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Summer Reading for Educational Leaders: Resources to Help You Plan for the 2024-2025 School Year

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As you recover from another whirlwind of a school year, we hope you can take some time to relax and enjoy your summer break. The next few months will be the perfect time to – at your leisure – catch up on this past year’s...more

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First Circuit Rules in Favor of Private School in Teacher’s ADA Suit

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On November 7, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts’ dismissal of a teacher’s suit against her former employer, Austin...more

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Navigating Accommodations for Pregnancy & Related Conditions Post-COVID

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The October 2022 release of the Department of Education’s resource for students and schools on Discrimination Based on Pregnancy and Related Conditions reminds Title IX Coordinators of their responsibility to address all...more

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It's OK to Not Be OK: How Schools Can Address Mental Health Wellness for Employees

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The pandemic has affected all aspects of daily life over the past few years and brought mental health awareness to the forefront of employee-related concerns. In addition to taking a heightened interest in student well-being,...more

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Are Mask Mandates a Reasonable Accommodation?

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In Illinois, as universal masking is fading, the next question looms: what will the end of universal masking mean for staff and students with disabilities who are at high risk? Across the county, issues regarding universal...more

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Detailed FAQs for Schools on the OSHA Vaccine Emergency Temporary Standard

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Educational institutions across the country are facing an upcoming compliance deadline as the mandate-or-test workplace vaccine emergency rule will soon take effect (pending the outcome of ongoing litigation). The rule will...more

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[Webinar] Responding to Student Disability Accommodation Requests in the New Normal: You want to do what? We can’t do that...or...

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A year after COVID-19 shuttered doors and opened a new world of online remote learning, K-12 schools, colleges, and universities are facing an increase in the number and type of student accommodation requests. The 2020 shift...more

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Accommodating employees who are “high-risk” of contracting serious illness from COVID-19

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As the new school year approaches, school districts are seeing requests to work remotely during the upcoming school year from employees who report being at high-risk of serious illness if they contract COVID-19....more

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Coronavirus: What Should Schools, Colleges, and Universities Do Now?

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The risk of coronavirus may be lower than the flu, but with the numbers of cases and fatalities growing in China and a handful of cases in the United States, some are calling for schools, colleges, and universities to take...more

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