Published by MARE, May 2012 The right of parents to review their children’s educational records is an important right protected by Missouri and federal law. However, sometimes disputes arise regarding who is considered a “parent” that holds this right. This article...
We are excited to announce Tom Mickes and Betsey Helfrich will be presenting at the NSBA Council of School Attorneys' 2012 School Law Practice Seminar. They will be speaking on the Children's Internet Protection Act and other First Amendment concerns. The seminar is...
Published by MoASBO, March 2012 Congress, as part of the No Child Left Behind Act, enacted the Paul D. Coverdell Teacher Protection Act of 2001 (“the Act”). Specifically, the Act’s purpose is to “provide teachers, principals and other school professionals the tools...
Published by MoASBO, February 2012 More and more these days, school districts and/or their employees are being served with subpoenas. More often than not, responding and complying with these subpoenas can be confusing, time consuming, and burdensome. While in some...
Published by MARE, February 2012 As the superintendent for your school district you have many responsibilities. One such responsibility, and perhaps the most important, is to ensure that you employ competent professionals to help run the day to day operations at the...
Natalie Hoernschemeyer and Christi Flaherty recently defeated a class action lawsuit against Moberly Area Community College. The College was among several Missouri colleges sued by their students, inter alia, the Missouri Returning Heroes Act (a statute that caps the...
For the second year in a row U.S. News and Best Lawyers have named Mickes Goldman O’Toole, LLC as one of the “Best Law Firms” in the country, and the only one in St. Louis, in the area of Education Law. The only other firm so recognized in Missouri other than ours is...
Published by MoASBO, December 2011 Under Missouri’s Sunshine Law, a vote by a Board of Education to hire, fire, discipline, or promote an employee must be made available to the public within seventy-two hours after the closed meeting in which such action occurred. ...
Published by MARE, October 2011 With the passage of the Amy Hestir Act Student Protection Act (“the Act”), teachers across the state wondered whether they needed to delete their Facebook “friends” while administrators wondered, “Who’s going to monitor this?” On...
Published by MoASBO, September 2011 In 2009 employers across the country heaved a sigh of defeat as the Americans With Disabilities Act Amendment Act (ADAAA) went into effect, undoing nearly a decade of employer-friendly court decisions. With the ADAAA, Congress...
