School Law Bullets

2010

• "Executive Session Privilege Based On Client-Attorney Privilege" - (8/31/10)
• "Metadata: What You Say Without Saying A Word" - (8/30/10)
• "Two Years Defined: The 3rd Circuit Finally Weighs In and Requires the Retroactive Application of the 2-Year IDEA Statute of Limitations" - (8/30/10)
• "Sea Change In Special Education: School Districts Can Recover Their Attorneys' Fees Against Vexacious Parents" - (8/10/10)
• "Special Ed Mediators Can Testify To Parent's Intent" - (8/9/10)
• "Supreme Court Rules: No Expectation Of Privacy for Text Messages On Employer Equipment" - (7/7/10)
• "Appellate Courts Begin To Provide Guidance Under The Right To Know Law" - (6/25/10)
• "PDE Finds No Automatic Right For Parents To Record Meetings" - (5/28/10)
• "Federal Fee-Shifting Provision for Special Education Cases" - (5/24/10)
• "Discipline for Off-Campus Internet Behavior Depends on Effect on School" - (2/11/10)
• "If You Can't Say Something Nice: Netiquette and The Law " - (2/4/10)

2009

• "Third Circuit Rules Damages Are Not A Remedy Under IDEA" - (12/4/09)
• "New Expansion of FMLA Broadens Military Leave Provisions" - (11/6/09)
• "Coverage Under the PREP Act for H1N1 Vaccination" - (11/2/09)
• "W-2s of Public Employees Are Exempted From Disclosure" - (10/8/09)
• "Budget Impasse May Put Squeeze on TRAN Availability" - (8/13/09)
• "Third Circuit Pinches the Tuition Reimbursement Penny" - (8/4/09)
• "Districts Not Obligated To Provide Translated Transcripts" - (7/29/09)
• "Student Strip Searches Contraindicated Absent Danger" - (6/30/09)
• "Supreme Court Allows Tuition Reimbursement Without Prior Notice of Private Placement"- (6/29/09)
• "PA Supreme Court Ruling Addresses Tax Assessment Fairness" - (6/1/09)
• "First Post-ADAAA Section 504 Guidance Issued" - (3/30/09)
• "SEC Rule 15c2-12: Updated Financial Disclosure Submission Requirements for Bond Issuers" - (3/12/09)
• "ADA Amendment Act Greatly Increases Interactive Process" - (2/19/09)
• "Act 32: County-Wide Consolidated Earned Income Tax Collection" - (1/19/09)
• "Should School Psychologists Diagnose Students in Evaluations?" - (1/15/09)
•  "HIPAA & FERPA: How To Make Lemonade From Your Legal Lemons " - (1/12/09)

2008

• "New Federal Regulations of the IDEA Take Effect 12/30/08" - (12/30/08)
• "403(b) Deadline Extension Granted" - (12/29/08)
• "FMLA Final Rule" - (12/1/08)
• "Final Regulations for GIEPs" - (11/19/08)
• "Education Secretary Visits KingSpry" - (10/30/08)
• "Credit Markets Explained" - (10/10/08)
• "Jury Verdict in Section 504/ADA Case" - (7/3/08)
• "What's New For GIEPs" - (5/6/08)
• "Big Changes in PA Special Education Regulations, Chapter 14" - (5/5/08)
• "FERPA Gets An Overhaul" - (4/16/08)
• "Recent Changes In Right To Know Law " - (3/2/08)
• "VERDICT IN RARE SPECIAL ED CASE " - (2/18/2008)

2007

• "BONG HITS 4 JESUS" - School District Wins Supreme Court Student Freedom of Speech Case (7/09/2007)

• "Matula Dethroned" - 3rd Circuit Overturns Previous Decision Regarding IDEA Section 1983 Actions, Eliminating Money Damages (7/05/2007)
• "Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse" - Outline of 2007 Changes in the Law (6/06/2007)
• "A Resolution for the New Year" - Act 7 of 2007 Amends the Local Tax Enabling Act with Major Changes (12/03/2007)
• "2007 Reorganization Oath of Office" - (12/03/2007)
• "Guidelines for Dealing with Parent SEAs"- (12/05/2007)