The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is now implementing the 2022 Michigan Clean Diesel Program. This program seeks to subsidize the replacement of diesel vehicles, engines, and/or equipment with either (1) zero tailpipe emission vehicles, engines, or equipment or (2) hybrid or alternative fuel vehicles, engines, or equipment.

The program funds may be used to decommission and replace diesel school buses. To be eligible, a bus must be operational, have...

Jeffrey J. Butler

Dear Retainer Client:

Thrun Law Firm received word that Jeffrey J. Butler passed away yesterday evening in his home in Okemos, Michigan. Jeff had just this past Thursday joined Team Thrun after more than thirty years of legal practice in the areas of special education and disability-rights law, with...

This month’s Back to Basics article focuses on school officials’ responsibility to comply with the “child find” requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. School officials must exercise vigi­lance to identify students with disabilities residing within the school’s boundaries.

IDEA Requirements

The IDEA and its implementing regulations impose an affirmative duty on public schools to ensure that all...

It is a heavy time for Michigan public education. The COVID-19 pandemic and a strained political environment have made this school year beyond challenging. The recent tragedy in Oxford seems almost unbearable. Like you, our hearts ache for the Oxford victims and their families and for the entire Oxford community, including its teachers and staff, students, administrators, and board of education.

We know that the challenges of this year, now compounded by renewed school safety concerns...