Cnty. Fla., 842 F.3d 1324 (11 Cir., Dec. 6, 2016): A Federal Appellate Court held that a Florida middle school met the definition of a...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – May, 2017 #4
Dear Legal Mailbag: Spring is in the air and I am spending the majority of my days at the various PPT and 504 meetings that have come on like a seasonal allergy. But to make matters worse, this is the...
View Article3 things your school should know about Missouri State Auditor’s emphasis of...
Since being appointed in April of 2015, Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway has consistently made cybersecurity a priority for her office. Ms. Galloway has focused on cybersecurity throughout all...
View ArticleInvestigating Sexual Assaults at School: Changes on the Horizon
We are closely monitoring the U.S. Department of Education’s policy guidance concerning investigations of sexual assaults and sexual violence on school campuses, applicable to both K-12 and higher...
View ArticleAre You Ready for August 1st?
The 2017/2018 school year is fast approaching and so are two very important deadlines. By August 1, 2017, school districts, intermediate school districts and public school academies are required to...
View ArticlePublic Education Under Attack in Florida
Imagine a world in which public education did not exist. A world in which children did not have schools to attend. A world in which the future generation could not obtain a diploma. It is hard to...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana on Campus: Barbuto's Impact on School Policies Banning Drug...
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently ruled in Barbuto v. Advantage Sales and Marketing, LLC that an employee's use of medical marijuana to treat a qualified disability may be a reasonable...
View ArticleCSDE Provides Guidance, FAQs on Civil Rights Protections and Supports for...
In light of the Trump administration’s rescission of 2016 federal guidance from the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education concerning school district obligations to transgender and gender...
View ArticleSchool Districts, Undocumented Student, and Equal Access to Public K-12...
With the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program on the horizon, many K-12 schools, school districts, taxpayers, and others are asking: Do undocumented students have the right to...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – September, 2017 #2
Dear Legal Mailbag: I was surprised to receive a letter the other day addressed to me as school principal with the Connecticut Department of Corrections as the return address. I opened the letter and...
View ArticleOCR Finds Title IX Violation for School District’s Prohibition of Transgender...
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) recently concluded that a public school district in Illinois violated Title IX both by prohibiting a transgender high school student...
View ArticleSchool Districts: APPR in New York, Just Like the Weather…If You Don’t Like...
Almost six years ago, New York State passed Education Law § 3012-c, which fundamentally altered classroom teacher and principal evaluations, requiring for the first time that student performance and...
View ArticleESSA, Sexual Misconduct, and “Passing the Trash”
There is a new provision in the Every Student Succeeds Act (“ESSA”) entitled “Prohibition on Aiding and Abetting Sexual Abuse.” It attempts to prevent school employees who have engaged in sexual...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week
Dear Legal Mailbag: I admit to being a bit of a neat freak, and I am now wondering whether my idiosyncrasy has gotten me in trouble. Last month, I was walking through our gymnasium and saw a bunch of...
View ArticleThe Governance – Achievement Link
Barely a week goes by without the reporting of our ongoing and seemingly endless national debate about public education and the quality of our nations’ schools. This debate typically invokes such...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – March 2016 #4
Dear Legal Mailbag: Have you noticed that parents increasingly have boundary issues as to what is their business and what is not? I have, and I need your help....By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – March 2016 #5
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly NewsBlast. Dear Legal Mailbag: As the principal of a large high school, I get a lot of letters. I have been around, and I know all about keeping legitimate items...
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