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School Law: Balancing School Administration, Parent, and Student Rights
Contains material from Mar 2016
The section on guns in schools was very incomplete, and too much time was taken in chit chat. The section on the new discipline rules, Chapter 37 and the Campus Behavioral Coordinators was cut very short.
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Session 2: Guns in Schools and Chapter 37 Changes - A look at the challenging state and federal regulations related to firearms on school district property, prohibited weapons, and other changes to student discipline. Do gun-free school zones truly exist with the advent of open carry? What is the impact for K-12 students attending classes on college campuses? Is a pocketknife a prohibited weapon?
Session 3: The Intersection of Family Law and School Law - Does Grandpa have any rights to the child? Can Mom’s new girlfriend attend the parent–teacher conference? Can Dad eat lunch with the child on his non-possession days? Who gets to make the educational decisions for the child? How do you advise your administrators when the parents don’t agree to any of this? What is your reaction as a lawyer when your administrators are subpoenaed to a family law hearing? Learn responses to these and other gray-area questions where family law and school law collide.
Session 4: Overview of the New Truancy Law - New laws decriminalize truancy, but continue to hold students accountable through a new system of truancy courts. Review the new law and discover a wealth of resources aimed at implementing the new system.
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Christopher B. Gilbert
Session 1
—57 mins
The Other Tinker Test: Analyzing the Conflict between Student Free Speech Rights and a School’s Obligation to Maintain a Safe and Secure Environment (Mar 2016)
Schools trying to deal with twenty-first century mandates to adopt anti-discrimination and anti-bullying measures, accommodate the surge of LGBTQ students, and roll with the ever-changing Establishment Clause landscape are increasingly finding themselves the targets of student free speech “I can say what I wanna say” lawsuits. Explore the legal framework for analyzing the dichotomy between private student speech and school government speech to determine when schools seeking to promote the greater good can say, “No, you can’t.”
Originally presented: Feb 2016 School Law Conference
Christopher B. Gilbert,
Thompson & Horton LLP - Houston, TX
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Pam Kaminsky
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Session 2
—31 mins
Guns in Schools and Chapter 37 Changes (Mar 2016)
A look at the challenging state and federal regulations related to firearms on school district property, prohibited weapons, and other changes to student discipline. Do gun-free school zones truly exist with the advent of open carry? What is the impact for K-12 students attending classes on college campuses? Is a pocketknife a prohibited weapon?
Originally presented: Feb 2016 School Law Conference
Pam Kaminsky,
Rogers, Morris & Grover, L.L.P. - Houston, TX
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Kevin F. Lungwitz
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Session 3
—34 mins
The Intersection of Family Law and School Law (Mar 2016)
Does Grandpa have any rights to the child? Can Mom’s new girlfriend attend the parent–teacher conference? Can Dad eat lunch with the child on his non-possession days? Who gets to make the educational decisions for the child? How do you advise your administrators when the parents don’t agree to any of this? What is your reaction as a lawyer when your administrators are subpoenaed to a family law hearing? Learn responses to these and other gray-area questions where family law and school law collide.
Originally presented: Feb 2016 School Law Conference
Kevin F. Lungwitz,
The Lungwitz Law Firm, P.C. - Austin, TX
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David Slayton
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Session 4
—28 mins
Overview of the New Truancy Law (Mar 2016)
New laws decriminalize truancy, but continue to hold students accountable through a new system of truancy courts. Review the new law and discover a wealth of resources aimed at implementing the new system.
Originally presented: Feb 2016 School Law Conference
David Slayton,
Office of Court Administration - Austin, TX