The Franklin County Court of Common Pleas has issued a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) blocking Governor DeWine and other state agents from implementing the provisions of Ohio House Bill 33 (“HB 33”) that create the Department of Education and Workforce (“DEW”) and strip the State Board of Education of many of its powers. Under the […]
This is Part 5 in a Series of Legal Updates the Education Law Group will be providing on House Bill 33… House Bill 33, the “budget bill,” signed into law on July 3, 2023, clarified numerous provisions impacting schools as they enter the 2023-2024 school year. In this installment of our series, we discuss the […]
As the new school year begins, school administrators should be aware of the Supreme Court’s recent decision related to religious accommodation requests. In Groff v. DeJoy, the Court clarified that denying such a request requires a showing of substantial – not minimal, as previously held – increases in cost for the employer. As a result, […]
This is Part 4 in a Series of Legal Updates the Education Law Group will be providing on House Bill 33… House Bill 33, the “budget bill,” modified and clarified various student-reading requirements as schools enter the 2023-2024 school year and beyond. Importantly, these changes affect the current dyslexia laws and Third Grade Reading Guarantee, […]
The Auditor of State’s office (“AOS”) released its long-awaited levy guidance, which is available for download here. Limitations on activities related to levy and bond issues is a topic that has caused Districts and District officials and employees confusion for some time, but questions surrounding acceptable activities have become even more precarious in recent years […]
Weston Hurd is pleased to announce that 19 attorneys are recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2024 including John Farnan and Kathy Perrico attaining “Lawyer of the Year” recognition. Best Lawyers® uses a methodology “…designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues […]
This is Part 3 in a Series of Legal Updates the Education Law Group will be providing on House Bill 33… House Bill 33, the “budget bill,” brought about various changes to school transportation requirements. Most of the changes are intended to promote compliance with transportation standards or to facilitate transportation to nonpublic and community […]
On August 7, 2023, in Doe v. Bethel Local School District Board of Education, et al. , the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio dismissed claims brought by cisgender students and parents regarding a transgender student’s use of the bathroom that conformed with her gender identity. The plaintiffs alleged five claims under federal […]
