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This article will survey certain legal issues that have arisen in camp operations over the past year, as presented to the ACA Camp Crisis Hotline, other inquiries to staff...

In 2011, the American Camp Association published “ Concussions: What Camps Can Learn from the Zachery Lystedt Law ” in the Winter issue of The CampLine. That article, written with...

Education Reform On December 10, 2015, President Barack Obama signed into law the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), a bipartisan bill to revise and replace No Child Left Behind...

Recently, serious accidents and fatalities in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, and other states have prompted government in these and several other states to review...

“Let’s form a committee!” is the frequent battle cry of camp leaders facing a complex problem for which there are no obvious, immediate, or cheap solutions. When more than one...

I. Introduction On the 25th Anniversary of the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act (the ADA or the Act), we have been asked to refresh our latest article for The...

After much work, the American Camp Association (ACA) National Standards Commission is pleased to introduce a standard specific to 1:1 camper/staff interaction. We often receive...

I. Introduction The American Camp Association (ACA) has asked us to address issues associated with camp staff off duty use of camp premises, facilities and equipment. Several ACA...