On January 9, 2025, a federal district court in Kentucky ruled that the 2024 Title IX Regulations “are invalid and must be set aside.” Despite some ambiguity in the text of the decision, we concluded that the ruling likely vacated the 2024 Title IX Regulations for schools nationwide—not just for schools in the plaintiff states.
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2024 Title IX Regulations Are Likely Vacated
Last year was a turbulent one for Title IX, and although we are just a few days into 2025, this turbulence has persisted into the new year. Yesterday, January 9, 2025, a federal district court in Kentucky issued a ruling that likely vacates the 2024 Title IX Regulations nationwide. The language of the decision is…
CAS Legal Mailbag – 1/9/25
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
As the principal of an elementary school, I must deal with many different situations. Sometimes, it is an anxious student who needs comfort. Sometimes, it is a parent who needs to be straightened out. Sometimes, it is simply bad behavior.
Speaking of bad behavior, a couple of my…
See You In Court – January 2025
Bob Bombast, veteran member of the Nutmeg Board of Education, has been frustrated by the perennial need to reduce the Board’s budget request before submitting it to the Nutmeg Board of Finance and its parsimonious Chair, Seymour Dollars. Bob was delighted, therefore, to reconnect with his high school friend, Big Bucks, who has recently moved back…
CAS Legal Mailbag – 12/19/24
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag,
I am a superintendent of a PreK-12 public school district here in Connecticut, and I think I have budgetary PTSD. The problem started when our operating budget took a major hit due to unanticipated outplacements for new students and a decrease in excess cost grant payments…
Tuition Remission FAQs for Independent Schools
Last month, we hosted a webinar for our independent school clients entitled “Tuition Remission: Ensuring Compliance and Maximizing Benefits,” where we discussed tuition remission benefits for independent school employees. As a handy reference, we have prepared the following FAQs summarizing some of the topics addressed at the webinar and some tips from our lawyers.
Q1: What does Section…
Connecticut’s New Paid Sick Leave Law: What Independent Schools Need to Know
By Keegan Drenosky & Tom Owen
On January 1, 2025, an updated version of Connecticut’s paid sick leave law will become effective. This new law will pose unique compliance challenges for independent schools, who should proactively consider how they will implement the law’s mandates.
Who is Covered?
Independent schools and all their employees are covered by this new law, as well…
CAS Legal Mailbag – 12/12/24
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
Now that Thanksgiving is over, some of us are decorating for Christmas. That is normally fine with me, but one of my teachers may have gone overboard. A teacher in my school who doesn’t celebrate Christmas complained that another teacher has placed a small crèche on her…
CAS Legal Mailbag – 12/5/24
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Greetings Legal Mail Bag,
I have worked in districts that follow the policy that IEP progress reports are mailed home directly to families, as they are treated as the confidential file of the student to whom they belong. I have recently taken on a new position in a…
See You In Court – December 2024
Last May, the members of the Nutmeg Board of Education voted to extend Mr. Superintendent’s contract for one year, with the result that his contract now extends from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027. However, over the last six months, some members of the Board have decided that the performance of long-suffering Mr. Superintendent has…