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Planning for the 2025-2026 Enrollment Season: Key Updates to Independent Schools' Enrollment Contracts

Now that independent schools are well into the 2024-2025 school year, independent schools are turning their attention toward enrollment and re-enrollment season for the 2025-2026 school year. ...more

An Independent School’s Guide to the New DOL Overtime Rule

In a 2024 Final Rule, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it would be increasing in two phases the salary threshold for employees to be exempt from overtime....more

Political Activity Policies: Keeping Calm on Campus During the 2024 Presidential Elections

As the 2024 presidential election cycle is in full swing, schools should prepare for debate, discussion, and expression of a wide range of political views and beliefs. While political discourse can be a valuable tool in the...more

Title IX and Tax-Exempt Status: Fourth Circuit Holds That 501(c)(3) Status Is Not Federal Financial Assistance

In 2022, and as previously discussed here, two separate federal district courts each held that an independent school's status as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization is considered a school's receipt of federal financial...more

Emerging Employee and Student Handbook Updates for the 2024-2025 School Year

Each year, new issues, technologies, and events impact the way that independent schools set and carry out their expectations, values, and procedures in their communities. As independent schools embark on the 2024-2025 school...more

Deadline Reminder: EEO-1 Reporting for Independent Schools

Independent schools with more than 100 employees are reminded that they have a legal obligation to file an EEO-1 report with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)—and the December 5 deadline is here. If an...more

Rules of the Road: Risk Management Processes for School-Sponsored Trips and Travel

With COVID-era travel restrictions in the rearview mirror, school-sponsored student travel is quickly accelerating back to pre-pandemic levels. As an integral part of the curriculum and an engine to provide a vibrant and...more

Gender Equity Consideration in School-Sponsored Sports Policies

As independent schools work to promote equity, understanding, and inclusion of students across the gender spectrum on their campuses, it seems that legislative efforts on the state and federal levels are moving in the...more

No More Affirmative Action: What Does the Supreme Court’s Decision Mean for Independent Schools?

On June 29, 2023, in a set of consolidated cases (Students for Fair Admissions v. Presidents & Fellows of Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina et al.), the Supreme Court overturned...more

Developing a Policy on Transgender Students? Just Remember PRIDE

Many independent schools have developed or are in the process of developing policies and procedures regarding students who are transgender or gender non-conforming. Often, the laws that govern these issues are not applicable...more

Key Handbook Updates for the 2023-2024 School Year

Reviewing your school's student and employee handbooks on a regular basis is an invaluable practice for ensuring that these documents accurately reflect the school's expectations, values, and procedures, as well as ensuring...more

Maryland Legislation Repealing Statute of Limitations for Civil Suits Based on Child Sexual Abuse Signed Into Law

Yesterday, Governor Wes Moore signed into law the Child Victims Act of 2023, which permits survivors of child sexual abuse to file a civil lawsuit at any time, repealing both the current statute of limitations and the statute...more

Vetting Candidates: Creating a Hiring Process That Prioritizes Student Safety

Student safety and security is of paramount importance in independent schools. While the goal of a hiring process is primarily to find the best candidate for the position, it is imperative that schools craft policies and...more

Online Fraud Aimed at Independent School Business Offices: Business Email Compromise

Independent school business officers are tasked with a wide range of responsibilities, including payroll, accounting, accounts payable, investments, and facility security. Unfortunately, many independent schools are...more

An Independent Schools' Guide to Vendor Contract Management

Independent schools often contract with vendors to support the school's operations and delivery of its curriculum and programming, including transportation providers, food service, cleaning and facilities maintenance,...more

New York’s Healthcare Worker Bonus Program: What Independent Schools Need to Know

​​​​​​​In early August, the New York State Department of Health announced the New York Healthcare Worker Bonus (“HWB”) program. The HWB program aims to award New York's frontline healthcare workers with $1.2 billion in...more

Title IX and Tax-Exempt Status: What Two Recent Federal Court Opinions Mean for Independent Schools

Historically, independent schools have not been required to comply with certain federal non-discrimination laws, including Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 (Title IX), because they did not accept federal...more

In a New York Minute: 2022 Employment Law Updates for New York Independent Schools

As New York independent schools prepare for the 2022-2023 school year, they would be wise to review their employee handbooks and other employee-facing policies to ensure they are in compliance with the most recent New York...more

Set the Stage for Success: Preparing for Head of School Transitions

With many heads of school retiring, independent schools are finding themselves in a transition period as they adjust to building relationships with a new head of school. Searching for a new head of school involves time,...more

4/13/2022  /  Private Schools

Time for Spring Cleaning! Key Handbook Updates for the 2022-2023 School Year

Spring has arrived, which means that it is time for independent schools to consider updating their employee and parent-student handbooks for the 2022-2023 school year. As many schools experienced a surge of conduct, mental...more

Under (Digital) Lock and Key: Best Practices for Protecting Data and Information in Independent Schools

Independent schools hold a significant amount of data. Information regularly collected by schools includes Social Security numbers, financial aid information, student medical information, and donor information....more

Hashtags and Headlines: The Rise of Social Media

Social media platforms continue to be a useful way to share information, keep in touch with friends and family, and even promote an independent school; however, they also can continue to create headaches for independent...more

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