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John Britton Joins National Council of School Attorneys’ Labor Relations Committee

Congratulations to Director John Britton, who has accepted an invitation to join the National School Boards Association’s Council of School Attorneys’ Labor Relations Committee.  He joins a prestigious group of labor relations lawyers throughout the county who meet regularly to bring labor programming to practitioners during COSA meetings and to continue to determine the needs [...]

Ohio Supreme Court Holds Former Students’ Education Records Private Under FERPA

The Ohio Supreme Court held that education records, if created and maintained when a person is a student, cannot be disclosed after the person is no longer a student.  State ex rel. Souffrance v. Doe, Records Custodian, Case No. 2011-0823. In State ex rel. Souffrance, Souffrance, an inmate at the London Correctional Institution, filed a Petition [...]

EEOC Finds Transgender Status a Basis for Sex Discrimination Claim Under Title VII

In a landmark decision, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has determined that a transgender woman’s claim of employment discrimination based on gender identity, change of sex, and/or transgender status is viable under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The case, Macy v. Holder, was brought by Mia Macy, a former male police detective [...]