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Monthly News For May, 2025

Weston Hurd Seminar: Essential Legal Updates for Superintendents & Administrators on June 6!

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Weston Hurd Seminar: Essential Legal Updates for Superintendents & Administrators on June 6!

Weston Hurd to host Ed Law Seminar: Essential Legal Updates for Superintendents & Administrators on June 6! There is still time to register for this event! In partnership with BASA, Weston Hurd Education Law Group will present a full-day seminar on Friday, June 6, 2025.  Speakers include: Eric Johnson, Megan Greulich, Peter Zawadski, Lisa Woloszynek, […]

Education Alert: Ohio’s Office for Exceptional Children Releases Forms and Seeks Input

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Education Alert: Ohio’s Office for Exceptional Children Releases Forms and Seeks Input

The Ohio Department of Education & Workforce’s Office for Exceptional Children has released proposed revisions to the required and supplemental (formally optional) forms for special education student documentation. These form revisions include student Evaluation Team Report (ETR), Individualized Education Program (IEP), Prior Written Notice to Parents (PR-01), Manifestation Determination Review, and other related forms. Weston […]

Education Alert: Executive Order Will Soon Lead to New Student Discipline Guidance for Schools

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Education Alert: Executive Order Will Soon Lead to New Student Discipline Guidance for Schools

On April 23, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Reinstating Common Sense School Discipline Policies.”  This Executive Order aims to reform school disciplinary practices by eliminating the influence of race and “discriminatory equity ideology” on student disciplinary decisions. In explaining the need for reform, the Order takes issues with a rescinded Department of […]