School Law
Scholten Fant’s School Law Section is available to assist you with all of your school law needs. Scholten Fant has represented local public school districts since its inception in 1957. Today, the attorneys in our School Law Section represent many local and intermediate school districts in the wide variety of issues they confront, including:
- Revised School Code
- General school law matters
- Student discipline
- State School Aid Act
- Pupil accounting
- Schools of choice
- Teacher Tenure Act
- Evaluation requirements
- Probationary non-renewals
- Tenure matters
- IDEA/MMSEA—Special Education
- IEPT meetings
- Due process hearings
- Mediations
- Litigation
- Appeals
- Part 8 complaints
- Discipline of students with disabilities
- Section 504
- Due process hearings
- Grievances
- OCR complaints
- Constitutional Issues
- Speech & religion matters
- Search & seizure
- Pupil Transportation Act
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
- Student records
- State and Federal Civil Rights Acts
- Labor and Employment
- Collective bargaining
- Contract administration
- Grievance processing
- Arbitrations
- Employee discipline
- Wrongful discharge
- Unfair labor practices
- Wage and hour claims
- Unemployment compensation
- Family Medical Leave Act
- Open Meetings Act
- Freedom of Information Act
- Michigan Election Law
- Board Policies & Administrative Regulations
- Drafting & interpretation
- Contracts
- Cooperative agreements
Scholten Fant’s School Law Section also provides services to assist our school district clients in remaining informed of the many areas of school law by:
- Issuing periodic newsletters containing updates of interest in various areas of school law.
- Conducting workshops focusing on various school law issues.
- Providing 30 minutes per month of telephone consultation for retainer clients.