School districts derive substantial revenue from property taxes. As a result, McGown & Markling recommends that all school districts actively take steps to protect their property valuation – especially when property owners are seeking to reduce property values. If you do not know whether you have property owners seeking to reduce their property values for tax year 2021, […]
In the case of Cook v. Pitter Patter Learning Ctr., LLC, 2022-Ohio-961, the Ohio Second District Court of Appeals remanded an employee’s retaliatory termination claim, so the trial court could determine whether the employee’s failure to disclose the pending lawsuit when filing for bankruptcy was done in bad faith or was inadvertent. Here, the trial […]
In the case of Belmont Cty. v. Barack, 2022-Ohio-1452, the Appellate Court held that the appropriation of a small acreage of a landowner’s land was necessary for a new sewage pump station where the county followed all of the requisite procedures under R.C. Chapter 163 and the landowners waived their right to an immediate necessity […]
In the case of Houston Community College Sys. v. Wilson, No. 20-804, the United States Supreme Court held that a college board of trustee’s censure or reprimand of a board member who had made comments to the media and brought multiple lawsuits against the board alleging that the board violated its ethical rules and bylaws […]
Senate Bill 166, effective March 23, 2022, creates the Career Success Grant Program, which provides financial incentives and a tax credit to employers that provide work-based learning experiences for students enrolled in a career-technical education program who are nineteen (19) years old or younger. To read this bill, click here. Authors: Matthew John Markling and […]
In the case of Hobbs v. Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Ctr. Bd. of Edn., 2022-Ohio-921, the Court of Appeals held that a school custodian was rightly terminated where the custodian made inappropriate and crude statements to a teacher. Here, the custodian argued that he was terminated without the school board conducting any fact finding, and […]