COVID-19

Click here to be added to the Leasor Crass COVID-19 alerts.

COVID-19 UPDATE (7.28.2020)

• Attorney General Claims Local Orders Closing Schools Are Invalid. Tarrant County Abandoning Order?
• FAPE and Transportation

COVID-19 UPDATE (6.9.2020)

• TEA Special Education and Special Populations Updates for the Week of June 1, 2020

COVID-19 UPDATE (6.3.2020)

• TEA Special Education and Special Populations Updates for the Week of May 25, 2020

COVID-19 UPDATE (5.28.2020)

• TEA Special Education and Special Populations Updates for the Week of May 18, 2020
• Executive Order GA-23; Schools May Reopen June 1, 2020 Subject to TEA Guidelines

COVID-19 UPDATE (5.20.2020)

• TEA Special Education Updates for the Week of May 11, 2020

COVID-19 UPDATE (5.11.2020)

• Title IX: Questions and Answers Regarding the Final Rule
• TEA’s Updated Guidance on Graduation Ceremonies (*Updated 5.27.2020*)
• TEA Special Education Updates for the Week of May 4, 2020

Limited Access to School Buildings by Students Now Permitted; TEA’s Guidance on Graduation Ceremonies (5.6.2020)

COVID-19 UPDATE (5.4.2020)

• Don’t Forget About FERPA
• TEA and U.S. Dept. of Education Special Education Updates for the Week of April 27, 2020
• Executive Order GA-18, Essential and Reopened Services, Impact on Graduations and Proms

COVID-19 UPDATE (4.27.2020)

• TEA Special Education and Special Populations Updates for the Week of April 20, 2020
• Now They Tell Us: Authority to Regulate Public Comment
• Class of 2020: Waiving Graduation Requirements
• Planning for the Future

COVID-19 UPDATE (4.21.2020)

• TEA Special Education and Special Populations Updates for the Week of April 13, 2020
• How Does Your District Calculate FMLA Leave? You May Want to Make a Policy Change
• Schools to Stay Closed for 2019-2020: TEA Rules Concerning Use of School Buildings by Teachers and Staff

COVID-19 UPDATE (4.13.2020)

• Documenting Temporary SPED Services
• Delegation of Authority to Superintendent
• NSBA Legislative Call to Action Regarding SPED Services
• Board Policy Suspension Regarding Grading, Class Rank & Related Matters
• Identifying Essential School-District Services Under Latest Texas Executive Order

COVID-19 ALERT: Leave Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (3.20.2020)

COVID-19 ALERT: TEA Issues Guidance on Special Education (3.19.2020)

COVID-19 ALERT: Governor Allows Local May Elections to be Postponed to November (3.18.2020)

COVID-19 and the Public Information Act (3.17.2020)

COVID-19 Guidance for School Districts (3.17.2020)

• District Closures and Attendance Waivers
• Continuity of Instruction
• Contract Nonrenewals
• School Boards
  • Temporary Delegation of Authority to Superintendent
  • Paying Employees During Closures
  • Open Meetings Act: Temporary Suspension of Certain Provisions

COVID-19 Helpful Resources (3.13.2020)