Osborn Maledon was selected as the 2020 Arizona Firm of the Year recently by Benchmark Litigation, a national ranking firm for litigators. The Benchmark Litigation awards recognize the country’s most distinguished...
Yearly Archives: 2020
As of March 24, 2020, the Arizona Department of Education/Exceptional Student Services (ADE/ESS) has developed its own COVID-19 webpage devoted to special education...
Client Alert: UPDATED Guidance from OCR and OSERS re COVID-19 and Students with Disabilities (As of March 23, 2020)
March 23, 2020
As promised, the Department of Education (“ED”)’s Office for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) and Office for Civil Rights (OCR) jointly issued updated Guidance over the weekend...
Client Alert: Guidance on Serving Students with Disabilities During COVID-19-Related School Closures
March 20, 2020
As special education directors and other school, leaders are struggling to wrap their arms around the implications of pandemic-related school closures for students with disabilities...
On March 18, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201, §§ 5105 to 5111), which includes the Federal Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (“Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act”) and...
Client Alert: Arizona Republic Public Records Request UPDATE
March 18, 2020
We know that many of you were in the midst of gathering documents and otherwise preparing a response to the Arizona Republic’s February 2020 public records request when the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted your normal school...