News from Thrun Law

As part of our service to retainer clients, Thrun Law Firm will conduct a series of 1-hour webinars this spring. The Tuesdays with Thrun webinar series will be offered at no charge to our retainer clients.

Webinars will be held on the following dates/times and will cover the following topics:

• Tuesday, April 22, 2025
  
  • 8:30 a.m. – 9:35 a.m.: Employee Accommodations
  • 9:45 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.: Responding to Unlawful...

Public Act 209 of 2024, effective April 2, 2025, adds Revised School Code Section 1300, which will require schools to allow a Native American individual to wear traditional regalia and bring traditional objects to ceremonies of honor. Notably, this law will apply to this school year’s graduation ceremonies.

“Traditional regalia” means any cultural, religious, or ceremonial clothing or wearable items representing a Native American’s tribal or ancestral traditions.

“Traditional...

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a federal civil rights statute that prohibits recipients of federal funds from discriminating against individuals with disabilities. In addition to an increase in complaints filed with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), we also are seeing an increase in parent requests for Section 504 hearings. Section 504 hearings require a neutral hearing officer and the presentation of testimony and other evidence. This month...

As reported in our August 29, 2024 School Law Notes, the Michigan Supreme Court recently declared the Michigan Paid Medical Leave Act (PMLA) void and ruled that the Employee Sick Time Act (ESTA) be implemented in its place effective February 21, 2025. Mothering Justice v Attorney General, MSC Docket No. 165325 (July 31, 2024). As schools prepare to implement the...