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CAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 5/12/22

By Thomas B. Mooney

Dear Legal Mailbag:

With all we learned during the pandemic, we are certainly capable of pivoting to remote learning anytime we have…

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New Law Removes Sunset Date for Conducting Remote and Hybrid Meetings

By Dori Pagé Antonetti & Jessica Richman Smith

Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, public agencies, including boards of education, must make their meetings, other than executive sessions, open…

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Natalia Sieira Millán to be Panelist During CAS-CIAC Women in Leadership Virtual Conference

By Natalia Sieira-Millan

Natalia Sieira Millán will be a panelist during the CAS-CIAC Women in Leadership Virtual Conference. This year’s conference includes two panels of…

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CAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 5/5/22

By Thomas B. Mooney on May 16, 2022
Posted in Board of Education, Generally, Board Organization, Authority and Responsibilities, Public Schools, Responsibilities

Dear Legal Mailbag:

Next week, we have our junior prom, and as principal I will be stationed at the door once again, deciding which students

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EPA Releases New Details for Clean School Bus Program

By Alfredo G. Fernández & Matthew Ranelli on May 2, 2022
Posted in Featured, Public Schools

To supplement our prior post on the new EPA Clean School Bus Program, we summarize the information provided in EPA’s 4/27/22 public webinar.  EPA will…
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See You In Court – May 2022

By Thomas B. Mooney on May 1, 2022
Posted in CABE Journal Columns, Featured, Most Recent Columns, Public Schools, Publications and Alerts

Given all that graduating seniors have gone through with the COVID pandemic, a group of parents in Nutmeg have been working since the fall on…
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Department of Justice Issues New Guidance on Web Accessibility and the ADA

By Dori Pagé Antonetti & Rauchell Beckford-Anderson on April 22, 2022
Posted in Featured, Public Schools

On March 18, 2022, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued new Guidance on Web Accessibility and the ADA (the “Guidance”). The Guidance provides considerations for…
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CAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 4/21/2022

By Thomas B. Mooney on April 21, 2022
Posted in Board of Education, Generally, Board Organization, Authority and Responsibilities, Featured, Public Schools, Publications and Alerts

Dear Legal Mailbag:

As an assistant principal, I receive complaints from time to time from parents about what they perceive to be unfair grading practices

…
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Virtual Seminar | Legal Update for the Public Sector: 2022 Legal Trends

By Danielle McGrath Braun, Lee Anne Duval, Christopher Engler, Alfredo G. Fernández, Gabriel Jiran, Anne H. Littlefield, Thomas B. Mooney, Peter J. Murphy, Jessica Richman Smith, Jessica L. Ritter, Natalia Sieira-Millan & Julia V. Wilde on April 8, 2022
Posted in Featured, Public Schools, Seminars and Events

Join us once again for our annual public sector virtual seminar! On May 5th we will host a two-hour virtual program featuring a general…
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CAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 4/7/2022

By Thomas B. Mooney on April 7, 2022
Posted in Board of Education, Generally, Board Organization, Authority and Responsibilities, Public Schools, Publications and Alerts

Dear Legal Mailbag:

One of the teachers in my building came to see me last week to complain about his salary. Apparently, he just woke

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See You In Court – April 2022

By Thomas B. Mooney on April 1, 2022
Posted in CABE Journal Columns, Featured, Most Recent Columns, Public Schools, Publications and Alerts

For some years, veteran member Bob Bombast has not worked, living off a trust fund and devoting his ample free time to the doings of…
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CAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week –3/31/22

By Thomas B. Mooney on March 31, 2022
Posted in Board of Education, Generally, Board Organization, Authority and Responsibilities, Public Schools, Publications and Alerts

Dear Legal Mailbag:

As the assistant principal at a large middle school, I am often called upon to search students. I am quite the charmer,

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CAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week –3/24/22

By Thomas B. Mooney on March 24, 2022
Posted in Board of Education, Generally, Board Organization, Authority and Responsibilities, Public Schools, Publications and Alerts

Dear Legal Mailbag:

The smell of spring is in the air, and given my many years of service as a principal, I am reminded that

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