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As school administrators know, there are always interesting updates for complying with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Recent cases provide important new information for K-12 school teams to improve their special education pra...

UPDATE: On December 3, 2024, a Federal District Court issued a nationwide injunction barring enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act and ruling that companies "need not comply" with the January 1, 2025 reporting deadline. Read our December 2024...

Summer vacation is winding down and teachers and students will soon be returning to classrooms across Oregon. While teachers are freshening up their classrooms for the new school year, administrators should remember to freshen up their legal complian...

INTRODUCTION Nonprofit entities play an ever-growing role in our society, including assisting people in need to building communities, from protecting animals to aiding our environment, and attending to the physical, mental, and spiritual needs of our...

On April 30, 2024, the Associated Press announced the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) will move to reclassify cannabis from a Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act. It is important to note that the move generally requires...

Although the 2024 legislative short session was dominated by affordable housing and social services, several bills of interest to school districts were enacted in the 2024 and 2023 legislative sessions and will require some implementation. Recording...