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CAS Legal Mailbag – 3/13/25

By Thomas B. Mooney on March 17, 2025
Posted in Discrimination, Public Schools

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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OCR Issues Frequently Asked Questions and Connecticut State Board of Education Offers Guidance Regarding Dear Colleague Letter on Racial Discrimination and DEI

By Dori Pagé Antonetti, Jessica L. Ritter & Joseph Miller on March 7, 2025
Posted in Constitutional Rights, Discrimination, Executive Orders, Featured, Public Schools

As discussed in our prior blog post, the United States Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) recently issued a Dear Colleague letter…

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OCR Issues “Dear Colleague” Letter on Racial Discrimination

By Dori Pagé Antonetti, Jessica L. Ritter & Joseph Miller on February 24, 2025
Posted in Constitutional Rights, Discrimination, Executive Orders, Featured, Public Schools

On February 14, 2025, the United States Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued guidance clarifying how the Department will interpret federal laws…

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OCR Announces “Directed Investigation” into All-Gender Bathrooms

By Tom Owen on January 30, 2025
Posted in Discrimination, Executive Orders, Featured, Public Schools, Title IX

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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New Proposed Title IX Regulations Released on the Statute’s 50th Anniversary

By Gwen J. Zittoun, Jessica Richman Smith & Kelsey Scarlett on June 23, 2022
Posted in Colleges and Universities, Discrimination, Featured, Independent Schools, Public Schools, Publications and Alerts

Today, on the 50th Anniversary of Title IX, the U.S. Department of Education issued 701 pages of proposed amendments to the Title IX federal…
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Second Circuit Holds that Individuals Can Sue Their Employers for Discrimination under Title IX

By Jessica Richman Smith & Sarah A. Westby on June 13, 2022
Posted in Colleges and Universities, Employer Obligations, Featured, Independent Schools, Public Schools

On June 2, 2022, the Second Circuit held that individuals could sue their employers for gender discrimination under Title IX, resolving a prior split of…
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District Court Dismisses Challenge to Elimination of Religious Exemptions from School Vaccine Mandates

By Julie P. Reznik & Peter J. Maher on January 18, 2022
Posted in Constitutional Rights, Establishment of Religion, Featured, Free Exercise of Religion, Independent Schools, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Public Schools, Religion and the Schools, Special Education

On January 11, 2022, the federal District Court for the District of Connecticut dismissed a lawsuit brought by two associations and three individuals against three…
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OCR Issues Notice of Interpretation under Title IX Relating to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

By Gwen J. Zittoun on June 18, 2021
Posted in Colleges and Universities, Discrimination, Featured, Public Schools, Publications and Alerts

On June 16, 2021, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued a Notice of Interpretation titled “The Department’s Enforcement of Title…
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New Obligations for Connecticut Public Employers With Respect To Union Access to Employees

By Jarad M. Lucan & Christopher Engler on June 4, 2021
Posted in Employer Obligations, Featured, Public Schools, Publications and Alerts

On June 4, 2021, Governor Lamont signed into law Public Act 21-25, which is effective October 1, 2021.  This Act, entitled “An Act Concerning Access…
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Jessica Richman Smith and Thomas Mooney Answer Eight Key Questions for CASPA on Personnel Issues as the Pandemic Ends

By Thomas B. Mooney & Jessica Richman Smith on May 24, 2021
Posted in Employer Obligations, Employer Responsibilities, Featured, Medical & Other Leaves, Public Schools, Responsibilities

On May 21, 2021, Jessica Richman Smith and Thomas Mooney spoke at the Annual Meeting of the Connecticut Association of School Personnel Administrators.  During their…
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