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ARTICLES
The Potential Cost of Medical Residential Placements to Public School Districts
The decision to place a student in a residential educational program, like all other educational placement decisions, is required under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to be made by an Individualized Education Program team (IEP team) comprising professionals from the student's school district of residence and the parents. Read More...
What You Need to Know About Changes to the Pa. Public School Code
On June 22, 2018, Act 44 was enacted containing, among other things, new school safety provisions that have immediate requirements of schools across the state as they start the new school year. Article XIII of the Pennsylvania Public School Code of 1949 is amended to add sections B, C, and D which address the establishment of a Safety and Security Committee, provisions around school police and School Resource Officers (SROs), and establishing the Safe2Say program, respectively. The following are highlights of each section. Read More...
'Janus v. AFSCME' — Top 5 Takeaways From Supreme Court Decision
On June 27, 2018, the United States Supreme Court overruled more than forty years of established precedent by handing down a decision in favor of nonunion member public employees. In Janus v. AFSCME, the court ruled that the First Amendment prohibits public employers, such as public school districts, from deducting fair share fees from the wages of nonunion members without their express consent. The following are the most important takeaways from that decision. Read More...
EVENTS, SEMINARS, CLEs
Kalani Linnell will be speaking at the COSA School Law Seminar in Orlando
Delaware County special education attorney Kalani Linnell, Esquire of Raffaele Puppio, will be speaking at the COSA School Law Seminar in Orlando on March 31, 2023. Attorney Linnell will be speaking about the Intersection of Title IX and Special Education Read More...
J. Patrick Hickey, Esq. Speaks at Drexel University's Kline School of Law
Raffaele Puppio trial attorney presented on professionalism and ethics to future law students Read More...
Raffaele Puppio Founding Partner Speaks to Delaware County School Superintendents on Construction Law
Michael V. Puppio, Jr. shared insight into construction law with school officials. Read More...
MEDIA COVERAGE
Raffaele Puppio Partner Authors Update on Pennsylvania Public School Code for The Legal Intelligencer
Raffaele Puppio partner and education attorney Katherine Meehan authored an article about Act 44 and the changes it brings to the Pennsylvania Public School Code. Read More...
Katherine H. Meehan featured in PivotToday for Delaware County Leadership
Katherine Meehan, a partner with Media-based Raffaele Puppio and who's practice focuses on school law and government services, talks with PIVOT Today about growing up in Connecticut, moving to Delaware County, attending Villanova University School of Law and her favorite weekend getaway. Read More...
Michael V. Puppio Authors “'Janus v. AFSCME'—Top 5 Takeaways From Supreme Court Decision”
Raffaele Puppio founding partner Michael V. Puppio Jr. analyzes the Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court decision in his latest article for The Legal Intelligencer. Puppio addresses the Top 5 Takeaways from the overruling of the 40-year-old established precedent. Read More...
PRESS RELEASES
4 Raffaele Puppio Attorneys Named 2024 Top Lawyers of Delaware County
4 Raffaele Puppio Attorneys Named 2024 Top Lawyers of Delaware County Read More...
Raffaele Puppio Attorney Kalani Linnell, Esq. Presents "The Intersection of Title IX and Special Education"
Ms. Linnell was a featured presenter at the 2023 National School Boards Association/Council of School Attorneys Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida. Read More...
Raffaele Puppio Welcomes Litigation Attorney Jennifer M. Ganley
Delaware County full-service law firm Raffaele Puppio is pleased to welcome attorney Jennifer M. Ganley to the firm as an associate in 2022 and practices in the firm's litigation department. Read More...