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Ohio court rules board meeting sign-in process is legal

Franczek Radelet PC
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USA
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March 26 2013

In Paridon v. Trumbull County Children's Services Board, the Ohio Court of Appeals upheld the Trumbull County Children's Services Board (Board

Board’s discussion of budget during closed meeting violated Open Meetings Act

Franczek Radelet PC
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USA
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July 26 2012

In a recent binding opinion, the Public Access Counselor (PAC) of the Office of the Attorney General found that a village board’s discussion of budgetary matters during a closed meeting violated the Open Meetings Act (OMA

Closed session discussions violated the OMA even though litigation possible

Franczek Radelet PC
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USA
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November 15 2012

The Public Access Counselor of the Illinois Attorney General’s Office (PAC) issued a binding opinion last week finding that the Washington County Board Finance Committee violated the Open Meetings Act (OMA

City electoral board violates Open Meetings Act by failing to openly deliberate final decision

Franczek Radelet PC
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USA
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August 10 2012

In a recent non-binding opinion, the Public Access Counselor (PAC) of the Office of the Attorney General found that the Electoral Board of the City of Naperville violated the Open Meetings Act (OMA) by failing to openly deliberate its final decision concerning a proposed smart meter referendum

Federal Court determines that the Fair Housing Act applies to university housing

Franczek Radelet PC
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USA
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April 23 2013

In United States of America v. University of Nebraska at Kearney, et al., the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska granted

Colorado school denies six-year-old transgender students request to use girls’ bathroom

Franczek Radelet PC
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USA
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April 2 2013

As The New York Times recently reported, a Colorado school district is facing a lawsuit after refusing to allow a six-year-old transgender student to

Sixth Circuit rules school’s search of student cellphone violated Fourth Amendment

Franczek Radelet PC
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USA
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April 23 2013

In a recent decision, the first federal appellate court to address the rights of school officials to search student cell phones held that a student's

Eighth Circuit: school discipline of Missouri students for inflammatory website constitutionally sound

Franczek Radelet PC
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USA
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October 25 2012

As Education Week recently reported, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that two high school students from Missouri were unlikely to establish a First Amendment violation for discipline based on an inflammatory website they posted off-campus on their own time

Are emails, texts, Tweets, and other digital communications student records under FERPA and state law?

Franczek Radelet PC
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USA
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February 20 2013

As schools increase the use of technology to communicate with and about students, questions arise about the intersection between the data created and

Public entity deletes comments from Facebook page: the right choice?

Franczek Radelet PC
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USA
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November 30 2012

A recent Illinois Attorney General opinion addressed an interesting question: Can a public entity delete comments by community members from its Facebook page?

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