On July 11, 2024, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro approved Senate Bill No. 700, now Act No. 55 of 2024 (the “Act”), which amends several sections of the Pennsylvania Public School Code of 1949. In Part Five of our School Administrators’ Guide to Act 55, KingSpry’s Education Law Chair Emeritus John E. Freund, III and Education Law Attorney Sarah Modrick, LL.M. discuss the changes impacting … [Read more...] about School Administrators’ Guide to Act 55: Charters and Cyber Charter Schools
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School Administrators’ Guide to Act 55: State Aid for 2024-2025
On July 11, 2024, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro approved Senate Bill No. 700, now Act No. 55 of 2024 (the “Act”). The Act amends several sections of the Pennsylvania Public School Code of 1949 (the “School Code”). In Part Four of our School Administrators’ Guide to Act 55, KingSpry’s Education Law Chair Emeritus, John E. Freund, III, Esq., and Education Law Attorney, Sarah Modrick, Esq., … [Read more...] about School Administrators’ Guide to Act 55: State Aid for 2024-2025
School Administrators’ Guide to Act 55: Economically Disadvantaged Schools
On July 11, 2024, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro approved Senate Bill No. 700, now Act No. 55 of 2024 (the “Act”). The Act amends several sections of the Pennsylvania Public School Code of 1949 (the “School Code”). In Part Three of our School Administrators’ Guide to Act 55, KingSpry’s Education Law Chair Emeritus, John E. Freund, III, Esq., and Education Law Attorney, Sarah Modrick, Esq., … [Read more...] about School Administrators’ Guide to Act 55: Economically Disadvantaged Schools
School Administrators’ Guide to Act 55: Health Services
On July 11, 2024, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro approved Senate Bill No. 700, now Act No. 55 of 2024 (the “Act”). The Act amends several sections of the Pennsylvania Public School Code of 1949 (the “School Code”). In Part Two of our School Administrators’ Guide to Act 55, KingSpry’s Education Law Chair Emeritus, John E. Freund, III, Esq., and Education Law Attorney, Sarah Modrick, Esq., … [Read more...] about School Administrators’ Guide to Act 55: Health Services
Push-Back to Title IX 2024
The long-awaited Title IX 2024 Regulations were announced by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) on April 19, 2024, and published in the Federal Register ten days later. As the 2022 Notice of Proposed Making had promised, the 2024 Final Rule firmly stated that the Trump era 2020 “one-size-fits-all” Regulations failed to provide needed clarity regarding the scope of sex … [Read more...] about Push-Back to Title IX 2024
Commonwealth Court Decision Emphasizes Procedural Requirements of the School Code
On July 17, 2024, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court (the “Court”) reviewed a tenured professional employee termination case previously ruled on by the Secretary of Education (the “Secretary”). The Court reversed the Secretary’s decision, reinstating the tenured professional employee and remanding the matter to the Secretary for a determination of damages. The Court’s decision in Neal … [Read more...] about Commonwealth Court Decision Emphasizes Procedural Requirements of the School Code
