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Beware of Penalties Under New State Budget

December 1, 2025

Last month, we provided a general overview of the new state budget, which amends the State School Aid Act (“SSAA”) for State fiscal year 2025-2026. We are now drawing attention to SSAA Section 164k to highlight potential penalties resulting from non-compliance.

Section 164k mandates that...

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Sixth Circuit Blocks Ohio School from Disciplining Students for Use of “Biological Pronouns”

November 21, 2025

An en banc panel of all 17 judges on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, whose decisions are binding on Michigan schools, recently ruled that a parent group was likely to succeed on the merits of its claim that an Ohio school violated students’ free speech rights when it...

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Sixth Circuit Affirms “Let’s Go Brandon” Decision

November 17, 2025

On October 14, 2025, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, whose decisions are binding in Michigan, upheld a ruling allowing public schools to censor student speech reasonably determined to be vulgar. B.A. v Tri Co Area Schs, No. 24-1769 (CA 6, 2025). As reported in our...

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Events

MASSP Webinar Series

Erin Walz and Cathleen Dooley will present “Beyond the Red Flag: What to Do (and Not Do) When Threat Assessments Raise Concerns”.

January 20, 2026

MSBO

Chris Iamarino will present "Bonding, Borrowing and Investing".

April 21, 2026