A Practical Guide to Connecticut School Law is the leading treatise on Connecticut school law, and it is used by school administrators and other educators
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CAS Legal Mailbag – 4/10/25
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
One of the teachers in my school is a toxic personality, and he is always
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CAS Legal Mailbag – 3/20/25
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
As the principal of an elementary school, I am responsible for evaluating all the teachers
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CAS Legal Mailbag – 3/13/25
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
As an administrator, I am involved on a regular basis in interviews of candidates to
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In finalizing the Board’s budget request for 2025-2026, the members of the Nutmeg Board of Education have been making tough decisions to trim their budget
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CAS Legal Mailbag – 3/6/25
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
Middle school students are always pushing the boundaries, and this year is no exception. Kids talk
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Social Security Administration Provides Updated Information for Increased Benefit Payments to Eligible Public School Employees
In January, former President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 (SSFA) into law. We discussed the key changes in a blog post
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CAS Legal Mailbag – 2/20/25
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
We are very excited to begin to offer dual enrollment classes at our high school. We’ve
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Revisiting Lead Risks in Schools: Action Items for Independent Schools
Last month, we hosted a webinar for our independent school clients entitled “Turn Down the Heavy Metal: Revisiting Lead Exposure at School-Owned Residences and
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See You In Court – February 2025
Social media has made it much easier to disseminate hurtful criticisms about teachers, principals, superintendents and even board of education members, and the good people
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CAS Legal Mailbag – 1/30/25
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Guest Columnist, Dori Pagé Antonetti
Dear Legal Mailbag:
One of our high school English teachers just went out
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OCR Announces “Directed Investigation” into All-Gender Bathrooms
On January 28, 2025, the United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) notified Denver Public Schools that it was opening a “directed
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