In the case of Nelsons v. Ohio High School Athletic Assn., 2018-Ohio-4169, an Ohio appellate court upheld the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s (“OHSAA”) decision not to allow an out-of-state student to participate in athletics because the student was from a United States territory and his legal guardians had not moved to Ohio with the student. […]
In Crochran v. Columbus City Schools, 17-4110 (6th Cir. 2018), the federal appellate court ruled that a special education teacher’s use of a body sock to restrain a disruptive autistic student was not a constitutional violation and within her rights to use. The case involved a student with both autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder who was […]
On September 28, 2018, Matthew John Markling is giving a legal update to superintendents and treasurers at the Ohio Valley Educational Service Center. The Ohio Valley Educational Service Center provides quality and affordable services to 12 school districts, two career center districts and community partners in Guernsey, Monroe, Noble and Washington Counties across a 2000 […]
In a long awaited decision, the Ohio Supreme Court dismissed the appeal in In re L.G., Slip Opinion No. 2018-Ohio-3750 as improvidently accepted, leaving the Ohio appellate court’s decision regarding the obligation of school officials to issue Miranda warnings in place. In this case, a young student made a bomb threat to a public middle […]
In the case of Bollinger v. Ohio Dept. of Edn., 2018-Ohio-3714, an Ohio appellate court upheld the decision of the Ohio Department of Education (“ODE”) to consider evidence of inappropriate behavior between a teacher and student when deciding to revoke the teacher’s license, even though the most egregious behavior occurred after the student graduated. This case […]
In the case of Umali v. Edn. Service Ctr. Of Lake Erie W., N.D. Ohio No. 3:15CV02663, a federal district court rejected a breach of contract claim against an educational service center (“ESC”) following a reduction in force. The case involved a student services director (“Director”) who was in the second year of a three year […]