School Leaders Risk Management Association (SLRMA) is a not-for-profit organization governed by a Board of Directors consisting of Executive Directors of State School Board Associations. SLRMA provides timely information to assist public school districts (K-12) and cooperatives, as well as public school district self-insured pools, in preventing unwanted and unwarranted school board legal liability claims. Additionally, SLRMA works with the Federal Legislation Insurance Committee (FLIC), analyzing potential liability exposures arising from legislation.



  • Disciplining Students with Disabilities: A Self-Audit Checklist - Use this checklist to analyze your school district’s disciplinary procedures for students with special needs.
  • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - A PowerPoint presentation to inform your school district on how the stimulus bill funds will be distributed and used.
  • E-Discovery: School District Self-Audit, Part II - A Self-Audit Checklist for your School District, Part II of the audit addresses litigation hold practices.
  • Serving Homeless Students Under McKinney-Vento: A District Self-Audit Guide - The District Self-Audit Guide to serving homeless students is designed to assist your district with setting and maintaining its priorities under federal law the McKinney-Vento Act.
  • E-Discovery: School District Self-Audit, Part I - A Self-Audit Checklist for your School District, Part I of the audit addresses inventory and retention issues.
  • English Language Learners in Selected States: A District Self-Audit Guide, a Special Report from FLIC - Over the last 25 years, the number of English Language Learners, or school-age children whose first language at home is not English, has more than doubled. Is your district prepared for the changes that this issue will require?


  • 06/02/2009 - Croft v Perry, (5th Cir 2009), unanimous 5th Circuit decision regarding prayer in schools. - Court unanimously decides that daily minute of silence in Texas public schools does not violate Establishment Clause.
  • 06/01/2009 - Horne v. Flores, upcoming high court ruling regarding state English Language Learner (ELL) programs. - U.S. Supreme Court will soon rule on funding for ELL state programs.
  • 05/20/2009 - Department of Education (DOE) Issues Final FERPA amendments - The DOE has made final amendments to the 1974 Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, a Hogan & Hartson Memo
  • 04/30/2009 - Additional Guidance for 2009 ARRA - The Department of Education provides additional and more detailed guidance on the distribution and use of funds under the ARRA and general direction for states and school districts.
  • 04/01/2009 - ACLU v. Miami-Dade County School Board (11th Cir. 2009) - A memo by Hogan & Hartson about the 11th Circuit's recent decision holding that the school board's decision to remove a book about Cuba from the library did not violate First Amendment or Due Process rights.
  • 03/31/2009 - Initial Guidance for 2009 ARRA - The Department of Education provides initial guidance on the distribution and use of funds under the ARRA and general direction for states and school districts.
  • 3/3/2009 - Bond Provision in Stimulus Bill: Bond Provision in 2009 Stimulus Bill to Benefit School Districts
  • 1/20/2009 - DOE Final Regulations for Part B of IDEA - A Hogan & Hartson memorandum prepared by Maree Sneed, John Borkowski and Audrey Anderson regarding Department of Education Issues Final Regulation for Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
  • 12/22/2008 - Employment Update, September 2008:  Congress overrules the Supreme Court and extends ADA (amendments become effective January 1, 2009).
  • 10/23/2008 - Department of Education: Addresses "Parents Involved" Supreme Court Ruling - The Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Education issues controversial commentaries on the Supreme Court's holding in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School Dist. No. 1
  • 10/23/2008 - Supplemental Educational Services under NCLB—New Guidance - The Department of Education has issued guidance for program allowing free tutors for low-income students.
  • 9/03/2008 - As the economy tightens and the mortgage crisis starts to hit home for school districts this Fall, it will be more important than ever that schools have a plan that complies with the federal requirements for serving the homeless student population.  SLRMA and FLIC have teamed to form a special report, Serving Homeless Students Under McKinney-Vento: A District Self-Audit Guide. 
  • 8/26/2008 – Hogan & Hartson’s look at the Renee v. Spellings case, an important holding from the Northern District of California interpreting the Department of Education’s regulations as to which teachers are “highly qualified” under the No Child Left Behind Act.
  • 8/26/2008 – The law firm of Hogan & Hartson summarizes a challenge to whether a 36 year-old desegregation order was violated by two rural schools in Texas through their transfer of some students. The 5th Circuit federal court of appeals found in the case of Samnorwood Independent School District v. Texas Education Agency that the schools, in this instance, did not violate the spirit – nor the letter – of that order.