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What Schools Should Know About ICE Enforcement Actions

By Thomas B. Mooney, Tom Owen & Nina Pelc-Faszcza on January 22, 2025

Posted in Featured, Immigration, Public Schools

With the new presidential administration’s hard stance on immigration, many school officials are anxious about visits from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and uncertain…

OCR Confirms That the 2024 Title IX Regulations Are Vacated

By Julie C. Fay, Sarah Gleason, Tom Owen, Erin R. Shaffer & Jessica Richman Smith on January 15, 2025

Posted in Colleges and Universities, Featured, Public Schools, Title IX

On January 9, 2025, a federal district court in Kentucky ruled that the 2024 Title IX Regulations “are invalid and must be set aside.” Despite…

2024 Title IX Regulations Are Likely Vacated

By Julie C. Fay, Sarah Gleason, Tom Owen, Erin R. Shaffer & Jessica Richman Smith on January 10, 2025

Posted in Colleges and Universities, Featured, Public Schools, Publications and Alerts, Title IX

Last year was a turbulent one for Title IX, and although we are just a few days into 2025, this turbulence has persisted into the…

See You In Court – January 2025

By Thomas B. Mooney on January 2, 2025

Posted in Board of Education, Generally, Board Organization, Authority and Responsibilities, CABE Journal Columns, Featured, Most Recent Columns, Public Schools

Bob Bombast, veteran member of the Nutmeg Board of Education, has been frustrated by the perennial need to reduce the Board’s budget request before submitting…

Tuition Remission FAQs for Independent Schools

By Richard I. Cohen & Kelly Smith Hathorn on December 20, 2024

Posted in Featured, Independent Schools

Last month, we hosted a webinar for our independent school clients entitled “Tuition Remission: Ensuring Compliance and Maximizing Benefits,” where we discussed tuition remission benefits…

Connecticut’s New Paid Sick Leave Law: What Independent Schools Need to Know

By Keegan Drenosky & Tom Owen on December 16, 2024

Posted in Featured, Independent Schools, Medical & Other Leaves, Publications and Alerts

On January 1, 2025, an updated version of Connecticut’s paid sick leave law will become effective. This new law will pose unique compliance challenges for…

Peter Maher Quoted in SpecialEdConnection Article Entitled “See notice of unilateral placement as chance to win parents back to IEP”

By Peter J. Maher on December 3, 2024

Posted in Featured, Public Schools, Special Education, Uncategorized

Source: SpecialEdConnection, 11/22/24, reprinted by permission

Peter J. Maher is quoted in this SpecialEdConnection article entitled “See notice of unilateral placement as chance to win…

District Court Vacates New Overtime Rule, Making It Null and Void Nationwide

By Dori Pagé Antonetti, Peter J. Murphy & Tom Owen on November 18, 2024

Posted in Colleges and Universities, Featured, Independent Schools, Public Schools, Publications and Alerts

Last Friday, a federal judge in Texas ruled that the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) exceeded its authority when it issued a final regulation significantly…

Regulating Political Speech in the School Setting

By Thomas B. Mooney & Dori Pagé Antonetti on September 18, 2024

Posted in Featured, Freedom of Speech, Public Schools

With students and teachers now back in school and a contentious national election approaching, school administrators may be faced with challenges if and when students…

2024 Education Legislation Summary

By Dori Pagé Antonetti, Sarah Gleason & Gwen J. Zittoun on July 30, 2024

Posted in Featured, Public Schools, Publications and Alerts

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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