area of practice
Education Law
An Experienced Team with Unusual Perspective
Our school district clients rely on Kilkenny Law to provide efficient, dependable representation in areas of school code compliance; contract review; collective bargaining, employment, and personnel issues; administrative hearings; special education law matters; student discipline; policy development; bond and bidding issues; tax assessment appeals; and other legal matters affecting Pennsylvania school districts.
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We routinely represent and advise school districts, board members, administrators, supervisors, teachers and other school personnel and individual staff on the detailed requirements of educational law, provide representation at School Board meetings, and remain available to represent our clients before the Board of Education on school law matters, including student discipline hearings, employee discipline, non-renewals, reductions-in-force, dismissal, and expulsion hearings.
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Due to our experience, our attorneys are deeply familiar with the laws and regulations confronting the administration of school districts, including Pennsylvania’s Public School Code, State Ethics Act, the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act, the Public Records Act,
Pennsylvania’s Right to Know Law, Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA), Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 504 Plans, and school board public meeting procedures requirements.