Council of School Attorneys

Early bird savings end THIS FRIDAY! Your chance to save up to $100 on your registration to the 2024 COSA Fall School Law Seminar ends THIS Friday, Sept. 13! Don't miss the opportunity to earn up to 12 CLE credits, learn from the comfort of your home or office, ask questions of the presenters, and engage with fellow attendees from across the country. Daily session topics are as follows: Oct. 15: Employment; Oct. 16: School Boards and School District Operations; Oct. 22: Supreme Court Update and Legal Ethics; Oct. 23: Student Rights and Special Education. Register now: https://lnkd.in/eJyN-_-6

Based on the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, school systems may now need to consider the possibility of a discrimination claim before involuntarily transferring an employee. Read more about the possible education implications from the case in this American School Board Journal article by Marc Terry, the immediate past chair of the Council of School Attorneys.

DEADLINE EXTENDED! Don't miss your chance to present at NSBA’s 2025 Annual Conference in Atlanta, April 4-6! Share your insights on Classrooms of the Future, Innovations in District Operations, or School Law & Policy. Submit your proposals by Friday, Aug. 16. See the full list of proposal areas and submit today: https://lnkd.in/e6_tXFg7

Effective July 1, 2024, new provisions will apply to school lunch and breakfast programs under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service final rule. This rulemaking gradually phases in added sugars limits for the school lunch and breakfast programs and updates total sugars limits for breakfast cereals and yogurt to added sugars limits. Learn more in this reference document from the National School Boards Association: https://lnkd.in/eKmwTinA

Not sure what is--or is not--in the new Title IX regulations? On June 13, NSBA's Council of School Attorneys (COSA) will host a webinar, "Title IX Redux: How the New Regulations Change Policy and Practice in Public Schools." During the webinar, experienced COSA attorneys will discuss the new Title IX regulations and explain how they differ from the last round issued in 2020. Join us to learn the policy changes that may be necessary with this change in federal rules. Register today at https://lnkd.in/eY-spukG.

The?U.S. Department of Labor announced?a?final rule?that expands overtime protections?for lower-paid salaried workers by increasing the salary thresholds required to exempt a salaried bona fide executive, administrative, or professional employee from federal overtime pay requirements.?While teachers and school administrators are exempt from the rule, it does raise the minimum salary threshold for non-teaching worker exemptions. Learn about the new salary thresholds for overtime and how employees with mixed teaching and non-teaching duties may be affected in this summary from NSBA’s legal team: https://lnkd.in/eT7-WWNY

The NSBA legal team is pleased to announce the publication of the Federal Public School Law Guidebook, a compendium of federal legal standards affecting public schools. Produced in collaboration with Lexis-Nexis, the Guidebook provides an overview of federal law affecting public school operations and policy development in many areas, including civil rights, employment, special education, and more. Order your copy today from LexisNexis in hard copy (softbound) or electronic form: https://lnkd.in/eVRWRF7w

The U.S. Department of Education recently released its Final Rule under Title IX, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance. The rule marks a shift in policy and approach from the final rule issued in 2020 in several key ways, including expansion of the scope of discrimination based on sex to include not only discrimination based on sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, and pregnancy or related conditions, but also (for the first time) sexual orientation and gender identity. For a summary of key provisions, see this analysis by NSBA’s legal team: https://lnkd.in/eYhgZmnS