New Requirements for Independent School Employees Take Effect October 1, 2025
Starting October 1, 2025, Connecticut independent schools will experience a significant shift in how they handle employee leave benefits. Public Act 25-174 extends two key state programs—the Connecticut Family
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
It was a long school year, and I breathe a sigh of relief that the summer break is here. However, the challenges continue. Two days before the school year ended, a ninth-grade
Once signed, effective October 1, 2025, House Bill 7288 will make CT FMLA and CT Paid Leave, access to the Connecticut Family Medical Leave Act (“CT FMLA”) and Connecticut Paid Family Medical Leave Insurance (“CT Paid Leave”) will be expanded
In its recently adjourned session, the General Assembly passed two major bills regarding special education. Although the Governor has not yet signed these bills, we wanted to provide a brief and non-exhaustive overview of the bills’ most important provisions that
On June 4, 2025, embedded in an omnibus bonding bill, the Connecticut General Assembly amended the Connecticut Paid Sick Leave Act as it applies to certain employees of municipalities and boards of education. While the proposed text has passed
Mr. Superintendent was getting nervous. The end of June was rapidly approaching, and it was looking like the Nutmeg Board of Education was going to run a deficit when the balloon payments to teachers are made on the last day of
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
As the principal of a middle school, I am familiar with the challenges posed by some of the T-shirts that students wear. I want to be respectful of the free speech
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
The end of the school year is a crazy busy time, and I am so grateful for the work of my administrative assistant, who helps me run this large middle
With the arrival of warm weather and longer days, the Nutmeg Board of Education has been in the “expulsion season” in recent weeks, that special time of the year when in the exuberance of spring some students push past the
Nellie Nervous had thought it would be great to serve her hometown of Nutmeg by getting elected to the Nutmeg Board of Education. The campaign was hard fought, but by knocking on doors and attending every event she could think of,
