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Some of you may have noticed that this blog has gone somewhat silent in the last couple of months. It’s not that there haven’t been developments in education law worthy of comment. But business as...
View ArticleGun Bill Includes Many New Requirements For School Boards
While the other aspects of Connecticut’s new gun control law have received more notoriety, the new law included a number of provisions intended to improve school safety and security including the...
View ArticleNew Legislation Decriminalizes Theft of School Accommodations for Non-Residency
Although rarely done, in the past few years, several Connecticut public school districts have been featured in the news for seeking criminal remedies against parents for theft of educational services....
View ArticleFERPA Amended to Grant Easier Access to Education Records by Child Welfare...
Earlier this year, FERPA was amended to grant child welfare agency representatives, agency caseworkers, or a tribal organization access to the education records of children within their care and...
View ArticleOCR Chief and DOJ Section Head Answer Tough Questions From School Attorneys...
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights (OCR) Chief Catherine Lhamon along with U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)Education Opportunities Section head Anurima Bhargava attended the April...
View ArticleProtecting Student Privacy When Cloud Computing and Outsourcing School...
The way student records are created, accessed and stored is changing drastically increasing concerns about schools’ ability to protect student privacy as required under laws such as the Federal...
View ArticleNew Standard Proposed by EDNY for IEP’s of Bullied Special Needs Students
In a decision issued July 24, 2014, Senior United States District Court Judge Jack Weinstein has authored an opinion proposing a new standard for evaluating whether the IEP of a special education...
View ArticleNew Special Legislation Requires Principals To Certify DCF Training Has...
School employees who fail to report child abuse may face tougher penalties for failing to report such incidents to DCF or the police as a result of a law passed by the General Assembly. Public Act...
View ArticleThe United States Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in 4th Circuit Transgender...
On Friday, October 28, 2016, the United States Supreme Court announced that it will hear an appeal from a ruling by the 4th Circuit in the controversial case of G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board,...
View ArticleConnecticut State Board of Education Adopts Educational Standards for...
The Connecticut State Board of Education (State Board) adopted Standards for Educational Opportunities for Students Who Have been Expelled (Standards) on January 3, 2018. The State Board acted in...
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