Last week, Governor Lamont signed into law Public Act 26-1, bringing about changes that will affect the age at which students may begin kindergarten in Connecticut public schools. Currently, children who turn five after September 1 of the school year
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
Our local teachers union is at it again. I am in my first year as a middle school principal, and for the first part of the year I observed what
It is only February, but things are not looking good for 2025-2026 budget of the Nutmeg Board of Education. The costs of fixing damage caused by a broken pipe at Median Middle School and providing needed services to two newly-enrolled
Bob Bombast, veteran member of the Nutmeg Board of Education, decided that he needed to up his social media game. In recent years, he has been the subject of a number of unkind comments on the Friends of Nutmeg Facebook page,
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Dear Legal Mailbag,
With the rising cost of healthcare, lack of state funding for excess cost grants, flat ECS spending, and the never-ending costs of unfunded mandates, it should come as no surprise
Maybe.
In a novel decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court held in Rutgers v. AFSCME, Local 888, that the 2020 Title IX regulations preempted the grievance procedure in a collective bargaining agreement with a state university because the grievance procedure
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Guest Columnist: Joseph Miller
Hello, Legal Mailbag.
Your posts are so helpful to us school administrators—we appreciate you!
The latest misbehavior we’ve been facing from high-schoolers is sprouting from the AI world. Students
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
As an assistant principal, one of my main jobs is handling discipline. Recently, one of my students videoed a fight at school, and then she posted the video online. In
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
The staff and students at the elementary school where I am principal enjoy every holiday, and Valentine’s Day is no exception. We all try to wear red on Valentine’s Day, and
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
As an elementary school principal, I am usually very confident about my rights and responsibilities, but this week I find myself a little puzzled.
We received a call from the
