This adoption month, Pennsylvania has made some important changes that increase adoptees’ access to information about their birth families. In addition, some changes were made to the law that governs termination of parental rights. Expanded access to birth records and medical information A year from now, adoptees born in Pennsylvania will have access to their original birth record information. … [Read more...] about PA Expands Access to Birth Records for Adoptees, Provisions for Termination of Parental Rights
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As Dust From Election Starts To Settle, Employers Wondering What Will Change With Affordable Care and Other Federal Rules
With the Election Results in, employers should consider all possible options on what could happen with the Affordable Care Act and other Federal “Rules.” With the election results now in and Republicans having control of both Congress and the White House come late January, it appears likely that some action will be taken with respect to the Affordable Care Act and possible the National Labor … [Read more...] about As Dust From Election Starts To Settle, Employers Wondering What Will Change With Affordable Care and Other Federal Rules
PDE Issues New Guidance On the Use of Medical Marijuana in Schools, Making This Issue Even Hazier
When the Pennsylvania legislature made medical marijuana legal in the Commonwealth, it provided the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) 18 months to promulgate regulations regarding the use of the same in school by employees and students. It appears that draft regulations will likely be issued in the spring of 2017. However, the use of medical marijuana has become permissible already and, … [Read more...] about PDE Issues New Guidance On the Use of Medical Marijuana in Schools, Making This Issue Even Hazier
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Settles Long-Running Controversy Regarding Home Addresses and Privacy of Public School Employees Under Right To Know Law
On October 18, 2016, the PA Supreme Court settled a seven-year battle over the release of teachers’ home addresses under PA’s Right To Know Law. The Court reached back in history to recall the “fundamental right to be left alone” in holding that the personal right to privacy is infused in the Right To Know Law. There is no automative right to school employees’ personal information under Right To … [Read more...] about Pennsylvania Supreme Court Settles Long-Running Controversy Regarding Home Addresses and Privacy of Public School Employees Under Right To Know Law
Revisiting FAPE, High Court Could Significantly Lower the Standard of Required Educational Benefit
On September 29, 2016 the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District RE-1. The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled in favor of the school district that Endrew F.’s Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) was designed to provide the autistic youngster with a free appropriate public education (FAPE), affirming the decisions of the Hearing Officer and … [Read more...] about Revisiting FAPE, High Court Could Significantly Lower the Standard of Required Educational Benefit
House Bill 380 Halves Waiting Period for Divorce on Basis of Irretrievable Breakdown
Last week, the Pennsylvania Senate approved House Bill 380 (which was passed by the House of Representatives on November 9, 2015). This Bill amends the Pennsylvania Divorce Code and reduces the waiting period by which an individual can secure a no-fault divorce on the basis of irretrievable breakdown. Previously, the waiting period was two years. As a result of the Senate’s adoption, it is now … [Read more...] about House Bill 380 Halves Waiting Period for Divorce on Basis of Irretrievable Breakdown
