COMMENT: Failures of Georgia School Officials to prevent shooting.

Jamie Epstein's Published Guest Column argues why Governor Murphy should veto the proposed amendment to the Open Public Records Act - because the amendment will severely impair students' right to access their student records.

Farj's Law: This news media article discusses Jamie Epstein's submission of an amended regulation to the New Jersey Department of Education. The proposed regulation Jamie Epstein called "Farj's Law" was in response to the preventable death of a student named Farj who suffocated on a school bus while her school bus aide was on her cell phone. Farj's Law proposed special education mini school buses be monitored via live video streamed to their school. In the article, Jamie Epstein presents his disagreement with NJDOE's rejection of "Farj's Law".

Jamie Epstein comments to the media: Jamie Epstein comments to the media on the reported manslaughter charges against bus aide who was on her cellphone when her student in a wheelchair was strangled by her seat-belt.

CB v Berlin Twp. Bd. of Ed.: CB filed New Jersey Law Against Discrimination lawsuit for being repeatedly and severely bullied.

DK v Washington Twp Bd of Ed.: The Court granted our request for an injunction against the Board's indefinite suspension of DK for drawing a stick figure shooting a gun in his computer graphics class.

DF v Collingswood: DF files complaint for being denied an appropriate education and subjected to being repeatedly and unnecessarily restrained.

HB v Deptford Twp. Bd. of Ed.: The school district faces contempt for refusing to implement the educational services ordered by the administrative court.

H.S. & M.S. o/b/o A.S. v Harrison and East Greenwich Boards of Ed: The Court allows the parents' claims to go forward regarding Harrison placing A.S. in their segregated pre-school when he was 3 and excluding him from special education when he was 4, 5, 6 and 7 which required his parents to find A.S. an appropriate placement themselves. The Court also allowed the parents' claim against Harrison and East Greenwich for excluding A.S. from special education at East Greenwich when he was 7.

HS & MS obo AS vs Harrison Bd of Ed.: AS' parents file civil action against Harrison Board of Education for segregating him in a class of educationally handicapped students and to fully reimburse them for placing AS in a private school and provide AS with compensatory education.

KL v Evesham Twp. Bd. of Ed.: KL files Open Public Records Act complaint to obtain the school's withheld records related to their investigation of his children being bullied.

KL v Evesham Twp. Bd. of Ed.: Columnist questions Evesham's tactics against KL after he partially won his appeal to obtain the school's withheld records related to their investigation of his children being bullied. Evesham. Evesham's tactic included telling the media they reported KL to DYFS, but not telling the media DYFS found Evesham's report was unfounded.

L.R. o/b/o J.R. v Cherry Hill Public Schools: the New Jersey Law Journal reports on Jamie Epstein's reversal of the decision of Judge (now New Jersey Supreme Court Justice) Vina by the Appellate Division which is highly unusual. The reversal (see JamieEpsteinLaw/My Cases) allows L.R. to pursue her OPRA request on behalf of her disabled child.

MZ v Rutgers University: MZ, a graduate nursing student, files a complaint in Federal Court complaining the University violated his civil rights by failing him in his last course in disregard of the ruling of its own University Hearing Panel acquitting him on plagiarism charges.

PW v Black Horse Reg. Sch. Dist.: P.W. filed a New Jersey Law Against Discrimination complaint against her former school district claiming from 9th to 12th grade she was severely and repeatedly subjected to gender and disability based bullying, intimidation and harassment; culminating in the Superintendent proclaiming at staff meeting to P.W. and her parents, "It takes two to tango!"

RS v Gateway Reg. H.S. Bd. of Ed.: RS filed New Jersey Law Against Discrimination lawsuit for being repeatedly and severely bullied.

SW v Woodlynne Bd of Ed.: The Court prohibited Board of Education from excluding SW from school because of a medical condition that made SW look different than the other students. Attached are links to: 5/22/03 Ill boy locked in battle with school, 5/28/03 Lawsuit filed over school's treatment of ailing boy, 5/29/03 Judge sends ill boy back to school, 5/30/03 Boy's return to school is delayed.