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Summer Reading for Educational Leaders: Resources to Help You Plan for the 2024-2025 School Year

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As you recover from another whirlwind of a school year, we hope you can take some time to relax and enjoy your summer break. The next few months will be the perfect time to – at your leisure – catch up on this past year’s...more

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[Webinar] Title IX Regulations Compliance Check-in: Pregnancy and Related Conditions (Higher Education Roundtable) - July 16th,...

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The April release of the federal Title IX regulations came at the same time as the federal government released regulations under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and on the heels of the implementation of the Providing...more

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2024 Title IX Regulation Update, Part IV: Miscellaneous Provisions

This is part four of a series examining the most topical changes applicable to higher education contained in the new Title IX regulations released by the U.S. Department of Education on April 19, 2024. Changes applicable only...more

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What’s New in Pregnancy and Parenting on Campus: New Regulations from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the...

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Over the last several years, we have seen an increase in focus on the rights of pregnant and parenting people on campus in higher education—from a string of recent Office for Civil Rights (OCR) resolutions, to new federal...more

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Why We Highly Recommend Students Avoid Marijuana

On December 7, 2023, Ohio legalized adults possessing 2.5 ounces of cannabis in any form.  With recreational marijuana use now legal in twenty-four states, many college students wonder if they can possess and use marijuana at...more

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[Webinar] Pregnancy and Parenting in Higher Education Training Series - January 17th - 18th, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

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Join Bricker Graydon attorneys Kylie Stryffeler, Jessica Galanos, and Erin Butcher as they delve into the important subject of pregnancy and parenting on college campuses. They will discuss pregnancy and parenting compliance...more

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Accommodating Requests From Pregnant and Parenting Students

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With the beginning of a new academic year, many institutions are facing questions from pregnant and parenting students regarding academic adjustments or accommodations due to pregnancy, childbirth, or recovery therefrom....more

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Back to school: key planning themes impacting the UK Purpose-Built Student Accommodation Sector

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As the new academic year kicks off, students across England are packing their bags and preparing their reading lists ahead of moving away from home. So it seems like the perfect time to take a look at some of the key themes...more

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Section 504 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Expected August 2023

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In May 2022, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it intended to strengthen and protect rights for students with disabilities by amending the regulations implementing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973...more

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Navigating Accommodations for Pregnancy & Related Conditions Post-COVID

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The October 2022 release of the Department of Education’s resource for students and schools on Discrimination Based on Pregnancy and Related Conditions reminds Title IX Coordinators of their responsibility to address all...more

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Top 6 Workplace Law Predictions for Education Employers – and What You Should Do to Prepare

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We recently provided our predictions for what education employers could expect to see in the area of workplace law over the next year as part of our FP Forecast series – but we had too many insights to fit into that edition....more

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Forecast: April 2022 Edition

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Welcome to FP Forecast, a monthly outlook featuring Fisher Phillips thought leaders providing their insights into what employers can expect in 2022 and beyond. By following along each month, you’ll be in the best position to...more

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Are Mask Mandates a Reasonable Accommodation?

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In Illinois, as universal masking is fading, the next question looms: what will the end of universal masking mean for staff and students with disabilities who are at high risk? Across the county, issues regarding universal...more

Pullman & Comley - School Law

Court Upholds Law Ending the Religious Exemption to Immunizations for Students in Connecticut Schools

Connecticut law has required public and private schools to condition a student’s entry into school upon providing proof of immunizations against certain communicable diseases (including but not limited to diphtheria,...more

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Detailed FAQs for Schools on the OSHA Vaccine Emergency Temporary Standard

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Educational institutions across the country are facing an upcoming compliance deadline as the mandate-or-test workplace vaccine emergency rule will soon take effect (pending the outcome of ongoing litigation). The rule will...more

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The Top 15 Workplace Law Stories from October 2021

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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The ABCs of EHS: What Schools Need to Know About Wi-Fi Sensitivity Claims

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The last five years have seen an increase of litigation surrounding Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity Syndrome (EHS), also called Wi-Fi Sensitivity, that should be on the radar screen for schools across the country. This is...more

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Governor Pritzker Orders Universal Masking in All PreK-12 Schools

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Focused on providing a safe learning environment for in-person instruction, Governor Pritzker announced that all individuals in all PreK-12 schools and daycare settings in Illinois must wear a mask when indoors, regardless of...more

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July 2021: The Top 14 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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Back to School: 4 Things To Focus On During Summer Break

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There is no doubt that every school faced unprecedented challenges over the last year. Summer break is a great time for private and independent schools to reset and plan for the next school year and beyond, taking into...more

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[Webinar] COVID-19 Lessons Learned – Accommodations for Students and Employees (Higher Education) - June 2nd, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm...

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When higher education changed overnight to carry on during the pandemic, it taught colleges and universities a lot about how students and employees engage with campus. As we begin to see glimpses of the post-pandemic future,...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

[Webinar] Responding to Student Disability Accommodation Requests in the New Normal: You want to do what? We can’t do that...or...

A year after COVID-19 shuttered doors and opened a new world of online remote learning, K-12 schools, colleges, and universities are facing an increase in the number and type of student accommodation requests. The 2020 shift...more

Pullman & Comley - School Law

The End Of The Religious Exemption To Immunizations For Students In Connecticut Schools?

As we were all reminded when discussing the COVID-19 vaccine, https://schoollaw.pullcomblog.com/archives/covid-19-testing-and-eventually-hopefully-vaccines-what-can-the-schools-require/ Connecticut law (via Connecticut...more

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review: March 2021 #3

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

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New Precedent Set By the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court on the Medical Marijuana Act

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On October 29, 2020, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania set a new precedent by holding that Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act (MMA) did not safeguard a medical student from her college’s zero-tolerance drug policy. The...more

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