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Roetzel & Andress

Federal Government Makes Unexpected Announcement: States Must Administer Statewide Assessments In 2020-2021 School Year

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Given the havoc that COVID-19 has wreaked on our educational system, should schools be mandated to administer statewide summative assessments during the 2020-2021 school year? Nationwide, state legislatures have invited...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

A Quick Lesson For Schools: Safekeeping Attorney-Client Confidentiality

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Preparing for the 2020-2021 school year has required Pennsylvania school districts to consider novel, challenging and evolving legal guidance at breakneck pace. As districts develop and adapt their reopening plans to changing...more

McDermott Will & Emery

The Toughest Problem Set: Navigating Regulatory and Operational Challenges on University Campuses

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When the academic year ended in the spring of 2020, many US university students assumed that a return to campus would be straightforward this fall. However, it is now clear—at least in the near term—that a return to the old...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

State Department Issues Guidance On National Interest Waivers

The U.S. Department of State has issued some preliminary guidance on the application of the national interest waiver to foreign nationals from countries that are subject to a COVID-19-related travel ban. Since late...more

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Higher Education Federal Contractors: Is Your Supply Chain Compliant With the National Defense Authorization Act?

President Donald Trump signed the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (NDAA) (Pub. L. No. 115-232) into law on August 13, 2018. Section 889 of the NDAA applies to schools, including hospital...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

House Bill 197: Ohio Legislature responds to K-12 needs during COVID-19 pandemic

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On March 27, 2020, Governor DeWine signed Ohio H.B. 197 into law. The bill is an emergency measure and goes into effect immediately. While the bill originally addressed various changes to Ohio’s tax laws, on March 25 it was...more

Balch & Bingham LLP

Summary of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act

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On March 25, 2020, the Senate voted 96-0 to approve the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The House is expected to vote on this bill on Friday, March 27....more

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Statutory Waivers Under the New School Funding Bill

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As reported in an earlier alert, the State’s new school funding bill, Senate Bill 1947 (Public Act 100-0465), provides new mandate relief. School districts have been eligible to petition the General Assembly for waivers from...more

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Beauty School (Arbitration) Dropout: Ninth Circuit Bars Belated Attempt to Arbitrate

Defendants who try their hands at litigation on the merits and seek arbitration only after things don’t go their way, risk losing the right to arbitrate—as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals made clear in the recent case of...more

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