On October 23, 2014, the New York State Attorney General (OAG) and the New York State Education Department (“SED”) issued a press release regarding a compliance review of school districts' enrollment policies and procedures for unaccompanied minors and other undocumented students. According to th...
On October 21, 2014, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued a “Dear Colleague” Guidance Letter detailing school districts' responsibilities under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (“Section 504”) and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“Title II...
Partners Richard J. Guercio and Randy Glasser will be moderating at the 2014 Annual School Law Conference on December 8, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Long Island in Hauppauge, New York, sponsored by the Nassau and Suffolk Bar Association's Education Law Committees. Their respective topics are: Coll...
Partners Richard J. Guercio and Randy Glasser will be moderating at the 2014 Annual School Law Conference on December 8, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Long Island in Hauppauge, New York, sponsored by the Nassau and Suffolk Bar Association's Education Law Committees. Their respective topics are: Colle...
On October 21, 2014, Governor Cuomo signed into law an amendment to Section 305 of the Education Law relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (“CPR”) and the use of automated external defibrillators (“AEDs”) in senior high schools (Chapter 417 of the Laws of 2014). To view this m...
Partner Christopher F. Mestecky and Associates Christopher W. Shishko and Ashley C. Pope presented at the Alexander Hamilton Inn of Court at Touro Law Center on October 14, 2014. Mr. Mestecky, Mr. Shishko, and Ms. Pope spoke to attorneys, judges, and law students on social media in the education...
Partner Randy Glasser will be speaking at the Nassau County Bar Association's Bullying – Truth & Consequences: What Every Parent Should Know program, on Monday, October 20, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. at the Nassau County Bar Association in Mineola.
Partner Gary L. Steffanetta will be speaking at the New York State Bar Association's Social Media and the Workplace: Labor and Employment Legal Issues conference, regarding ethical issues and metadata, on Friday, November 14, 2014 in New York City. This program is also available by webcast. ...
Chapter 205 of the Laws of 2014 amended the Social Services Law to expand the list of persons responsible for reporting cases of suspected child abuse to include a “full-time or part-time compensated school employee required to hold a temporary coaching license or professional coaching certificat...
Partners Richard J. Guercio and Gary L. Steffanetta will be presenting at NYSSBA's 95th Annual Convention and Educational Expo in New York City on October 27, 2014 on Common Core Implementation – The Legal Issues. For more information, please visit http://www.nyssba.org/events/2014/10/26/annual-c...
Partners Kathy Ahearn and Erin O'Grady-Parent will present at the COSA School Law Practice Seminar in Denver, Colorado on October 11, 2014. Their discussion on “The Firestorm Over the Common Core – An Examination of Legal Issues Relating to Standards, Assessments and Parental Rights” will begin a...
Partners Kathy Ahearn and Erin O'Grady-Parent will present at the 3rd Annual APPR Conference sponsored by Educational Vistas, Inc. on November 20, 2014. The conference will be held at the Century House in Latham, New York. More information to follow.
Partner Kathy Ahearn will moderate a discussion with SED Counsel & Deputy Commissioner for Legal Affairs Richard Trautwein on “The State of Education in New York – A Stateside View” at NYSSBA's 18th Annual Pre-Convention School Law Conference Sunday, October 26, 2014 at the Sheraton New York Time...
Partner Kathy Ahearn will present a “Legal Update” at the Fall Leadership Conference of the New York State Association of School Board Officials on October 2, 2014. The conference will be held at the Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, New York.
After an emergency amendment was adopted by the Board of Regents in June 2014 relating to the termination of probationary teachers and principals for reasons other than their APPR composite score or rating, the State Education Department issued updated guidance explaining the change and its effec...
On August 11, 2014, the Governor signed Chapter 273 of the Laws of 2014 to allow for the use of lever voting machines by school districts through December 31, 2015. The new legislation takes effect immediately and as a result, school districts are permitted to continue using lever voting machines...
Recent guidance from the New York State Education Department regarding protection of student data imposes new obligations on school districts and other educational agencies. Clients may view the memo in the Client Portal
