United States Supreme Court
Discrimination Supreme Court denied petition for certiorari where 3d Circuit dismissed pro se complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be…
Discrimination Supreme Court denied petition for certiorari where 3d Circuit dismissed pro se complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be…
Attorney’s Fees Third Circuit affirmed an award of attorney’s fees. Appellate Court denied that a 2:1 preparation to hearing ratio was reasonable as applied to…
Defamation District Court dismissed school’s counterclaim for defamation where parent comments were formed as an opinion and Court expressed concern over the potential chilling effect…
Sending-Receiving New Jersey Supreme Court denied petition for certification. In docket numbers C-682, C-629 and C-630, cross petitions were also denied. In re: Withdrawal of…
Child Abuse Appellate Division dismissed complaint asserting a school district’s violation of the Child Sexual Abuse Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:61B-1 holding that the school district did…
At this time, there are no related decisions reported for March/April 2016.
Board Member Removal Commissioner upholds board member N.J.S.A. 18A:12-3 removal for missing more than three consecutive meetings without good cause. Board adopted bylaw which provided…
Tenure Charges for Inefficiency upheld where Teacher of Spanish found to be ineffective for two consecutive years; Claims by teacher of retaliation and that he was set up to fail not supported by the evidence. Gonzalez, 2016: March 3 http://nj.gov/education/legal/teachnj/2016/mar/98-16.pdf After two years of such focused effort and assistance by the District as well…
At this time, there are no related decisions reported for March/April 2016.
C38-15, 03/22/16 – School Ethics Commission determined that complaint was not timely filed; complaint dismissed. C03-16, 03/22/16 - School Ethics Commission determined that complaint was…
State Board of Examiners ordered revocation of teacher’s Substitute Credential. Substitute teacher’s action of calling a student at her home, picking her up in his…
At this time, there are no related decisions reported for March/April 2016.
Anti-Bullying Act Division determined that parents failed to produce sufficient credible evidence to satisfy the residuum rule, allegations of bullying dismissed. D.W. v. Willingboro, Dkt…
At this time, there are no related decisions reported for March/April 2016.
At this time, there are no related decisions reported for March/April 2016.
N.J.A.C. Chapter 7 - Managing for Equality and Equity in Education (April 4, 2016) N.J.A.C. Chapter 9B - State Board of Examiners and Certification (May…