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...
Partners Kathy Ahearn and Erin O'Grady-Parent will present at the Annual MASLA Conference at the High Peaks Resort in Lake Placid, New York. Their discussion will be a “Legal and Legislative Update” on July 22, 2014. For more information on this event, please visit www.nysmasla.wildapricot.org.
Partner Kathy Ahearn will be part of a panel presenting at the Annual NYSASA Conference at the Sagamore in Bolton Landing, New York on May 31, 2014. Topic will be “Nothing Common About It: Legal Issues Generated by APPR, Common Core, High Stakes Testing, RTTT and inBloom.” For more information...
Partner Kathy Ahearn will be part of a panel presenting at the 2014 NYSASBO Education Summit & Expo on June 9th and 11th 2014. Topic on June 9th is “Alternative Revenue Sources for Schools” and June 11th is “Legal Update: Hot Topics.” The conference will be held at the Saratoga Hilton in Sarat...
Partners Richard J. Guercio and Gary L. Steffanetta will be presenting at the Suffolk County Bar Association's School Law Conference to be held on April 30, 2014, at the Hyatt Place, in Riverhead, New York, on Residency and Developments in Collective Bargaining. For more information, contact the ...
Partner Kathy Ahearn authored an article entitled “Legal Update” which appeared in NYSASBO's publication, The Reporter, Fall 2013. Click here to read the article.
Partner Kathy Ahearn will present at the Eastern Suffolk BOCES Personnel Administrators Council Meeting on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. The topics to be discussed are “Unemployment Benefits 101″ and “Trends in Negotiations”.
Partners Randy Glasser, Bonnie L. Gorham and Douglas Spencer will be speaking at a presentation sponsored by the National Business Institute on June 4, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The subject of their presentation is Special Education Laws Made Simple. For more information, please contact Br...
The New York State Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of school districts with regard to Nassau County's attempt to repeal the so-called “County Guarantee.” In a decision dated February 18, 2014, the Court affirmed the Appellate Division, Second Department's holding that the Nassau County Legisl...
Partner Kathy Ahern authored an article entitled “Let's End Charter School Residency Wars”. Click here to read the article
Managing Partner Gregory J. Guercio will become the Chair of the National Council of School Attorneys (COSA) effective April 2014
Partners Richard J. Guercio and Gary L. Steffanetta have been selected to present a series of lectures on behalf of Hofstra University
Partners Randy Glasser, Bonnie L. Gorham and Douglas Spencer will be speaking at a presentation sponsored by the National Business Institute on June 4, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The subject of their presentation is Special Education Laws Made Simple. For more information, please contact Br...
A new installment of Guercio & Guercio's free “Food for Thought” Breakfast Seminar was presented by partners Kathy Ahearn and Erin O'Grady-Parent at the Desmond Hotel in Albany. The seminar was held on February 6, 2014 from 8:15 AM to 11:30 AM. The topics discussed were “Regents Reform Agenda: Th...
Partner Kathy Ahearn presented on Unemployment Benefits 101: A Primer for School Districts on January 10, 2014 for the Suffolk County Chapter of ASBO in Patchogue, New York.
Partners Richard J. Guercio, Gary L. Steffanetta, John Sheahan and Randy Glasser were co-presenters at the 2013 Annual School Law Conference at the Nassau County Bar Association in Mineola, NY on December 9, 2013. Richard Guercio spoke on “Don't Let the 'ACA' Make You Ill”; and Randy Glasser spok...
Partner Kathy Ahearn presented an Annual Legal Update at the December 12, 2013 Conference of the Northeast Council of School Superintendents in Lake Placid, New York.
Partner Kathy Ahearn presented an Annual Legal Update on December 3, 2013 to the South Central Chapter of NYSASBO at the Greater Southern Tier BOCES Coopers Campus in Painted Post, New York.
The firm was recently named as one of the New York area's top ranked law firms by Lexis Nexis® – Martindale Hubbell® “the authoritative source for information regarding U.S. Lawyers”. The ranking was reportedly based upon research of a database including approximately one million lawyers from law...
Richard J. Guercio has been named to the Super Lawyers Magazine, New York Metro Area edition, 2013 annual list.
