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Two New Connecticut Laws Charter and Independent Schools Should Read This Fall
Pay ranges now belong in every job posting, and the bar for suspending the youngest students has gone up. Both laws were written with school districts in mind. Both reach further.
Strings Attached: The IRS’s New Private School Rule Meets the Supreme Court’s Preschool Case
A proposed IRS rule would treat race-based scholarships and admissions preferences as disqualifying for private school tax exemption, and the Supreme Court hears a religious preschool case the same day comments close. Here is what schools in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and D.C. should do now.
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