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School Law
Our School Law Services include:
Policy development, including reviewing, drafting, and making recommendations for revisions to school committee policies
Policy development and revisions to social media policies
Trainings for school committees, administrators and employees on a variety of topics and laws
Collective bargaining using traditional and Interest Based Bargaining (IBB) techniques; training of and preparation with school committees for collective bargaining, drafting of proposals and issues and representation of school committees at the bargaining table
Negotiating and drafting employment agreements on behalf of school committees, including negotiating and drafting employment contracts with superintendents and drafting contracts between superintendents and principals
Day to day counseling on a variety of matters and compliance with various laws including:
Open Meeting Law
Conflict of Interest Law
Public Records Law
Uniform Procurement Act
Municipal Health Insurance
Retirement Law
Labor Relations Law
Public Employee Tort Claims Indemnification
MSBA/School Building
School Budget and School Finance
Revolving Accounts
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Student Attendance
Anti-bullying and anti-bullying training
State and Federal wage and hour and overtime laws
State and Federal anti-discrimination laws
Reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities
State and Federal laws regarding military leave
State and Federal laws regarding student records
McKinney Vento Act regarding education of homeless students
Employee hiring, evaluation, discipline and discharge
Student discipline, including discipline of special education students
Counseling and drafting of notices of intent to suspend or discharge employees
Representation in the contractual grievance and arbitration process including preparing grievance answers and handling of arbitrations
Representation in M.G.L. chapter 71 arbitrations
Representation before the Massachusetts Department of Labor Relations
Representation before the Massachusetts Civil Service Commission
Representation before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) and the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Representation before the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)
Representation in State and Federal Courts
Counseling regarding internal investigations including employee discipline and harassment
Counseling regarding Title IX and Title VI matters
Drafting, reviewing and revising student handbooks
Review and negotiation of contracts with transportation providers
Review and negotiation of contracts with other outside contractors
