Given the present circumstances, it may be easy to forget to provide employees “reasonable assurance” for a job in the 2020-21 school year. Under the Michigan Employment Security[...]
On May 6, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education released long-awaited new regulations implementing Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex-based educational discrimination in schools receiving federal[...]
Governor Whitmer signed into law Public Act 45 of 2020, effective June 1, 2020, which amends the Construction of School Buildings Act to permit a temporary door locking[...]
Distance learning presents unique and difficult challenges, especially for students with disabilities. School officials continue to struggle with how to provide effective special education programming while still meeting[...]
As the end of the school year approaches, school officials must make important and timely personnel decisions about the continued employment of probationary teachers and follow the applicable[...]
In a landmark ruling, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that students have a constitutional right to a “basic minimum education,” meaning access to a foundational[...]