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
In the final hours of this year's legislative session, the State Legislature passed a bill (A.10168) which is reportedly intended to mitigate any negative consequences to classroom teachers and building principals whose APPR ratings were affected by the transition to the Common Core. The legisla...
In the final day of its session this year, the New York State Legislature passed legislation which allows Nassau County to create a “disputed assessment fund” by imposing additional charges on certain property owners who file tax certiorari proceedings challenging their property assessments. The ...
In May 2014, the United States Department of Education and the United States Department of Justice released three guidance documents regarding proper student enrollment and residency practices to help school districts avoid a violation of students' rights to equal educational access and opportuni...
The New York Legislature's March 2014 amendment to Education Law Section 4402 removes a school district's previous obligation to obtain parental consent before a school district's initial provision of extended school year services to students who have been classified as having a disability. As a ...
The Board of Regents recently enacted regulations that impose new mandatory reporting requirements for school personnel concerning testing misconduct on State assessments. The regulations, which amend §102.4 of the Commissioner's regulations, became effective on May 14, 2014.
At its meeting of April 29, 2014, the Board of Regents adopted emergency regulations to conform to the new “Common Core Implementation Reform Act” which was enacted as part of the 2014-15 State Budget (Ch. 56 of the Laws of 2014, Part AA). The regulations ban the use of standardized testing in Pr...
