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07/31/2024

And Sierra & Kaitlin - our future Cedar Super Lawyers having just finished the bar exam! 🔥🏆❤️

07/31/2024

Proud to announce that three of our attorneys have been recognized as 2024 Super Lawyers!

09/26/2022

03/13/2019

Here's a bulletin issued by OSPI on the new student discipline rules. You can find read more about it on the State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction's website at On July 30, 2018, OSPI adopted new student discipline rules that comprehensively revised Chapter 392-400 of the Washington Administrative Code (WAC). Some provisions became effective for the 2018–19 school year, with the remaining provisions becoming effective for the 2019–20 school year. 908 more words [ 901 more words ]

OSPI promulgated rules pursuant to revised student discipline laws. Some rules go into effect for this 2018-2019 school year. Others take effect next year.

01/02/2019

Thank you to all of our supporters for a fantastic 2018. This year, we added three new attorneys to our team, expanded our practice into employment law and civil rights issues for school employees, and obtained some fantastic results for our clients. We are pleased to announce that Michelle Mentzer has joined our firm as of January 2, 2019. Michelle formerly practiced labor and employment law and worked in civil legal aid before serving as an Administrative Law Judge in the Office of Administrative Hearings for almost 17 years, the last 10 of which focused on education cases for the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. [ 115 more words ]

Thank you to all of our supporters for a fantastic 2018. This year, we added three new attorneys to our team, expanded our practice into employment […]

11/19/2018

Read about Shannon's opinions on the impact of the school bus shortage in Seattle Public Schools on special education and at-risk students here:

Read about Shannon’s opinions on the impact of the school bus shortage in Seattle Public Schools on special education and at-risk students here: https://kuow.org/stories/as-school-bus-service-improves-seattle-special-education-students-may-be-left-behind

11/15/2018

Shannon, Jinju and I attended the 2018 Pacific Northwest Institute on Special Education and the Law. I always leave that conference excited about our practice area and feeling up to date on its latest developments. My favorite session was on Medical Issues in Schools by Darcy Kriha, Attorney at Law and Founding Partner, Kriha Law LLC in Chicago, Illinois. She spoke about a range of topics, but the latest update on medical ma*****na in schools is particularly exciting: [ 823 more words ]

Rincon Valley Union Elementary School District (118 LRP 39709) and other case law updates to the use of medical ma*****na in public schools by students.

10/11/2018

Paraeducator Support as a Supplementary Aid and Service: An Overview of Special Education Citizen Complaint (SECC) NO. 17-49 or School Districts, Please stop perpetuating the myth of the hyper-restrictive 1:1 aide! Read more on the School Law Blog at:

School Districts: Please stop perpetuating the myth of the hyper-restrictive 1:1 aide! Paraeducators are a supplementary aid and service, not a placement.

09/24/2018

An interesting article in the Seattle Times for teachers to see warning signs of sexual abuse in young students. Cedar Law is also resource for helping parents when the abuse takes place within the schools.

A new resource from the King County Sexual Assault Resource Center aims to help elementary school educators better recognize and respond to abuse, and talk to their students about violence prevention from an early age.

09/21/2018

Did you know that recent revisions to Washington truancy laws require schools to screen students for a disability when they have two or more unexcused absences and there is reason to suspect a disability?
Visit our Education Law Blog to read more about it:

Did you know - 2 unexcused absences could trigger screening/identification for disabilities? Read more about RCW 28A.225.020 at Cedar's Education Law Blog.