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Chalkboard 2010 Issue 1 (PDF)

  1. Disclosure of Employee's Birth Date

  2. RFR New Hires - Samanthia S. Marshall and Staci L. Roberds

Chalkboard 2009 Issue 3 (PDF)

  1. Amendments to the Family Medical Leave Act

  2. Bulletin:  Policy Updates

Chalkboard 2009 Issue 2 (PDF)

  1. Overview of Opportunities of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

  2. Policy Alert:  Changes in Employee Background Check Requirements

  3. Bulletin:  Identity Theft Red Flag Rules go into Effect on May 1, 2009

Chalkboard 2009 Issue 1 (PDF)

  1. The New COBRA Subsidy Provisions

Chalkboard 2008 Issue 4 (PDF)

  1. Understanding The New Parent Revocation of Consent Regulations Under The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act

Chalkboard 2008 Issue 3 (PDF)

  1. Student Expression:  Protected Speech and True Threats

  2. Failure to Specify Subject Matter of Agenda Item Held to be Willful Violation of Open Meeting Act

Chalkboard 2008 Issue 2 (PDF)

  1. How the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 Affects Student Eligibility for Section 504 Accommodation Plans

Chalkboard 2008 Issue 1 (PDF)

  1. 403(b) Tax Sheltered Annuities Regulations

  2. California Home Schooling Decision Unlikely to Affect Oklahoma

Chalkboard 2007 Issue 4 (PDF)

  1. Educating the Undocumented Immigrant - Part Two

  2. Effectively Investigating and Remedying Racially Harassing Conduct

Chalkboard 2007 Issue 3 (PDF)

  1. Legislative Update:  Vision Screening and Diabetes Management

  2. Education and the Illegal Immigrant, Part One

Chalkboard 2007 Issue 3 Insert (PDF)

  1. School Law Bills - 51st Okla. Legislature, 1st Regular Session

Chalkboard 2007 Issue 2 (PDF)

  1. Providing Parents of IEP Students with Copies of Test Protocols Found Not to Infringe Copyright

  2. Recent Developments:  Oklahoma Education Association, et al., v. State of Okla. No. 103,702 (May 8, 2007)

Chalkboard 2007 Issue 1 (PDF)

  1. "House Calls" at School?

  2. Releasing Employee Information to Third Parties

  3. Educational Wireless Broadband Leases

Chalkboard 2006 Issue 1 (PDF)

  1. Selecting an Insurance Company

  2. The Evolving Debate on Evolution in Public Schools

  3. The Perils and Pitfalls of Equipment Leasing Agreements

  4. RFR Alert:  Public Trust Conduit Financing and General Obligation Bonds Might Violate Oklahoma Law

  5. The Oklahoma Open Meeting Act

Chalkboard 2005 Issue 2 (PDF)

  1. School Board Invocations

  2. Standard Mileage Increase

  3. Is a Policy Necessary - The Requirements of Title 70

  4. CPR Training Act (SB 618)

  5. The Lighter Side - A Look at Education Then and Now

  6. Oklahoma Open Meeting Act

  1. Moral Turpitude:  A Slam Dunk?

  2. The Oklahoma Open Meeting Act (25 Okla. Stat. ยง 301 et. Seq.)

  3. Case Summary:  Least Restrictive Environment

  4. Public Comment at School Board Meetings

  5. September 7 - Constitution Day

  6. Use of Employee Social Security Numbers

  1. About Rosenstein, Fist & Ringold

  2. Congratulations! You Have Been Sued

  3. New DOL Rules

  4. 2004 Legislation Requiring New or Revised Policies

  5. Local Support Foundation

  6. AG Opinion - Revenue from Vending Contracts

  7. School Finance Reforms

  8. Mandatory Prison Purchase