Mar 22, 2022 | News, School Law
March 21, 2022 Recently, Governor Holcomb signed into law legislation that requires Indiana school boards to allow public comment “on a topic” before final action on that topic is taken. School boards can establish reasonable rules to govern the taking of that public...Mar 15, 2019 | School Law
March 15, 2019 Yesterday afternoon, a split Indiana Court of Appeals upheld the 2015 statutory prohibition of a serious sex offender from entering school property, even if the offender was convicted before the statute was enacted. In 2010, as part of a plea deal, Doug...Jul 3, 2018 | News, School Law
July 3, 2018 Last week, the Indiana Supreme Court rendered two decisions answering when students must be provided Miranda warnings as part of an investigation into alleged misconduct. Both B.A. v. State and D.Z. v. State offer guidance, for the first time, on what...Mar 30, 2018 | News, School Law
March 27, 2018 On March 26, the Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed that a school corporation may obtain a protective order directing a harassing parent to “stay away from” the administration center, school buildings, and athletic complex. The trial court granted the...Mar 5, 2018 | News, School Law
March 5, 2018 On Thursday, a divided Indiana Court of Appeals held that students are entitled to Miranda warnings and other protections in certain school interrogation circumstances. If the student does not receive those warnings and protections, any incriminating...Feb 9, 2018 | News, School Law
February 8, 2018 Late Monday afternoon, the Indiana Court of Appeals directed the entry of judgment in favor of the school corporation and a teacher after the teacher touched a first grader’s posterior when returning the student to her seat during testing. The Court...