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New York Law Journal

Cuomo Signs NYC Schools Bill in Extra Session

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday afternoon signed a bill extending mayoral control of New York City schools for two years, capping off two days of an "extraordinary session" of the Legislature.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Courts Struggling to Define Correct Forum to Rule on Education Plans

In two decisions issued just this month, courts in Pennsylvania have attempted to fine-tune the blurred lines between the judiciary and administrative agencies in enforcing claims for individualized education plans under federal law.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Claims That State Underfunds Schools Are Greatly Narrowed

The Court of Appeals on Tuesday largely dismissed a blanket claim by an education advocacy group that Albany has been shortchanging schools statewide, but said claims could be brought by individual districts.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court Opens Door to More Government Aid to Churches

Siding with a Missouri church in a closely watched First Amendment case, the court held churches can't be excluded from neutral government aid programs. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in a dissent, wrote that the decision "profoundly changes" the relationship between church and state.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Matter of Boatemaa v. Pace Univ.

Nursing Student's Dismissal From Program Not Discriminatory; Reinstatement Denied
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

Trump and Devos Deliver One-Two Punch on Law School Loans

For young lawyers hoping that public service loan forgiveness could be an answer to a lifetime of student debt burdens, President Trump has some bad news.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Rider Suit Seeks to Prevent Sale of Choir College to Developers

Rider University is facing a suit over its plans to undo its 1992 merger with Westminster Choir College of Princeton and to sell the music school and its campus.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

K.C. v. Chappaqua Central School District

Discovery Needed to Decide Timeliness of Claims In FAPE Denial Action Against School District
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Agyeman v. Roosevelt Union Free School District

School District Granted Judgment on §1983 Claim; Teacher Spoke as Public Employee
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Krolczyk v. Goddard Sys., Inc., PICS Case No. 17-0887 (Pa. Super. May 23, 2017) Bowes, J. (25 pages).

Trial court erred in granting summary judgment for school owner in teachers' wrongful discharge action because trial court did not view the facts in the light most favorable to plaintiffs. Reversed in part and affirmed in part.
7 minute read

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