Education Law Insights

Join Title IX leader Jackie Gharapour Wernz as she discusses the most pressing issues facing us at this time. This episode addresses Title IX training now that you have (hopefully!) met the training requirements from the new rules. What additional training is required for your team in 2021? What training should you consider providing even if not required?   

Our Franczek COVID school law panelists  Shelli Anderson ,  Nicki Bazer , and  Jennifer Smith  are joined this week by Gower School District 62 Superintendent Dr. Victor Simon and moderator  Jackie Gharapour Wernz to provide a COVID update. In this episode, we discuss how Dr. Simon's district has navigated a fully in-person learning model this school year, including an on-site diagnostic testing p...

As school leaders try to steer schools to dry land through the choppy seas of COVID-19, collective bargaining teams are without question pulling a "laboring oar." In this episode, we focus on labor issues facing schools. Topics covered include reopening issues, injunction actions, accommodations, and more! 

In this episode, join Amy Dickerson, Jackie Gharapour Wernz, and Kendra Yoch as they discuss updates to Title IX during the Biden administration 

Join our regular COVID school law panel, including Shelli Anderson, Dana Fattore Crumley, and Jennifer Smith, as well as partner Bill Pokorny to discuss Biden's first few days in office, including the recently released COVID relief legislation. In this episode, we share a rapid-fire discussion of FFCRA Sick and Child Care Leave, Minimum Wage, OSHA Standards, and more!

From board   policies ,   implicit bias training ,  and reforming curriculum and instructional practices  to ongoing student and community discussion s  around  race,   school districts throughout the  state  are working to address  issues of  racial equity  on a daily basis . In this episode, we focus on the ways school districts are  approaching this  important work , including the role of board...

In this episode, we answer your questions your questions regarding Title IX, the changes that the Biden administration will make, and the resources that Franczek offers to Title IX administrators. 

A new year is upon us! Of course, we are facing many of the same concerns as 2020, particularly with COVID-19. But there is much new to talk about since we last came together. In this episode, our COVID school law panel discusses this week's events and answers your questions. 

This episode wraps up our 2020 School Law Conference as we provide you with an update on where things stand with COVID, Schools, and the law. The panel you have come to know and trust will be back to discuss relevant issues and answer your questions.

Our regular panel of Franczek attorneys dedicated this podcast to our clients, friends, and peers. In this episode, we spent the hour answering your questions.

When the Department of Education issued its 2020 Title IX regulations, one of its purported purposes was to end the era of non-regulatory guidance that we saw from OCR under the Obama administration. Yet, since the regulations were issued in May, we have seen a flurry of non-regulatory guidance from OCR. Whether on the OCR blog, through responses to questions to OCR's OPEN center, or through webin...

The panel focuses on how the largest revenue source for school districts has been affected by the events of 2020, as well as provide effective ways for administrators and board members to communicate the impact of these changes to stakeholders and community members.  In this episode, topics will include how changes in real estate values affect school district revenue, the latest on the collection...

During this episode Jackie Wernz answers questions on Title IX Regulations such as what to expect from the Biden administration, whether to record witness interviews, and more!

The editors of Title IX Insights, Jackie Gharapour Wernz and Emily Tulloch, are guests on this episode to talk about how President Elect Joe Biden might unwind Title IX upon taking office.

In this episode we review the lessons learned to date related to providing special education services during remote, hybrid, and in-person learning. We also cover issues related to masks, discipline, compensatory education, requests for in-home services, remote learning plans, evaluations, and more.

An overview of new legislation that school officials need to know about to lead through this extraordinary school year. 2020 has been a remarkable year of legislation including the sweeping legislation to address changes in the educational landscape due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. In this episode we also discuss new legislative initiatives that could significantly impact all aspects of the sc...

In this episode, we discuss actual impact and general bargaining subjects that have arisen since the emergence of COVID-19. As school re-openings continue, it is obvious that many of the issues addressed will carry on until at least the second half of the 2020-2021 school year, and beyond. We also explore common themes emerging at the bargaining table at this time.

Laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment can be used to preserve status quo, but can also act as a driver of educational equity. Whether it's a school district's approach to Black Lives Matter, equity considerations in discipline, homeless, and residency disputes, or deciding whether to continue having police in schools, in this episode we discuss how to use the law as a drive for internal r...

In this episode, we review the Title IX "Big 5" definitions including Quid Pro Quo, dating violence, domestic violence, stalking, and sexual assault.

A presidential election like no other in history, a global pandemic causing an unprecedented economic and emotional toll on our communities, and a remote learning environment where virtual communication reigns, whether in the school setting or through social media. What are the rules to navigate discussion and debate on these issues and others in the public school setting, and how can administrato...

In this episode, we discuss the most top-of-mind issues and lessons learned from the COVID-19 crisis.

School leaders have always served a crucial role in communities, and we can't imagine anyone managing the Coronavirus crisis without them. In this episode, our regular attorney panelists Shelli Anderson ,  Nicki Bazer ,  Jennifer Smith , and  Jackie Gharapour Wernz , are joined by very special guests Dr. Nick Polyak, Superintendent at Leyden School District 212, and Dr. Michael Lubelfeld, Superint...

Black Lives Matter. The upcoming election. Coronavirus. Masks. First Amendment issues for teachers, students, and the district at large have never felt so critical. In this episode, our regular attorney panelists Shelli Anderson ,  Nicki Bazer , and  Dana Fattore Crumley,  discuss freedom of speech in schools.

Schools, colleges, and universities understandably have been scrambling to implement the new sexual harassment rule for Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. In addition to that herculean task, educational leaders also have been contending with challenges from COVID-19, reopening plans, racial equity issues, and many other vital concerns. It's no wonder that you might have missed several e...

Many schools have either reopened for in-person instruction of some form or are planning to do so soon. With these changes, we know many school employees will be seeking accommodations, leave, and work-from-home options. In this episode, Franczek P.C. Labor and Employment team co-chair Bill Pokorny  joins our regular attorney panelists  Shelli Anderson ,  Nicki Bazer ,  Dana Fattore Crumley,  and ...