If you are arrested for a crime, you may still be eligible to teach in Pennsylvania, depending on the nature of the crime. Title 24 of the Pennsylvania School Code section 1-111 enumerates the offenses for which persons are ineligible to teach: No person subject to this act shall be employed or remain employed in a […]
Articles
Article Categories
Pennsylvania “Clean Slate” Law Leaves Some Questions Unanswered
On June 28, 2018, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed the “Clean Slate” Bill into law. The “Clean Slate” law is intended to prevent arrests or convictions for minor crimes committed earlier in a person’s life from affecting opportunities for education, housing, and employment for years or even decades. Records sealed by the “Clean Slate” law […]
Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Provide Further Guidance on Birchfield
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has allowed an appeal to determine whether Birchfield principles (that criminal sanctions can’t be applied to warrantless or involuntary blood draws) apply to cases that were not yet finally resolved at the time the Birchfield decision was arrived at. This might help those whose cases have been thrown out of court […]
People Magazine exaggerates Bill Cosby’s possible sentence
People Magazine. An international juggernaut. You would think they have the resources to get it right? Maybe ask an attorney… Instead, they wrote that Bill Cosby faces 30 years in jail. Convicted of three counts, each punishable by up to 10 years in jail, I can see where the mistake comes from. But come on, […]
Governor Wolf Signs House Bill 1952
In July 2017, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court found that the current version of Pennsylvania’s sexual offender registry law was punitive, making it unconstitutional to impose retroactively. The effects of this decision would have removed thousands of people from the registry who were sentenced before the current version of the state’s registration law (SORNA) took effect […]
