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Baylor Adds Officers, Counselors Amid Sex Assault Lawsuits

In the wake of more than a dozen lawsuits, Baylor University is adding staff to deal with sexual assault complaints.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Whalen v. Dept. of Ed., PICS Case No. 17-0801 (Pa. Commw. May 8, 2017) McCullough, J. (20 pages).

Complaint of a teacher's inappropriate sexual relations with a student was timely where filed within one year of an interested party becoming aware of the student's allegations. Order of the Department of Education's Professional Standards and Practices Commission affirmed.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

KIPP Phila. Charter Schs. v. Pa. Dept. of Ed., PICS Case No. 17-0747 (Pa. Commw. May 1, 2017) Covey, J. (25 pages).

Charter school was not required to exhaust administrative remedies to obtain payment of end-of-year reconciliation monies. Application for declaratory, mandamus, and injunctive relief granted, litigation costs and counsel fees granted.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Shearn v. West Chester Univ. of Pennsylvania, PICS Case No. 17-0756 (E.D. Pa. April 18, 2017) Tuckers, C.J. (25 pages).

University was entitled to summary judgment on former professor's whistleblower act and First Amendment claims because professor did not show that her report of department's alleged failure to follow an adjunct tenure provision of the CBA led to any adverse actions. Motion granted.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

S.A. v. Pittsburgh Pub. Sch. Dist., PICS Case No. 17-0755 (Pa. Commw. May 1, 2017) McCullough, J. (18 pages).

Trial court properly reversed the school board's expelling of a student under the rule forbidding weapons at school for stabbing another student with a pencil because a pencil was not a "tool," "instrument" or "implement" for the purposes of the rule regardless of whether it was capable of inflicting serious bodily injury. Affirmed.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Richard Allen Preparatory Charter Sch. v. Commonwealth, PICS Case No. 17-0753 (Pa. Commw. May 1, 2017) Covey, J. (25 pages).

Charter school was entitled to payment for its 2014-2015 school year reconciliation under §1725-A(a)(5) of the CSL because that section established a mandatory, nondiscretionary duty on the department and the department's retroactive application of a previously-undocumented significant policy change based on 'Chester Community Charter Sch. v. Dep't of Educ.', 44 A.3d 715, was ineffective in this case. Preliminary objections overruled as moot.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Houston Bar Association President to Launch Program to Help Individuals with Special Needs

Incoming Houston Bar Association president Alistair Dawson plans to launch an initiative to help special needs students get pro bono assistance for getting accommodations at school.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Houston Bar Association President to Launch Program to Help Individuals with Special Needs

Incoming Houston Bar Association president Alistair Dawson plans to launch an initiative to help special needs students get pro bono assistance for getting accommodations at school.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

School Dist. of Phila. v. Commonwealth Ass'n of School Adm'r, PICS Case No. 17-0712 (Pa. Commw. April 25, 2017) Brobson, J.(22 pages).

Trial court erred in vacating arbitrator's award reinstating terminated school principal because the court erred in using the statutory definition of "cause" to overturn the arbitrators' interpretation of "cause" in the CBA, erred in holding that the arbitrator did not have the authority to modify the discipline imposed by the school district and erred in finding that the decision to reinstate the principal violated an established public policy. Reversed.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Disability Rights N.Y. v. North Colonie Board of Education

State's Advocate Awarded Reduced $85,853 Fee Award in Suit Over P&A Statutes' Breach
3 minute read

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