MCLE Program Catalog - 9th Annual School Law Conference 2009

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In-Person Program

9th Annual School Law Conference 2009

New developments, trends, and cutting-edge issues

Product Number:	2090429P01
Date(s):	Thursday, 4/16/2009, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Location:	MCLE, Milstein Hall & Lower Level, Boston (directions)
CLE Credits:	7 substantive credits, 0 ethics credits

Four panels & workshops

Employment and Labor Issues in the Schools
Section 504 and the Education of Students with Disabilities in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools
Special Education Update 2009: What's Happening in the Courts, at the BSEA, and on Capital Hill
Getting to Graduation and Planning for Life After High School

Why attend?

MCLE's 9th annual School Law Conference provides important information for everyone connected with the operation and legal obligations of Massachusetts public schools. The Conference focuses on significant new developments in state and federal education laws and key questions of policy, law, and practice that concern school officials, staff, students, parents, and the attorneys who advise and represent them. This is an advanced program for an audience familiar with the basics of school law in Massachusetts.

Municipal and school attorneys, lawyers who advise school staff, students, or parents, and educators themselves should attend this Conference to receive up-to-date information and benefit from the opportunity to hear from the faculty of expert practitioners.

Don't miss this chance to catch up on new developments, trends, and cutting-edge issues in this ever-changing practice area. The reception and networking breaks for registrants and faculty enable you to talk with old friends and meet new colleagues.

Keynote Speaker

Patrick A. Schettini, Jr., Superintendent of Reading Public Schools on Education Policy and Law and the Roles of School Administrators and Education Law Attorneys

Patrick Schettini has been the superintendent of the Reading Public Schools for the past six years. Previously, he was an assistant superintendent, high school principal, high school assistant principal, and classroom teacher. He is an adjunct professor of law at the Massachusetts School of Law where he has taught Education Law for over ten years. Superintendent Schettini is the President of the Merrimack Valley Superintendents Association, a member of the Legislative Committee for the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents, and a member of the Middlesex Partnerships for Youth sponsored by the Office of the Middlesex District Attorney. He serves on the Massachusetts Graduation and Dropout Prevention and Recovery Commission and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Accountability and Assistance Advisory Council. Superintendent Schettini has a J.D. from the Massachusetts School of Law, as well as a M.Ed. in School Administration and B.S. in Education from Salem State College. He is also a graduate of the Education Policy Fellowship Program of the Institute for Educational Leadership.

Conference Schedule: Thursday, April 16, 2009

9:00 - 9:15 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction

Colby C. Brunt, Esq., Cochair, Stoneman, Chandler & Miller LLP, Boston
Constance M. Hilton, Esq., Cochair, Hilton, Sindelar & Hahn, Newton
Matthew W. MacAvoy, Esq., Cochair, Sullivan, Nuttall & MacAvoy, PC, Marshfield

9:15 - 9:45 a.m.
Keynote Presentation: Education Policy and Law and the Roles of School Administrators and Education Law Attorneys - A Superintendent's View

Patrick A. Schettini, Jr., Esq., Superintendent, Town of Reading Public Schools, Reading

9:45 - 11:00 a.m.
Employment and Labor Issues in the Schools

Summary of key arbitration decisions from the past year and life in the schools after the Hull decision

Joan L. Stein, Esq., Stoneman, Chandler & Miller LLP, Boston
Naomi R. Stonberg, Esq., Wellesley

11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Networking Break

11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Section 504 and the Education of Students with Disabilities in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools

Update on OCR's enforcement of Section 504, including discussion of the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 and its conforming amendment of Section 504

Matthew W. MacAvoy, Esq., Cochair, Sullivan, Nuttall & MacAvoy, PC, Marshfield
William D. McCants, Esq., U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Boston
Timothy A. Sindelar, Esq., Hilton, Sindelar & Hahn, Newton

12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch (on your own)

1:30 - 3:15 p.m.
Special Education Update 2009: What's Happening in the Courts, at the BSEA, and on Capital Hill

Review of recent court cases and BSEA decisions concerning special education, and an update on the recent amendments to the IDEA regulations

Reece Erlichman, Esq., Department of Education, Bureau of Special Education Appeals, Malden
Eileen M. Hagerty, Esq., Kotin, Crabtree & Strong LLP, Boston
Mary Ellen P. Sowyrda, Esq., Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane LLP, Quincy

3:15 - 3:30 p.m.
Networking Break

3:30 - 4:45 p.m.
Getting to Graduation and Planning for Life after High School

Graduation and transition requirements - to meet them or not?; Termination of eligibility for special education MCAS: Requirements for participation by students with disabilities, implementation, and appeals; Legal requirements relative to transition planning and services

Colby C. Brunt, Esq., Cochair, Stoneman, Chandler & Miller LLP, Boston
Constance M. Hilton, Esq., Cochair, Hilton, Sindelar & Hahn, Newton
Jill Aubin Updegraph, Esq., Salem

4:45 - 5 p.m.
"Ask the Experts" Q&A Session

5:00 p.m.
Reception for Faculty & Registrants

Faculty

Colby C. Brunt, Esq., Chair, Stoneman, Chandler & Miller LLP, Boston
Constance M. Hilton, Esq., Chair, Hilton, Sindelar & Hahn, Newton
Matthew W. MacAvoy, Esq., Chair, Sullivan, Nuttall, MacAvoy & Lyons, PC., Marshfield
Patrick A. Schettini, Jr., Esq., Keynote Speaker, Superintendent, Reading, Town of/Public Schools, Reading
Reece Erlichman, Esq., Bureau of Special Education Appeals, Commonwealth of MA, Malden
Eileen M. Hagerty, Esq., Kotin, Crabtree & Strong LLP, Boston
William D. McCants, Esq., U.S. Department of Education/Office for Civil Rights, Boston
Timothy A. Sindelar, Esq., Hilton, Sindelar, Hahn & Mollow, Newton
Mary Ellen P. Sowyrda, Esq., Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane LLP, Quincy
Joan L. Stein, Esq., Stoneman, Chandler & Miller LLP, Boston
Naomi R. Stonberg, Esq., Law Office of Naomi R. Stonberg, Wellesley
Jill Aubin Updegraph, Esq. , Topsfield

Fees

MCLE Sponsor Members ....$245

MBA/BBA Members ....$265

All Others ....$295

SPECIAL NEW LAWYER DISCOUNT
For new lawyers admitted after 2005, pending admittees, and law students who are

MCLE Sponsor Members ....$175

MBA/BBA Members ....$195

General Information

Product Number:	2090429P01
Date(s):	Thursday, 4/16/2009, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Location:	MCLE, Milstein Hall & Lower Level, Boston (directions)
CLE Credits:	7 substantive credits, 0 ethics credits

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