Initial Thoughts About the Ligonier Valley Case
What is the real impact of the Ligonier Valley decision?
Where Can the Union Picket?
Where can employees who are on strike picket? Because district property is public property can unions picket on school grounds?
Methodology Disputes: What’s Fair and What’s Foul?
What to do when a parent suggests a specific program be written into their child's IEP.
Confidential Communications Between Students and School Personnel
A review of Chapter 12 of the Pennsylvania School Code and confidential communications between students and school personnel.
Implications of the Significant Drop in PSSA Scores
Last year’s scores on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests demonstrate a dramatic decrease in performance. What are the reasons for this? What are the implications for PSSAs in 2015-2016?
Special Education and Retention
Will repeating a year truly give a special needs student reinforced instruction and provide more time for the development of grade level educational skills?
What does Section 1306 mean to your district?
When districts have residential placements within their geographical boundaries that house students who would otherwise be non-resident students of the district, what are their special education obligations?
Anticipating the “Cadillac Tax” in the Affordable Care Act
An element of the Affordable Care Act called the "Cadillac Tax" is set to take effect on January 1, 2018.
School Volunteers Must be Cleared: July 2015 Update
Act 15, passed on July 1, 2015, modifies some of the requirements of Act 153 and requires all volunteers who are responsible for the welfare of a child or have direct contact with children to obtain several clearances.
Avoid a Title IX Hostile Educational Environment Claim
How can school districts protect themselves from facing claims of student-on-student sexual harassment?