Podcast - What Healthcare Providers Should Be Telling Students and Interns About HIPAA and Snooping
CareYaya: A Revolutionary Approach to Elder Care
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 495: Listen and Learn -- Partnership Liability
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Gavels & Gowns - Enforcement on Campus: The Impact of New Immigration Priorities on Academia
Title IX — Highway to NIL Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 189: Student Mental Health with Dr. Stephanie Irby Coard, UNC Professor
No Password Required: A Cybersecurity Education Specialist, Whose Passions Include the Forest, DIY, and Deviled Eggs
Update and Discussion on Legal and Practical Issues
DE Under 3: Vaccine Mandates & More
The Transformation of Education in Florida
The Social Impact of Video Games With Guest Ryan Johnson of Social Cxmmunity
Leading in a Lonely World Podcast: Meet Dr. Marc Williams
JONES DAY TALKS®: Operation Varsity Blues and the Need for Internal Controls at Academic Institutions
A Deep Dive into the Debate Over Federal Student Loan Forgiveness
Employment Law Now V-96- LOTS of Big Employment Law Developments
[IP Hot Topics Podcast] Innovation Conversations: Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick
The Year Ahead: Litigation Hot Spots at a Glance
How the #RealCollege Movement and Philadelphia Institutions Communicate during Covid-19 and in 2021 with Deirdre Childress Hopkins: On Record PR
COVID-19: New York Travel Guidance, Related Disability FAQs, Reopening/Operating Procedures, School District Update
They Said What? First Amendment Issues in 2020
The Department of State (DOS) has recently increased scrutiny of existing student visa holders and those requesting new student visas at U.S. consulates abroad. Some F-1 visas and SEVIS records have been rescinded or...more
In the final days of the Biden Administration, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced a number of policy initiatives and enforcement actions related to ED's misrepresentation regulations for institutions of higher...more
Happy holidays and welcome to our final issue of The Academic Advisor for 2024. Thank you for engaging with us through the newsletter this year. With this publication, we strive to provide schools, colleges and...more
Change in Washington, D.C. looms in light of the results of the recent presidential election. Institutions of higher education are asking what they can expect in the short term from the exiting Biden administration...more
Educational technology (EdTech) tools were critical during the COVID-19 pandemic and remain a key part of education, from digital textbooks and instructional material, to interactive applications for teachers, parents, and...more
As previously reported, the U.S. Department of Education published its highly-anticipated revised Title IX regulations on April 29, 2024. These regulations move away from the rigid procedural requirements mandated by the...more
On May 23, 2024, Senate Bill 3606 (“SB 3606”) passed both houses. If signed into law by Governor Pritzker, SB 3606 will amend the Children with Disabilities Article of the Illinois School Code to provide for expanded state...more
On Friday, April 19, 2024, the United States Department of Education (USDoEd) released the final version (“final rule”) of its amendments to the regulations implementing Title IX. Title IX has now been significantly amended...more
Educational institutions are anxiously awaiting the U.S. Department of Education’s issuance of the amended final Title IX regulations. The deadline for releasing the new regulations has been pushed back several times...more
As a quick update for our education clients, the Biden administration purportedly plans to delay the release date of the Title IX final rule on transgender athletes until after the presidential election. While the Department...more
On June 23, 2022, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced proposed revisions to the regulations effectuating Title IX of the Educations Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). Since then, numerous deadlines set for the release...more
As federal student loan repayments resume after a three-year pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published an Issue Spotlight on student borrowers’ experiences, using consumer...more
On January 11, Massachusetts Attorney General (AG) Andrea Joy Campbell announced a $1.8 million settlement with Nelnet, Inc. (Nelnet), one of the largest federal student loan servicers in the U.S., for allegedly sending...more
If you’re a Latin pedant, you’ll want to use the traditional ‘see-nay de-ay,’ but the common American English pronunciation used in legislative machinations is ‘sigh-neh dye.’ Perhaps it ought to be “sign or die” to be more...more
Franczek P.C. is pleased to announce the publication of its Legislative Update for schools. A PDF version of the 2024 School Law Legislative Update is now available...more
[Revised and updated from my previous blog post in August]. As you know, the Department of Education is empowered to craft regulations to fulfill Congress’ mandate for sex equity under Title IX. The Department (ED),...more
Last month, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper signed House Bill 8 (HB 8) into law. In addition to establishing a new computer science requirement for high school graduation and certain age verification requirements to...more
The Accreditation Overhaul for North Carolina (and Florida) Colleges - Last month, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper signed House Bill 8 (HB 8) into law. In addition to establishing a new computer science requirement for...more
As we head into the 2023-24 school year we will be supplementing our annual School Law legislative update with our take on some of the most important pieces of education-related legislation from this year’s session of the...more
If you’re like most of us in the Title IX field, the deeply technocratic nuances of federal regulation bore you to tears. I share your ennui. Please consider this your least complicated primer on how and when we may get the...more
We want to share a quick Title IX update from the Department of Education. The Department just announced through a blog post that due to the large number of public comments it received regarding its proposed rules to Title IX...more
On April 6, the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released its much-anticipated proposed Title IX rule on the eligibility of students for participation in athletic programs based on their gender identity....more
At its March 10, 2023 meeting, the General Assembly’s Education Committee began the process of approving bills. The following is a brief summary of the bills that the Committee voted favorably on and advanced out of...more
In this post, we continue our recap of recent Title IX-related news that you might have missed and noteworthy items to keep an eye on in 2023. Below, we cover recent federal government actions and proposals to bolster...more
As we discussed in a previous alert, the Biden administration recently released its proposed Title IX regulations. Today, the administration published the proposed regulations in the Federal Register, beginning the 60-day...more