Statutory Updates
Case Summaries
- Spaulding v. Natick, CA No. 2018-01115 (Mass. Super. 11/21/18); Public comment period during school committee meeting
- Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31, 585 U.S. __ (June 27, 2018); U.S. Supreme Court holds mandatory union agency fees violate public employees' First Amendment Rights
- Cormier v. City of Lynn, 470 Mass. 35 (February 27, 2018); SJC holds school not liable for students injuries at hand of schoolmate bully
- Boelter v. Board of Selectmen of Wayland, (SJC-12353, April 5, 2018)
- Barbuto v. Advantage Sales and Marketing, SJC 12226 (July 17, 2017): Medical marijuana and the workplace
- Endrew F. ex rel. Joseph F. v. Douglas County School District, 137 S.Ct. 988 (2017) re: FAPE standard under IDEA
- Chadwick v. Duxbury Public Schools, 475 Mass. 645 (2016) re: assertion of union privilege
- Goodwin v. Lee, 475 Mass. 280 (2016) re: student discipline
- Plymouth Public Schools v. Education Association of Plymouth & Carver, 89 Mass. App. Ct. 643 (2016) re: interplay between approved leave and acquisition of professional teacher status
- Groton-Dunstable Regional School Committee v. Groton-Dunstable Educators Association, 87 Mass. App. Ct. 621 (2015) re: arbitration
- Champa v. Weston, 473 Mass. 86 (2015) re: disclosure of Special Education Settlement Agreements
- Meagher v. Andover School Committee, 94 F. Supp. 3d. 21 (D. Mass. 2015) re: teacher free speech claim
- School Committee of Marshfield v. Marshfield Education Association, 84 Mass. App. Ct. 743 (2014) re: PTS teacher rights under CBA after licensure lapse
- School Committee of Lexington v. Mark Zagaeski, 469 Mass. 104 (2014) re: scope of arbitrator authority to modify educator discipline under MGL c. 71, Sec. 42
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