September 21, 2022
Courts have struggled to distinguish religious-themed activities and symbols that cross the line from those with enough secular significance to pass constitutional muster.
August 08, 2022
The student’s parent, the petitioner in this case, requested the student to be picked up and dropped off from a daycare center instead of from home, and contended that the student would have made less progress absent the daycare program.
August 04, 2022
The recent Supreme Court decision involving prayer will be the subject of a lively discussion at noon Aug. 11, when Ray Pinney, director of county activities and member engagement at New Jersey School Boards Association, interviews Marc Zitomer, a partner with Schenk, Price, Smith & King LLC
July 22, 2022
Practicing school board attorneys shared insights on recent court decisions, administrative rulings, statutes and codes that affect public education and school district governance.
June 28, 2022
In sum, the court concluded that the district had violated the football coach's First Amendment rights because he was engaging in private speech during time when other coaches were also engaged in private, albeit secular, speech.
December 09, 2016
The use of pictures, video and music files in school presentations, classroom lessons and on district websites is not a new phenomenon in New Jersey.…
February 11, 2016
With yet another delay in the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate, this may seem like a good time to breathe a sigh of relief and…
February 11, 2016
Residential placements, one of the most restrictive environments along the continuum of placements to be considered by child study teams, are increasingly the source of…
February 11, 2016
Each year, school district policies are shaped by legal decisions issued by state and federal courts, the commissioner of education and other administrative agencies. Here…