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ALERT! The G.L. case that remedies are expanded in due process for a District’s failure to provide FAPE
Christina Lane
ALERT! Third Circuit Court of Appeals decided on September 22, 2015 in the G.L. case that remedies are expanded in due process for a District’s failure to provide FAPE in…
2013
Alfred Maiello
Education Fall 2013 Featured Articles Affordable Care Act – Delayed but not Forgotten What you Tweet Could be Held Against You Focus on Special Education: What Happens When Divorced, Separated,…
2012
Alfred Maiello
Education Fall 2012 Featured Articles Student Drug Testing: Can Your District Do It? Sexual Harassment – A Dominant Public Policy U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Several Appeals Focus on Special…
2013
Alfred Maiello
Before You Hit “Send:” Avoiding Inadvertent Contract Formation by E-mail November 2013 Social Media – When was your Last Update? April 2013
2014
Alfred Maiello
House Bill 1816/Act 168 New Requirements for School Employers – Employment History Review of Prospective Employee (“Pass the Trash”) December 2014 House Bill 435/Act 153 Certification of Clearances for Volunteers/School…
PSBA calls for investigation into charter schools’ receipt of gaming funds during the state budget stalemate
Christina Lane
The Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA) called Friday for an investigation into charter schools’ receipt of gaming funds in the midst of a four-month state budget stalemate that has deprived…
CASPA vs. Prompt Pay Act
Alfred Maiello
Through the efforts of MB&M’s construction law group, the question that has lingered for the past 16 years has finally been answered; whether CASPA or the Prompt Pay Act apply…
Alfred C. Maiello received the President’s Award for Distinguished Career Achievement
Alfred Maiello
Alfred C. Maiello received the President’s Award for Distinguished Career Achievement from the Pennsylvania School Board Solicitors Association today in Hershey, PA. The award is given to a school solicitor…
Budget impasse squeezes some school districts’ payments to charters
Alfred Maiello
By Christen Smith, Staff Reporter, Capitolwire Reposted with permission As of Thursday more than two dozen school districts have shortchanged or suspended tuition payments to charter schools amid the ongoing budget…
Regulatory News – IRCC Seeks Clarification on Proposed Changes for SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS
Christina Lane
The Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRCC) has issued comments seeking consistency and clarification to amendments proposed by the Department of Transportation (PennDOT) to its regulations for school bus drivers that…
Budget impasse cash flow measures: PSBA guidance on legality of delaying employer contributions to PSERS and non-local portion of charter school tuition
Christina Lane
PSBA General Counsel has provided legal analysis explaining why it is lawful for school entities to take two particular stop-gap measures for addressing the cash flow pinch caused by the…
State May Eliminate PlanCon Reimbursement for School Construction
Christina Lane
As budget issues remain unresolved, the administration has suggested its support for the elimination of the state’s program for approved school construction and renovation projects under the PlanCon program. PSBA…
ALERT! Supreme Court Rules that Schools Must Bus Students from Divorced Parents’ Two Residences
Christina Lane
On August 28, 2015, Justice Baer issued an opinion upholding the lower court ruling in the Watts case from Lancaster County. However, Justice Baer made it clear the Court was…
PSBA Disappointed with Chester-Upland Decision
Alfred Maiello
PSBA is disappointed with the decision made by Common Pleas Court Judge Chad F. Kenney to reject the financial recovery plan proposed by the state for the Chester-Upland School District…