With the increased popularity of crowdfunding sites such as GoFundMe, crowdrise, and DonorsChoose to raise money for school purchases, schools are faced with new legal challenges and issues. To combat these issues, the Auditor of the State of Ohio (“Auditor”) released a guide entitled, “Schools and Crowdfunding” to help schools avoid liability and audit violations […]
In the case of Cox v. Dayton Pub. Schools Bd. of Edn., 2018-Ohio-2656, while recognizing the right of a teacher to elect between the grievance procedure in a collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) and the statutory termination process, an Ohio appellate court held that a teacher knowingly and voluntarily waived the right to demand a hearing on […]
The Ohio Attorney General announced in June 2018 that the Bureau of Criminal Investigation (“BCI”) will begin assisting school districts in increasing their safety efforts. As part of this effort, the BCI is offering the use of its drones to take free aerial photographs of school buildings for inclusion in school safety plans. These aerial […]
In opinion No. 2018-016, the Ohio Attorney General determined that the school district of residence – as determined by the juvenile court – must pay for the cost of educating a child who is in the temporary or permanent custody of a children services agency when the children services agency places the child in a […]
In the case of Muldowney v. Portage Cty. Bd. of Commrs., 2018-Ohio-2579, an Ohio appellate court determined that a county sheriff was permitted to litigate his discrimination claims even after an arbitrator found that the sheriff had been terminated for just cause under the collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”). In this case, the sheriff, who suffered […]
In the case of Youngstown Cty. School Dist. v. State, 2018-Ohio-2532, an Ohio appellate court upheld House Bill No. 70, which provides for the creation of an academic distress commission that has broad control over a school district, as constitutional. The pertinent sections of House Bill No. 70 as related to this case involve the creation […]