Action Papers

As part our our commitment to provide our clients with a legal resource that can offer cogent day-to-day advice and clear strategies for a secure future, we offer our pledge to also be your partner in information. We recognize the need for you to be immediately responsive to the changing requirements of the law, government regulations, and community needs. As such, our office will prepare Action Papers in response to the ever-changing laws and regulations affecting public education.

• Act 153 Child Protective Services Law
• Pass the Trash Act
• Act 32 Tax Collector
• Student Safety in Sports
• Open Records Law
• Public Employment First Amendment
• ADAAA’s Final Regulations
• Homeless Children Enrollment
• RTKL & Email
• Suspension for Threat
• RTKL & Student Disciplinary Records
• Sudden Cardiac Arrest
• Child Abuse Training & Recognition
• Child Protection Updates 2014
• Title IX LGBT Rights
• Off-Campus Student Speech
• 2021 Sunshine Law Amendments
• Entitlement to Extra Scholastic Year in 2021-2022
• Ongoing Dep’t of Health Mask Order Litigation Summary
• November 17, 2021: Mask Litigation UPDATE
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court – Off Campus Speech Decision
• Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court – Masking Order Decision
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Voids DOH Masking Mandate
• OSHA Vaccine Requirements Not Applicable to School Districts
• January 2022 Mask Litigation Update
• Substitute Teachers/Classroom Monitor Changes
• 2022 CDC COVID-19 Guideline Revisions: School Bus Impact
• March 2022 Mask Litigation Update
• SCOTUS Bars Emotional Distress Damages Under Section 504
• Summary of 2022 Amendments to School Code
• PIAA Name, Image and Likeness Policy
• Video Footage and Right To Know
• School Funding Lawsuit Update
• Status Update: Allegheny County Common Level Ratio