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- Grateful
- House Bill 53 on Confidentiality
- Reporting Educator Misconduct – “Who, What & When” as of September 1, 2017
- House Bill 674: Keeping Students on Campus
- The Truth About Grievances
- Unfortunately, There is More Than One Bad Apple
- Baby You Can Drive My Car: How to Conduct a Sexual Harassment Investigation – Part 1
- PAXTON ISSUES QUICK OPINION ON SCHOOL DISTRICT EFFORTS TO CREATE CULTURE OF VOTING
- TEA SEEKING INPUT REGARDING DRAFT CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
- Guns, Drugs, & Interloping
- School Board Mean Girls
- Delegation Evasion
- The Parent's Always Right...Not
- Report Raises Triple Threat: Safety, Discipline, & Special Education
- Who Doesn't Get an MDR? OSEP Clarifies Obligations for Children Not Yet Eligible for Special Education
- These Quorums Weren't Made for Walking
- In a World Where High School and College Degrees are Everything and Hard Work is Often Overlooked
- Public Information Overload
- Just When a District Thinks it is Done with a Student, FAPE Still Applies
- COVID-19 Guidance for School Districts
- COVID-19 and the Public Information Act
- COVID-19 Helpful Resources
- COVID-19 ALERT: Governor Allows Local May Elections to be Postponed to November
- COVID-19 ALERT: TEA Issues Guidance on Special Education
- COVID-19 ALERT: Leave Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- Identifying Essential School-District Services Under Latest Texas Executive Order
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- 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
- TEA Special Education and Special Populations Updates for the Week of April 20, 2020
- Class of 2020: Waiving Graduation Requirements
- Now They Tell Us: Authority to Regulate Public Comments
- 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
- Limited Access to School Buildings by Students Now Permitted; TEA’s Guidance on Graduation Ceremonies
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- Title IX: Questions and Answers Regarding the Final Rule
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- 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
- TEA Special Education and Special Populations Updates for the Week of May 25, 2020
- TEA Special Education and Special Populations Updates for the Week of June 1, 2020
- Attorney General Claims Local Orders Closing Schools Are Invalid. Tarrant County Abandoning Order?
- FAPE and Transportation
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- Update on New York Class Action Complaint
- ACLU Dress-Code Letters
- Understanding Compensatory Services
- To Lease or Not to Lease, That is the Question
- Student Trustees Would Be Mandatory Under Senate Bill 272
- Party On?! Chapter 21 and the First Amendment
- Mishandling Reports of Sexual Harassment Could Cost Your District Millions
- Retaliation: Who Did What and When?
- Sex Discrimination 2.0
- Schools May Regulate Off-Campus Student Speech, But Tread Cautiously
- Tempted by Exemptions
- Child Abuse Reporting Mandate and Attorney General Opinion KP-0401
- Coach Prayers: Private Speech or Problematic Coercion
- School Safety & Security Mandates: Random Audits Coming in 2022-2023
- "In God We Trust" Sign Donations: How Should Districts Respond?
- Don’t be Spooked by Title IX Complaints
- School District Strikes Out
- Abbott to Stop the Tok
- OCR Releases New Guidance on Title IX and Athletics
- Board Operating Procedures Did Not Restrict Speech
- Anticipated Release Date for Title IX Final Rule
- P-I-YAY!
- House Bill 3 Strengthens School Safety and Security
- Don't Forget to Document!
- PIAs & The Holidays
Category: Litigation
- House Bill 53 on Confidentiality
- Update on New York Class Action Complaint
Category: Personnel
- Reporting Educator Misconduct – “Who, What & When” as of September 1, 2017
- Unfortunately, There is More Than One Bad Apple
- COVID-19 Guidance for School Districts
- COVID-19 ALERT: Leave Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- Identifying Essential School-District Services Under Latest Texas Executive Order
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- 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
- Title IX: Questions and Answers Regarding the Final Rule
- Party On?! Chapter 21 and the First Amendment
- Tempted by Exemptions
- Child Abuse Reporting Mandate and Attorney General Opinion KP-0401
- Coach Prayers: Private Speech or Problematic Coercion
- Don't Forget to Document!
Category: SBEC
- Reporting Educator Misconduct – “Who, What & When” as of September 1, 2017
- Unfortunately, There is More Than One Bad Apple
Category: Students
- Reporting Educator Misconduct – “Who, What & When” as of September 1, 2017
- Guns, Drugs, & Interloping
- Report Raises Triple Threat: Safety, Discipline, & Special Education
- Who Doesn't Get an MDR? OSEP Clarifies Obligations for Children Not Yet Eligible for Special Education
- In a World Where High School and College Degrees are Everything and Hard Work is Often Overlooked
- Just When a District Thinks it is Done with a Student, FAPE Still Applies
- COVID-19 Guidance for School Districts
- COVID-19 ALERT: TEA Issues Guidance on Special Education
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- TEA Special Education and Special Populations Updates for the Week of April 20, 2020
- Class of 2020: Waiving Graduation Requirements
- 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
- Limited Access to School Buildings by Students Now Permitted; TEA’s Guidance on Graduation Ceremonies
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- Title IX: Questions and Answers Regarding the Final Rule
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- TEA Special Education and Special Populations Updates for the Week of May 18, 2020
- TEA Special Education and Special Populations Updates for the Week of June 1, 2020
- Attorney General Claims Local Orders Closing Schools Are Invalid. Tarrant County Abandoning Order?
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- ACLU Dress-Code Letters
- Understanding Compensatory Services
- Student Trustees Would Be Mandatory Under Senate Bill 272
- Mishandling Reports of Sexual Harassment Could Cost Your District Millions
- Retaliation: Who Did What and When?
- Schools May Regulate Off-Campus Student Speech, But Tread Cautiously
- Tempted by Exemptions
- Child Abuse Reporting Mandate and Attorney General Opinion KP-0401
- School Safety & Security Mandates: Random Audits Coming in 2022-2023
- Don’t be Spooked by Title IX Complaints
- School District Strikes Out
- Abbott to Stop the Tok
- OCR Releases New Guidance on Title IX and Athletics
- House Bill 3 Strengthens School Safety and Security
Category: Discipline
- House Bill 674: Keeping Students on Campus
- Report Raises Triple Threat: Safety, Discipline, & Special Education
- Schools May Regulate Off-Campus Student Speech, But Tread Cautiously
- Don’t be Spooked by Title IX Complaints
Category: Legislative Update
- House Bill 674: Keeping Students on Campus
- Unfortunately, There is More Than One Bad Apple
- Public Information Overload
- P-I-YAY!
Category: Board Policy
- The Truth About Grievances
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- How Does Your District Calculate FMLA Leave? You May Want to Make a Policy Change
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- Now They Tell Us: Authority to Regulate Public Comments
- "In God We Trust" Sign Donations: How Should Districts Respond?
- Board Operating Procedures Did Not Restrict Speech
- House Bill 3 Strengthens School Safety and Security
Category: Grievances
- The Truth About Grievances
- Delegation Evasion
Category: School Boards
- The Truth About Grievances
- School Board Mean Girls
- These Quorums Weren't Made for Walking
- COVID-19 Guidance for School Districts
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- Student Trustees Would Be Mandatory Under Senate Bill 272
- Party On?! Chapter 21 and the First Amendment
- School Safety & Security Mandates: Random Audits Coming in 2022-2023
- House Bill 3 Strengthens School Safety and Security
Category: Investigations
- Baby You Can Drive My Car: How to Conduct a Sexual Harassment Investigation – Part 1
Category: Sexual Harassment
- Baby You Can Drive My Car: How to Conduct a Sexual Harassment Investigation – Part 1
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- Title IX: Questions and Answers Regarding the Final Rule
- Sex Discrimination 2.0
- School District Strikes Out
- Anticipated Release Date for Title IX Final Rule
Category: Elections
- PAXTON ISSUES QUICK OPINION ON SCHOOL DISTRICT EFFORTS TO CREATE CULTURE OF VOTING
- Guns, Drugs, & Interloping
- COVID-19 ALERT: Governor Allows Local May Elections to be Postponed to November
Category: IDEA
- TEA SEEKING INPUT REGARDING DRAFT CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
- The Parent's Always Right...Not
- Who Doesn't Get an MDR? OSEP Clarifies Obligations for Children Not Yet Eligible for Special Education
- Just When a District Thinks it is Done with a Student, FAPE Still Applies
- COVID-19 UPDATE
Category: Section 504
- TEA SEEKING INPUT REGARDING DRAFT CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- TEA Special Education and Special Populations Updates for the Week of April 20, 2020
- TEA and U.S. Dept. of Education Special Education Updates for the Week of April 27, 2020
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- TEA Special Education and Special Populations Updates for the Week of May 18, 2020
- TEA Special Education and Special Populations Updates for the Week of May 25, 2020
- TEA Special Education and Special Populations Updates for the Week of June 1, 2020
- FAPE and Transportation
- COVID-19 UPDATE
Category: LRE
- The Parent's Always Right...Not
Category: Special Education
- The Parent's Always Right...Not
- Report Raises Triple Threat: Safety, Discipline, & Special Education
- Who Doesn't Get an MDR? OSEP Clarifies Obligations for Children Not Yet Eligible for Special Education
- In a World Where High School and College Degrees are Everything and Hard Work is Often Overlooked
- Just When a District Thinks it is Done with a Student, FAPE Still Applies
- COVID-19 ALERT: TEA Issues Guidance on Special Education
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- TEA Special Education and Special Populations Updates for the Week of April 20, 2020
- TEA and U.S. Dept. of Education Special Education Updates for the Week of April 27, 2020
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- TEA Special Education and Special Populations Updates for the Week of May 18, 2020
- TEA Special Education and Special Populations Updates for the Week of May 25, 2020
- TEA Special Education and Special Populations Updates for the Week of June 1, 2020
- FAPE and Transportation
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- Understanding Compensatory Services
Category: Public Information Act
- Public Information Overload
- COVID-19 and the Public Information Act
- P-I-YAY!
- PIAs & The Holidays
Category: COVID-19
- COVID-19 Guidance for School Districts
- COVID-19 and the Public Information Act
- COVID-19 Helpful Resources
- COVID-19 ALERT: Governor Allows Local May Elections to be Postponed to November
- COVID-19 ALERT: TEA Issues Guidance on Special Education
- COVID-19 ALERT: Leave Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- Identifying Essential School-District Services Under Latest Texas Executive Order
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- 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
- TEA Special Education and Special Populations Updates for the Week of April 20, 2020
- Class of 2020: Waiving Graduation Requirements
- Now They Tell Us: Authority to Regulate Public Comments
- 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
- Limited Access to School Buildings by Students Now Permitted; TEA’s Guidance on Graduation Ceremonies
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- 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
- TEA Special Education and Special Populations Updates for the Week of May 25, 2020
- TEA Special Education and Special Populations Updates for the Week of June 1, 2020
- Attorney General Claims Local Orders Closing Schools Are Invalid. Tarrant County Abandoning Order?
- FAPE and Transportation
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- Understanding Compensatory Services
- Tempted by Exemptions
Category: Attendance Waivers
- COVID-19 Guidance for School Districts
Category: Board Governance
- COVID-19 Guidance for School Districts
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- How Does Your District Calculate FMLA Leave? You May Want to Make a Policy Change
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- Now They Tell Us: Authority to Regulate Public Comments
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- Student Trustees Would Be Mandatory Under Senate Bill 272
- "In God We Trust" Sign Donations: How Should Districts Respond?
- Board Operating Procedures Did Not Restrict Speech
Category: Open Meetings Act
- COVID-19 Guidance for School Districts
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- Now They Tell Us: Authority to Regulate Public Comments
Category: Facilities
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- Schools to Stay Closed for 2019-2020: TEA Rules Concerning Use of School Buildings by Teachers and Staff
Category: FMLA
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- How Does Your District Calculate FMLA Leave? You May Want to Make a Policy Change
Category: Graduation
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- Class of 2020: Waiving Graduation Requirements
- Executive Order GA-18, Essential and Reopened Services, Impact on Graduations and Proms
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- Limited Access to School Buildings by Students Now Permitted; TEA’s Guidance on Graduation Ceremonies
- COVID-19 UPDATE
Category: At Home Learning
- TEA and U.S. Dept. of Education Special Education Updates for the Week of April 27, 2020
- Understanding Compensatory Services
Category: Title IX
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- Title IX: Questions and Answers Regarding the Final Rule
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- Mishandling Reports of Sexual Harassment Could Cost Your District Millions
- Sex Discrimination 2.0
- Don’t be Spooked by Title IX Complaints
- School District Strikes Out
- OCR Releases New Guidance on Title IX and Athletics
- Anticipated Release Date for Title IX Final Rule
Category: Office for Civil Rights
- Retaliation: Who Did What and When?
- Sex Discrimination 2.0
Category: First Amendment
- Schools May Regulate Off-Campus Student Speech, But Tread Cautiously
- Board Operating Procedures Did Not Restrict Speech
Category: School Safety
- School Safety & Security Mandates: Random Audits Coming in 2022-2023
- House Bill 3 Strengthens School Safety and Security
Category: Athletics
- OCR Releases New Guidance on Title IX and Athletics

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November 21, 2024

PIAs & The Holidays

A number of clients have reached out regarding Public Information Act requests that have come in this week and whose deadlines may be impacted by the upcoming holidays. We wanted to send out a quick reminder to our clients that for the purposes of the Texas Public Information Act, “business days” includes days the district […]

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