Self-audit check: don't spend public money for political purposes *

USA - March 6 2013
In the fall of 2012, Ohio Revised Code Section 9.03 was amended. ORC 9.03 provided (and still provides) that no governing body of a political…

Co-authors: Julie E. Byrne, Scott D. Phillips, Thomas B. Allen, Thomas A. Swope, W. Joseph Scholler.

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Employee firearm authorization policies for schools *

USA - February 14 2013
In light of the recent tragedy in Newtown, CT, many local area school districts are considering adopting some form of a firearm authorization policy…

Co-authors: Alexander L. Ewing, Jeremiah A. Byrne, W. Joseph Scholler.

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Office of Civil Rights issues guidance on school district Section 504 policies *

USA - February 4 2013
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs and activities. All schools that…

Co-authors: Marsha Volk Bugalla, Thomas B. Allen, W. Joseph Scholler, Thomas E. Wheeler, II.

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What you should know regarding the Sixth Circuit decision involving "policymaking" employees *

USA - December 20 2012
This week, the Sixth Circuit decided Dixon v. University of Toledo, a First Amendment retaliation case.

Co-authors: Lauren K. Hunter, Julie E. Byrne, Thomas B. Allen, W. Joseph Scholler.

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Ohio cyber-bullying legislation: what you need to know *

USA - February 3 2012
Yesterday, Governor Kasich signed into law House Bill 116 (also known as the "Jessica Logan Act" in memory of a student who committed suicide due to bullying via texting). 

Co-authors: Alexander L. Ewing, Thomas B. Allen, W. Joseph Scholler.

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