by Mickes O'Toole | May 8, 2014 | News
The 2014 School Law Seminars Topics are; Holy Smokes! Prayers, E-Cigarettes & Other Breaking News Back to School: What your Teachers and Staff Need to Know for a Successful School Year Dollars and Cents: Paying Overtime and Comp Time Under FLSA Search and Seizure...
by Mickes O'Toole | May 8, 2014 | News
On April 23, 2014, the Honorable Carol E. Jackson of United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri dismissed a lawsuit filed by a student and her parents against the Wentzville R-IV School District. The suit, J.A. & C.A., on behalf of their...
by Mickes O'Toole | May 1, 2014 | Articles, MoASBO
Published by MoASBO, May 2014 On April 15, 2014, the Missouri Supreme Court issued a ground-breaking decision that made it much easier for employees to establish workers’ compensation retaliation cases against employers. Previously, plaintiffs claiming workers’...
by Mickes O'Toole | May 1, 2014 | Articles, MoASBO
Published by MoASBO, May 2014 Q. Our practice has been not to allow students to make up the work for credit while they are on out-of-school suspension. This practice can result in a significant reduction in a student’s grade depending on the length of the suspension....
by Mickes O'Toole | Mar 1, 2014 | Articles, MARE
Published by MARE, March 2014 According to the Teacher Tenure Act (“Act”), an individual acquires permanent teacher status once he or she is employed in the same school district as a teacher for five successive years and then is rehired by that school district to...