Education Law

Just when you thought children were safe from the threat of expulsion, schools have found new reasons to expel or suspend a student, even if the student is learning at home remotely.  In one [...]

Connecticut has had anti-bullying statutes for several years. A new statute, Public Act 19-166, established a social and emotional learning and school climate advisory collaborative. This [...]

Chenari v. George Washington University Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Docket: 16-7055 Opinion Date: February 10, 2017 Areas of Law: Contracts, Education Law [...]

Any college student facing a charge of academic dishonesty faces enormous obstacles in overcoming a false charge. The public colleges in Connecticut give that student a right to a hearing to [...]

§ 10-222d has been updated by the CT State Legislature. Effective July 1, 2014. Schools must now notify the students of how to report bullying at the beginning of the school year. They must also [...]

T.M. was born in July 2004. He has been diagnosed with autism, a developmental disorder whose symptoms include difficulty with social interaction, difficulty with communication, and repetitive [...]

College disciplinary hearings are complex. There are usually two or more possible procedures in educational disciplinary hearings. There may be one procedure for disciplinary hearings and a [...]

Mistake Number One – Not telling the parents Over the next few weeks I will be blogging about the five biggest mistakes college students make when facing a disciplinary hearing. The first [...]