All colleges and universities have codes of conduct that include some variation of an academic honor or integrity code. These policies codify the school’s definition of cheating and plagiarism – two areas where students can often find themselves in trouble. … Read more »
Student Rights in the COVID Era: Special Education and College Safety Contracts
COVID-19 has upended life as we know it, but this fall, the focus of many will be on the education system – both public and private, secondary and higher education. Now that schools and colleges have reopened, and after a … Read more »
Private School Discipline v. Public School Discipline: What You Need to Know
Many parents are shocked to find out that the private high school they are paying a sizeable amount of tuition for has much more discretion in terms of disciplining their child than a public school. Most public high school handbooks … Read more »
KCL Opposes Motion to Dismiss in Mount Ida Case
What obligation does an institution of higher learning have to its students? That is the key question facing a federal judge in Boston after a hearing in April regarding the abrupt closure and sale of Mount Ida College in 2018. … Read more »
Navigating Sexual Assault Complaints on Campus
Private and public colleges, as well as the federal government, have offered their various views and opinions on how sexual assault cases on college campuses should be handled. Title IX is the federal law that dictates how such cases must … Read more »
KCL Insights: April 14, 2016
The latest issue of KCL Insights includes:
- School District Held Accountable in Bullying Case when it Failed to Address Parental Concerns During IEP Meeting (Part II), by Andra Hutchins
- Doing Better By Doing Good: IRA Distributions to Public Charities, by
School District Held Accountable in Bullying Case when it Failed to Address Parental Concerns During IEP Meeting (Part II)
In this two-part blog series, I look at how different laws and statutes can help students and parents address bullying in school. Recent cases in Massachusetts and New York federal courts have addressed bullying in schools, and in both cases, … Read more »
KCL Insights: March 31, 2016
The latest issue of KCL Insights includes:
- Avoid Surprises During the Spring Real Estate Season, by Robert Finkel
- Massachusetts Bullying Case to Proceed under Title IX – the law that prohibits sex discrimination in school (Part I), by Andra Hutchins
Massachusetts Bullying Case to Proceed under Title IX – the law that prohibits sex discrimination in school (Part I)
In two recent cases, federal courts in Massachusetts and New York have addressed bullying in schools, and in both cases, the students overcame legal arguments by their respective districts. The Massachusetts case involves a regular education student who was bullied … Read more »
Student Discipline and Expulsion Procedures in Massachusetts Public and Charter Schools
Due Process and Educational Services
From schoolyard pranks to serious offenses, students facing disciplinary action in Massachusetts public 
and charter schools have a right to due process and educational services.
New Procedures for Suspending or Expelling Students
Massachusetts schools used … Read more »