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CareYaya: A Revolutionary Approach to Elder Care

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In this episode of the Sandwich Generation Survival Guide, host Candace Dellacona is joined by Neal Shah and Sydney Rosbury from CareYaya, an innovative platform transforming the elder care industry. Neal shares his journey...more

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U.S. Departments of Education and Justice Issue Dear Colleague Letter Regarding Digital Accessibility in Higher Education

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In a joint “Dear Colleague” letter (DCL) released May 19, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights teamed up with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division to make the public aware of both...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

The Authority to Punish Lewd Speech is Limited Once a Student Exits School Grounds

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Mahanoy Area Sch. Dist. v. B. L. by and through Levy, 141 S. Ct. 2038 (2021). The United States Supreme Court holds that while schools can sometimes regulate student speech that takes place off-campus, the school district...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Student’s Off-Campus Free Speech Rights

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The September 1, 2020 Trending Law Blog post discussed how the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L., 964 F.3d 170 (2020), upheld a public school student’s First...more

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Addressing Off-Campus Harassment in the K-12 World

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Increasing Pressure on Schools to Address Off-Campus Conduct - K-12 administrators seek our counsel frequently on the issues of off-campus jurisdiction over student misconduct. Conversations about addressing out-of-school...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. – The Student Free Speech Case Every Public School Administrator Should Know About

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On April 28th, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L., a student free speech case that every public school district in the country needs to be watching...more

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Justices Show Little Spirit for Expanding Tinker: SCOTUS Wrestles with Appropriate Standard for Regulating Off-Campus Student...

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In 1969, the Supreme Court recognized both that students do not surrender their First Amendment rights at the schoolhouse gates, but that schools do have the right to discipline students for speech that could cause...more

Franczek P.C.

United States Supreme Court Hears Argument in Historic Student Speech Case

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Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in its first case ever to address the discipline of students for speech occurring off-campus, on their own time, and online. ...more

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Supreme Court (Finally) Will Address School Discipline for Off-Campus, Online Student Speech

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In 2017, a high school cheerleader learned she had not made the varsity team and turned to Snapchat. She posted a picture of herself and a friend, middle fingers up, with the text “f— school f— softball f— cheer f—...more

TNG Consulting

Can an Online Threat Trigger the Need for An Emergency Removal Under Title IX?

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It’s unlikely that online threats could be immediate threats to physical health or safety, unless the threatening individual is in close physical proximity to those being threatened, or the threat is pretty detailed and...more

Franczek P.C.

The Kids are Online (All the Time): Remember Cyberbullying Risks

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Whether your students are learning in a remote or a hybrid model, there is no doubt that they are online much more frequently these days than in the past—sometimes, it seems like they are online all the time. All of that time...more

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Do Virtual Sticks and Stones Also Break Bones? Addressing Cyberbullying Under Title IX

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Cyberbullying is nothing new. A majority of teens have experienced the phenomenon and college campuses certainly are not immune. Just because something is common does not make it simple to deal with, however. And this is...more

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Third DCA Confirms that Florida Statute Extends Beyond School Property and into Cyperspace

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On October 16, 2019, Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal upheld a conviction under Florida Statute section 877.13. The statute makes it a second degree misdemeanor for someone “[k]nowingly to disrupt or interfere with...more

Franczek P.C.

Opening the Floodgates? IL Law Requires Notice That Non-IEP-Eligible Students May Qualify for 504

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With all the hub-bub about HB 3586, you would be excused if you missed that another special education law, passed last year, went into effect this school year. This one is easy to implement. ...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Fourth Circuit Expands Title IX Liability for Harassment Through Anonymous Online Posts

The Fourth Circuit recently held that universities could be liable for Title IX violations if they fail to adequately respond to harassment that occurs through anonymous-messaging apps....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Mississippi AG Sues Google for Collection of Student Data

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood filed a Complaint against Google last week for alleged violations of the state’s Consumer Protection Act for its collection and use of students’ personal information and search history....more

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Supreme Court Refuses to Provide Clarity on Discipline for Off-Campus, Online Student Speech

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The Supreme Court has a lot to worry about these days, like a year plus of finding out first hand what can happen (or not happen) to your ability to make precedent when you have a 4-4 deadlock on the Court. So its recent...more

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Blog: How Student Privacy and California’s SOPIPA May Affect You

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California recently passed the Student Online Personal Information Protection Act (“SOPIPA” a.k.a. “so-peep’-ah”), which is the first state law to comprehensively address student privacy and will be effective January 1, 2016....more

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