In its 2024 regular and special sessions, the General Assembly made a number of changes to the statutes that affect public education in Connecticut. This
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2024 Title IX Final Rule Released
Earlier this morning, and almost a year after its expected release in May 2023, the U.S. Department of Education issued the 2024 Title IX Final
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Release of Final Changes to Title IX Regulations Now Expected by March 2024
The U.S. Department of Education (the “Department”) recently announced that it will release the final revisions to the regulations implementing Title IX by March 2024.
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2023 Education Legislation Summary
In its 2023 regular session, the General Assembly made a number of changes to the statutes that affect public education in Connecticut. This summary provides
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CT Legislature Revises Bullying Laws
Last week, Governor Lamont signed Public Act 23-167, which makes significant changes to Connecticut’s bullying law that become mandatory for the 2025-2026 school year.
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OCR Determines School District’s Book Screening and Removal Process May Have Created Title VI and Title IX Hostile Environment
After a recent investigation conducted pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
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Release of Final Changes to Title IX Regulations Postponed from May to October 2023
On May 26, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education (the “Department”) announced that it would delay release of the final revisions to the regulations implementing
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SPPO Issues New Guidance Regarding FERPA and Student Health Records
The U.S. Department of Education’s Student Privacy Policy Office (“SPPO”) recently issued one guide and two guidance documents regarding the Family Educational Rights and Privacy
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2022 Education Legislation Summary
In its 2022 regular session, the General Assembly made a number of changes to the statutes that affect public education in Connecticut. This summary provides
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Title IX Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Published in Federal Register
On July 12, 2022, the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) from the Office for Civil Rights, Department of Education, which proposes to amend the regulations
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