In Brief: School Law Update – Spring 2022

• Universal Masking: Where Are We Now? by Jocelyn P. Kramer, Esq.
• Using IEP and 504 Processes to Ensure that In-Person Learning Can Continue for All Students, by Lynne P. Sherry, Esq
• Staff News: WBK Managing Partner M. Janet Burkardt to Retire June 30, 2022

In Brief: School Law Update – Fall 2021

• Free Speech at Public Board Meetings, by Jocelyn P. Kramer, Esq.
• Commonwealth Court Rules Annual Salary is Measure for Demotion Under Section 1151 of the School Code, by Ira Weiss, Esq.
• Commonwealth Court holds that District May Supplement Multiple Charter School Application, by Annemarie Harr Eagle, Esq.

In Brief: School Law Update – Summer 2021

• Amendments to the Sunshine Act Create Additional Requirements for Public Agencies, by Danielle Guarascio, Esq.
• Maximizing Tax Collections, by Megan Turnbull, Esq.
• Back-to-School: FERPA, but Not HIPAA, Obligations, by Annemarie Harr Eagle, Esq.

In Brief: School Law Update – Spring 2021

• Education Through a Trauma Informed Lens, by Lynne Sherry, Esq.
• Extended School Year Reminders and Considerations, by Annemarie Harr Eagle, Esq.

In Brief: School Law Update – Winter 2021

• A Tsunami of Assessment Appeals is Coming, by M. Janet Burkardt, Esq
• Commonwealth Court Affirms Employee Discipline Confidentiality Protections under the Right-to-Know Law, by Amanda Jewell, Esq.
• Act 110 of 2020: Protecting Victims of Student-on-Student Sexual Assault, by Nicole Williams, Esq.

In Brief:  School Law Update – Fall 2020

• New Title IX Regulations Create New Requirements for Schools, by Danielle Guarascio, Esq.
• Tax Exemption and Mixed-Use Incentive Program Act:  A New Tool in the Fight Against Blight, by Megan Turnbull, Esq.
• Navigating COVID-19 Compensatory Services (CCS), by Lynne Sherry, Esq. 

In Brief:  School Law Update – Summer 2020

• Commonwealth Court Rules that Student Cannot be Disciplined for Off-Campus, Crude Language, by Nicole W. Williams, Esq.
• PA Class Action Lawsuit Filed Regarding Denial of FAPE During COVID-19 School Closures, by Emily H. Hammel, Esq.
• Background Check Requirements for Independent Contractors: Clarification from the Commonwealth Court, by Lisa M. Colautti, Esq.
• Compliance Alert: New Title IX Regulations, by Amanda B. Jewell, Esq.

In Brief:  School Law Update – Spring 2020

• Pandemic of 2020: Act 13 and Act 15, by Jocelyn P. Kramer, Esq. and Nicole Wingard Williams, Esq.
• Attorneys Emily Hammel and Danielle Guarascio Join WBK as Associates

In Brief:  School Law Update – Winter 2020

• Emotional Disturbance Eligibility: What are Your School and Community Norms, by Rebecca Heaton Hall, Esq.
• Legislature Restores Arrest Powers for School Police Officers, by Aimee R. Zundel, Esq.
• Alternative Education for Disruptive Youth (AEDY) Update, by Lynne Sherry, Esq.

In Brief:  School Law Update – Fall 2019

• Tools to Address School Avoidance and Anxiety, by Aimee R. Zundel, Esq.
• Overhaul of Alternative Education for Disruptive Youth (AEDY) Programs in Pennsylvania, By Lynne P. Sherry, Esq.

In Brief:  School Law Update – Spring 2019

• PA Supreme Court Issues Unanimous Ruling Modifying Tort Claims Act, by Lisa M. Colautti, Esq.
• Truancy – The Legal Landscape, by Lynne P. Sherry, Esq.
• It is Safe2Say Something, Unless it is False! by Jocelyn Kramer, Esq.

In Brief:  School Law Update – Winter 2019

• Safe2Say Program Launch, Federal School Safety Commission Recommendations & Related Developments, by Aimee R. Zundel, Esq.
• Aimee Zundel is Named Partner at Weiss Burkardt Kramer

In Brief:  School Law Update – Summer 2018

• Justices Define the Role of a Court Following a School District’s Decision to Sell Property, by Janet Burkardt, Esq.
• How to Comply with Pennsylvania Law in the Post Mann v. Palmerton Landscape and Prevent Traumatic Brain Injury Amount Student-Athletes, by Victor Kustra, Esq.

In Brief:  School Law Update – Spring 2018

• School Discipline and School Safety – A Review, by Annemarie Harr, Esq.
• Providing Students with a Continuum of Behavior and Emotional Supports

In Brief:  School Law Update – Winter 2018

• Act 55 of 2017:  Omnibus School Code Amendments, by Ira Weiss, Esq.
• WBK Welcomes Two New Associates

In Brief:  School Law Update – Fall 2017

• Is your Facebook Page a Public Record? by Nicole Wingard Williams, Esq.
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Issues Unanimous Ruling Limiting Charter School Amendments, by Lisa M. Colautti, Esq.

In Brief:  School Law Update – Spring 2017

• The Proposed Elimination of Property Tax: Another Attack on Local Control, by Ira Weiss, Esq.
• Recent Developments on the Issue of Transgender Student Rights, by Annemarie K. Harr, Esq.

In Brief:  School Law Update – Winter 2016

• Portability of Background Checks: What School Administrators Need to Know, by Nicole Wingard Williams, Esq.
• This Month’s Smoking “Hot” Topic for Administrators, by Jocelyn P. Kramer, Esq.
• School Employee Home Addresses and the Right-to-Know Law Update, by Nicole Wingard Williams, Esq.
• Omnibus School Code Amendments, by Lisa M. Colautti, Esq.

In Brief – School Law Update – Fall 2016

• What Act 10 Means for School Districts, by Annemarie K. Harr, Esq.
• Update: Anti-Hazing Law, by Hobart J. “Hobie” Webster, Esq.
• New Federal Guidance to Schools, by Aimee Rankin Zundel, Esq.

In Brief – School Law Update – Summer 2016

• Transgender Student Rights:  An Update, by Annemarie K. Harr, Esq.
• New FLSA Regulations to Take Effect in December, by Joseph D. Shaulis, Esq.

In Brief – School Law Update – Fall 2015

• PA Supreme Court Rules on Transportation Responsibilities, by Nicole Wingard Williams, Esq. & Jocelyn P. Kramer, Esq.
• School Voucher Case Decided, by Lisa M. Colautti, Esq.

In Brief – School Law Update – July 2015

• Right-to-Know Law Update, by Nicole Wingard Williams, Esq.
• Prevention Could Ensure Professional Use of Technology, by Aimee Rankin Zundel, Esq. & Jocelyn P. Kramer, Esq.

In Brief – School Law Update – March 2015

• Statutory Considerations in School District Construction Contracts, by James P. McGraw, III, Esq.
• Discipline of Special Education Students: Out-of-School Suspensions, by Rebecca Heaton Hall, Esq.

In Brief -School Law Update – September 2014 

• PIAA Passes New MixedGender Participation Bylaws, by Christian D. Bareford, Esq.
• Transportation Hot Topics, by Nicole Wingard Williams, Esq.
• Recent Charter School Decision, by Nicole Wingard Williams, Esq.

In Brief – School Law Update – June 2014

• Pennsylvania Lawmakers Consider Expansion of Public Private Partnership Legislation, by James P. McGraw, III, Esq.
• New Child Protection Bills Signed into Law, by Lisa M. Colautti, Esq.
• Prayer at Local Government Meetings, by Nicole Wingard Williams, Esq. & Ira Weiss, Esq.

In Brief – School Law Update – April 2014

• Supreme Court Issues Decision on Executive Sessions and the Sunshine Act, by Nicole Wingard Williams, Esq.
• Important Changes Made to the Educator’s Misconduct Act, by Jocelyn P. Kramer, Esq.
• Audiotaping Now Permitted on School Buses, by Nicole Wingard Williams, Esq.

In Brief – School Law Update – December 2013

• Recovery of Money Damages from Schools in Disability Discrimination Claims, by Aimee Rankin Zundel, Esq.
• CDC Issues Voluntary Guidelines on Serving Children with Food Allergies. Are They Really Voluntary? by M. Janet Burkardt, Esquire & Aimee Rankin Zundel, Esq.

In Brief – School Law Update – September 2013

• Act 82 Now in Effect – What You Need to Know!

In Brief – School Law Update – June 2013

• Special Education Updates, by Jocelyn P. Kramer, Esq.
• Data-Driven Dismissals: Future of Employee Discipline Under Act 82, by Jocelyn P. Kramer, Esq.
• H.S. Senior Suspension Challenged the District and the Court on ‘Notice’, by Robert Max Junker, Esq. 

In Brief – School Law Update – February 2013

• Equal Access to Athletic Programs for Students with Disabilities, by Ira Weiss, Esq. & Aimee Rankin Zundel, Esq.
• Street Preacher Evokes First Amendment Right and Loses, by Keely J. Collins, Esq. King, Spry, Herman, Freund & Faul, LLC