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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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…
Continue Reading 2024 Education Legislation SummaryEarlier 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…
Continue Reading 2024 Title IX Final Rule ReleasedThe 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. …
Continue Reading Release of Final Changes to Title IX Regulations Now Expected by March 2024In its 2023 regular session, the General Assembly made a number of changes to the statutes that affect public education in Connecticut. This summary provides…
Continue Reading 2023 Education Legislation SummaryLast 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.
Continue Reading CT Legislature Revises Bullying LawsAfter a recent investigation conducted pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972…
Continue Reading OCR Determines School District’s Book Screening and Removal Process May Have Created Title VI and Title IX Hostile EnvironmentOn 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…
Continue Reading Release of Final Changes to Title IX Regulations Postponed from May to October 2023The 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…
Continue Reading SPPO Issues New Guidance Regarding FERPA and Student Health RecordsIn 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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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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