On April 13, 2023, the United States Department of Education (the “DOE”) published proposed regulations intended to address participation of transgender students in school athletic
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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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On March 21, 2023, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held in Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools, 143 S. Ct. 859 (2023) that a
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In 2022, Governor Lamont signed into law new requirements for Connecticut boards of education (“BOEs”) to evaluate the indoor air quality (“IAQ”) and heating, ventilation
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On February 16, 2023, Connecticut’s Commissioner of Public Health (“Commissioner”) issued a memorandum to school nurse supervisors and school medical advisors regarding medical exemption reporting
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Peter Maher has been quoted in the Special Ed Connection® article, “When it comes to electronic IEPs, don’t sacrifice individualization for convenience” To read
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Bob Bombast, veteran member of the Nutmeg Board of Education, serves as Chairperson of the Policy Committee of the Nutmeg Board of Education. Ms. Superintendent called
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On February 17, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) released three new resources regarding equal opportunity in athletic programs under
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Current and former college athletes are suing the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) over the NCAA’s failure to pay them an hourly wage. Last week
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Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
Long-time reader, first-time writer.
When I took the job of principal, I knew that dealing
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