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CAS Legal Mailbag – 5/15/25

By Thomas B. Mooney on May 15, 2025
Posted in Board of Education, Generally, Most Recent Columns, Public Schools

Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter

Dear Legal Mailbag:

If a school district delivers curriculum through a student iPad, what rights do parents have…

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CAS Legal Mailbag – 4/24/25

By Thomas B. Mooney on April 30, 2025
Posted in Board of Education, Generally, Executive Orders, Public Schools

Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter

Dear Legal Mailbag:

As an educator, I am having trouble keeping all these executive orders and lawsuits straight.  …

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CAS Legal Mailbag – 4/10/25

By Thomas B. Mooney on April 10, 2025
Posted in Board of Education, Generally, Board Organization, Authority and Responsibilities, Most Recent Columns, Public Schools

Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter

Dear Legal Mailbag:

One of the teachers in my school is a toxic personality, and he is always…

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CAS Legal Mailbag – 4/3/25

By Thomas B. Mooney on April 3, 2025
Posted in Board of Education, Generally, Most Recent Columns, Public Schools

Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter

Dear Legal Mailbag:

As we were walking out of the building at the end of the day today…

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CAS Legal Mailbag – 3/20/25

By Thomas B. Mooney on March 26, 2025
Posted in Public Schools

Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter

Dear Legal Mailbag:

As the principal of an elementary school, I am responsible for evaluating all the teachers…

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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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See You In Court – March 2025

By Thomas B. Mooney on March 10, 2025
Posted in CABE Journal Columns, Most Recent Columns

In finalizing the Board’s budget request for 2025-2026, the members of the Nutmeg Board of Education have been making tough decisions to trim their budget…

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CAS Legal Mailbag – 3/6/25

By Thomas B. Mooney on March 10, 2025
Posted in Board of Education, Generally, Board Organization, Authority and Responsibilities, Most Recent Columns, Public Schools

Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter

Dear Legal Mailbag:

Middle school students are always pushing the boundaries, and this year is no exception.  Kids talk…

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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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Social Security Administration Provides Updated Information for Increased Benefit Payments to Eligible Public School Employees

By Richard I. Cohen, Kelly Smith Hathorn & Ryan A. Less on February 28, 2025
Posted in Finances, Public Schools

In January, former President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 (SSFA) into law. We discussed the key changes in a blog post…

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