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Category: Education Law
Just Around the Corner: Reminder and Update on the New School Climate Improvement Plan (and Some Help Is on the Way Via Public Act 24-45): Pullman & Comley
Just Around the Corner: Reminder and Update on the New School Climate Improvement Plan (and Some Help Is on the Way Via Public Act 24-45) […]
New Scottish Government guidance for schools on Gender Based Violence – The Additional Support Needs Blog
Friday 8 March 2024 is International Women’s Day. Presumably to co-incide with this, the Scottish Government have released “Preventing and Responding to Gender Based Violence: […]
New Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Goes Into Effect
Editor: Sanmathi (Sanu) Dev, Esq. Below is an article written by my colleague, Ralph R. Smith, Esq., Co-Chair of our firm’s Labor & Employment Group. If […]
KGK Special Ed Law Blog: What is Child Find?
Child Find Lori Kirsch-Goodwin, Esq. and Hope N. Kirsch, M.A.Ed., Esq. Kirsch-Goodwin & Kirsch, PLLC 8900 East Pinnacle Peak Rd., Suite 250 Scottsdale, Arizona […]
U.S. Supreme Court Rules Affirmative Action in College Admissions is Unconstitutional
By: Gabi Aste-Molina, Law Clerk Editor: Sanmathi (Sanu) Dev, Esq. On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court held in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. […]
KGK Special Ed Law Blog: Transgender Student Rights
From Kirsch-Goodwin & Kirsch, PLLC Transgender is an umbrella term for persons whose gender identity or expression (masculine, feminine, other) is different from their sex (male, female) […]
N.J. Supreme Court Declines Awarding Attorney Fees Under Common Law Right of Public Access
By: Ruhani K. Aulakh, Law Clerk Editor: Sanmathi (Sanu) Dev, Esq. On June 20, 2023, the New Jersey Supreme Court in Gannett Satellite Info. Network, […]
Discipline, Restraint and Seclusion of Special Ed Students
A.R.S. § 15-105 Use of restraint and seclusion techniques; requirements; definitions Effective: July 3, 2015 A. A school may permit the use of restraint or […]
Appellate Division Upholds Amendment to Regulation Requiring Charter Schools to Contribute to Transportation Costs of Disabled Students
By: Eric Richwine, Law Clerk Editor: Sanmathi (Sanu) Dev, Esq. On July 3, 2023, the New Jersey Appellate Division in In re Adoption of N.J.A.C. […]