On June 20, 2024, New York’s highest court confirmed that school districts (outside of New York City) are not required to provide transportation on days their schools are not in session....more
In this episode of On Record PR, Gina Rubel goes on record with Patricia Hennessy, Partner at Barton Gilman, to discuss the wide range of legal tools education lawyers employ to serve the needs of children. Pat is co-chair of...more
Section 457(b) Plans provided by Tax-Exempt employers for their highly compensated employees and/or a select group of management employees (“Tax-Exempt 457(b) Plans”) are subject to required minimum distribution rules under...more
A surge in bus driver staffing needs may lead to steep penalties from the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) and their new compliance monitoring system. A combination of factors have made bus drivers hard to come by in Ohio,...more
After unanimous approval by both Florida’s Senate and House, Governor Ron DeSantis signed the Educator Conduct Act on June 21, amending several sections of the state’s K-20 Education Code and imposing new statutory...more
A recent study by the Ohio Chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business found that 70% of entrepreneurs in the state are fearful of lawsuits related to the spread of COVID-19. On September 14, 2020, Ohio...more
Those in the education field should be focused on protecting students. Students should feel safe attending school and college. If they are being physically or sexually assaulted by teachers or coaches, they should be able to...more
We are now just over halfway through the legislative session. By Friday, February 8, the 31st day of the 60 day regular session of the West Virginia Legislature, the House of Delegates had introduced 944 bills, while the...more
Starting on August 1st, students with medical marijuana cards may be administered cannabis products at school. Known as Ashley’s Law, the School Code now allows students to be given medical cannabis infused products at...more
Effective April 12, 2018, Education Law § 908, entitled “Prohibition against meal shaming,” was added as part of the budget to require all public school districts, charter schools and non-public schools in New York state...more
Now that debates have faded over the definition of student performance and whether guns in schools are necessary to protect against grizzly bears, everyone is settling into the reality that Betsy DeVos now leads our nation’s...more
Last week, Governor Rauner signed into law the Youth Sports Concussion Safety Act (Public Act 99-0245) which includes a number of new requirements relating to student concussions for school districts, charter schools, and...more
Governor Cuomo recently signed two health related bills affecting schools into law. The first, codified under Education Law § 305(52) and signed on October 21, 2014, went into effect immediately. The law directs the...more