When Congress enacted Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. §§1681 et seq. [“Title IX”], it forever changed the landscape of interscholastic and intercollegiate sports. Although as the recent Biediger v. Quinnipiac federal lawsuit makes clear, disputes pertaining to gender-based athletic equity still arise, what some originally feared would rend the fabric…
The Connecticut General Assembly has passed, and Governor Dannel P. Malloy has signed into law, new legislation that eliminates the interdistrict magnet pre-school funding obligations of Connecticut’s local and regional boards of education. The passage of this legislation marks a major victory for “sending districts” (i.e. school districts that send magnet pre-school students to out-of-district inter-district…
Susan Scott
This Alert provides a general explanation of the recent legislative enactments that impact board of education policies. For more detailed and individualized assistance with amending your policies, please contact any one of our school law attorneys. New Policy on Physical Exercise and Discipline [1] By October 1, 2013, school districts must adopt a policy, “as the board…
