EDUCATION LAW ASSOCIATION2013

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W E S T M I N S T E R , C O

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WELCOME!

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National Conference on Law & Higher Education

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2013 ACCOMPLISHMENTSMove of the ELA headquarters

2013 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Publications

Conference Papers Project

Principal’s Legal Handbook

Entire new website. Technologically advanced & more secure.

WELCOME TO YOUR NEW HEADQUARTERS!

A look to our current successes.

Proclamations presented to Director Smith & Dean Boise by Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson.

THE 2013 ANNUAL CONFERENCE, WESTMINSTER, CO

A look to our current successes.

THE 2013 AWARD WINNERSA look to our current successes.

Winner: The Joseph C. Beckham Dissertation of the Year 

Inequitable Injustice: A Critical Analysis of the Litigation Concerning Illinois School FundingRobert Fitzgerald.: Researcher, University of California Center for Collaborative Research for an Equitable California, Santa Cruz, CA

THE 2013 AWARD WINNERSA look to our current successes.

Winner: George Jay Joseph Education Law Writing Award

Public Policy and Contractual Equity Principles in Individualized Education ProgramsMatthew Saleh, J.D..: Doctoral Candidate, Politics & Education, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and Teachers College, New York, NY

 

Winner: Steven S. Goldberg Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Education Law

Realizing Educational Rights: Advancing School Reform through Courts & CommunitiesAnne Newman, Ph.D.: Researcher, University of California Center for Collaborative Research for an Equitable California, Santa Cruz, CA

THE 2013 AWARD WINNERS: OUR HIGHEST AWARD

A look to our current successes.

The Marion H. McGhehey Award

P. Tyson BennettThe managing partner of the Annapolis office of Carney, Kelehan, Bresler, Bennett and Scherr, focuses on education law, disabilities law, employment law and zoning law. He represents private and public educational institutions and interests throughout Maryland. He has served as a member of a county school board and as a local education hearing examiner. He has been counseling local school boards for more than 25 years.

PLANS FOR 2014

Continue to increase live professional development offerings

Los Angeles

Baltimore

Fort Worth & Houston

Cleveland

Offer webinar series in Feb/March. Webinar series is included with your membership!

PLANS FOR 2014

Membership: increase activity by state directors

Publications

New Partnership: NASPA

New editions & new titles

Increase books appropriate for course work & other academic supplements.

Update conference papers project to include 2013 papers – excellent for research!

E-BOOKS COMING SOON!

Educator’s Quick Guide to the IDEA (2013)

Allan Osborne, Ed.D.: Principal (Retired), Quincy Public Schools, Quincy, MA

Educator’s Guide to School Law 2013 (2013)

NEW EDITIONS & TITLES COMING IN 2014

Case Studies in Higher Education Law

Sexual Harassment & Bullying: similar but not the same

Educational Finance Law (new edition!)

A Documentation System for Teacher Improvement or Termination (new edition!)

A Digest of Supreme Court Decisions Affecting Education (update to 2009

edition!)

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW VICE-PRESIDENT AND DIRECTORS

The ELA Board of Directors is comprised of 9 directors and 4 officers. New to the board as elected at the conference:

Vice President: R. Craig Wood, Professor, University of Florida

Board Members: Wayne Haglund, Attorney, Lufkin, TX; Joy Blanchard, Assistant Professor, Florida International University; and Dannelle Walker, Attorney/Administrator, Tennessee State Board of Education.

2014

2014 ANNUAL CONFERENCENovember 13-15Sheraton San Diego; San Diego, CA

See you there, if not before!

YEARBOOK OF EDUCATION LAW 2013, CHARLES RUSSO, EDITOR

Thank you very much

to our authors!

Justin M. BathonAssistant ProfessorUniversity of Kentucky

Susan C. Bon Associate Professor George Mason University

Kevin P. Brady Associate Professor North Carolina State University

Belinda M. CambreAssistant ProfessorUniversity of New Orleans

Amy L. DagleyAssistant ProfessorUniversity of Louisiana at Monroe

David L. DagleyProfessorThe University of Alabama

Janet R. DeckerAssistant Professor

Indiana University

Jeffrey S. GreenleyAssistant Attorney GeneralColumbus, Ohio

Pieter HuismanProfessor, Erasmus Sch of LawRotterdam, The Netherlands

Neal H. HutchensAssociate ProfessorPenn State University

James L. MawdsleyInstructor, Dept of General Studies Cleveland State University, Ohio

Ralph D. MawdsleyProfessor of Law Cleveland State University

Allan G. Osborne, Jr.Retired Principal Snug Harbor Community School

Marius SmitAssociate ProfessorPotchefstroom, South Africa

Jeffrey C. SunAssociate ProfessorUniversity of North Dakota

Regina UmpsteadAssociate ProfessorCentral Michigan University

Principal’s Legal HandbookThank you to our editors!

Mark A. Gooden (Lead Editor)Associate Professor and Director of the Principalship Program, Department of Educational Administration, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX Mario S. Torres, Jr. (Section 1 Editor)Associate Professor, Department of Educational Administration & Human Resource Development, Texas A&M Univ, Coll Station, TX 

Julie F. Mead (Section 2 Editor)Department Chair, Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Laura R. McNeal (Section 3 Editor)Assistant Professor, Brandeis School of Law, Univ of Louisville, Louisville, KY 

Suzanne E. Eckes (Section 4 Editor)Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN

Professor Supplemental MaterialsPrepared by Mark Mitchell,

Principal’s Legal HandbookThank you to our Authors!

M. David AlexanderProfessor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, Blacksburg, VA Nicholas E. BarclayDoctoral Candidate and Research Assistant, Univ of Nevada, Reno, NV 

Justin M. BathonAssistant Professor, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 

Christian M. BellDoctoral Candidate, The Univ of Texas, Austin, TX Christopher P. BorrecaPartner, Thompson & Horton LLP, Houston, TX 

Elizabeth Allen BorrecaDirector of Exceptionality, Univ of St. Thomas, Houston, TX Jesulon Gibbs-BrownAssistant Professor, Univ of S Carolina, Columbia, SC Raul R. CalvozDoctoral Student, Univ of Texas, Austin, TX William CampProfessor, Univ of N Texas, Denton, TX

Tina ChangIn-House Counsel, American Guild of Musical Artists, Chicago, IL 

Susan G. ClarkProfessor, Univ of Akron, Akron, OH

Brad ColwellProfessor and Dean, Bowling Green State Univ, Bowling Green, OH

 Jean B. CrockettProfessor & Director, Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL Jay R. CummingsProfessor, Coll of Education, Texas Southern Univ, Houston, TX Philip T.K. DanielProfessor of Educational Administration, The Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH Bradley W. DavisResearcher, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX John DaytonProgram Chair, Univ of Georgia, Athens, GA

Suzanne E. EckesAssociate Professor, Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN

Scott Ellis FerrinAssociate Professor, Brigham Young Univ, Provo, UT

Principal’s Legal HandbookThank you to our Authors!

 Richard FosseyProfessor, Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 

Kelly FrelsSenior Counsel, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, Houston, TX Richard T. GeiselAssociate Professor, Grand Valley State Univ, Grand Rapids, MI James B. GessfordPartner, Perry, Guthery, Haase & Gessford, P.C., L.L.O., Lincoln, NE 

John S. GoodenProfessor and Program Coordinator, Alabama State Univ, Montgomery, AL   

 

Ralph SharpProfessor Emeritus, Education Department, East Central Univ, Ada, OK William E. SparkmanProfessor, Univ of Nevada - Reno, Reno, NV Daniel D. SpikesDoctoral Candidate, The Univ of Texas, Austin, TX Jennifer A. SughrueProfessor, Southeastern Louisiana Univ, Hammond, LA  Stanley L. SwartzProfessor, California State Univ, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA Mario S. Torres, Jr.Associate Professor, Texas A&M Univ, Coll Station, TX Richard S. VaccaProfessor Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Virginia Commonwealth Univ, Richmond, VA Dennis W. Van BerkumProfessor Emeritus, Minnesota State Univ Moorhead, Moorhead, MN R. Craig WoodProfessor, Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Mark A. GoodenAssociate Professor and Director, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX Preston C. Green, IIIChair and Professor, Penn State Univ, State Coll, PA W. Kyle IngleAssistant Professor, Bowling Green State Univ, Bowling Green, OH Cathleen A. Geraghty-JenkinsonLecturer Univ of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA Brenda R. KallioAssociate Professor, Univ of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND Robert KunzmanAssociate Professor and Associate Dean, Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN Kenneth E. LaneProfessor and Director, Southeastern Louisiana Univ, Hammond, LA 

Amy P. LippaDoctoral Student, The Univ of Texas, Austin, TX Ralph D. Mawdsley Professor of Law and EducationCleveland State Univ, Cleveland, OH Martha M. McCarthyPresident’s Professor, Loyola Marymount Univ, Los Angeles, CA

Laura R. McNealAssistant Professor, Brandeis School of Law, Univ of Louisville, Louisville, KY Julie F. MeadDepartment Chair, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Evan G. MenseAssistant Professor & Director, Southeastern Lousiana Univ, Hammond, LA Steven L. NelsonDoctoral Candidate , Penn State Univ, State Coll, PA

Principal’s Legal HandbookThank you to our Authors!

Allan G. Osborne, Jr.Principal (Retired), Snug Harbor Community School, Quincy, MA Douglas OttoVisiting Professor, Univ of North Texas, Denton, TX 

Mark A. PaigeAssistant Professor, Univ of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA Patrick D. PaukenVice Provost, Associate Professor, Bowling Green State Univ, Bowling Green, OH 

Paige C. PerezPh.D. Student, Texas A&M Univ, Coll Station, TX  

Gregory H. PerryPartner, Perry, Guthery, Haase & Gessford, P.C., L.L.O., Lincoln, NE 

James A. PlentyDoctoral Fellow, & Candidate, Alabama State Univ, Montgomery, AL 

Michael D. RichardsonDepartment Head, Southeastern Louisiana Univ, Hammond, LA 

Zainabu RumalaFulbright Recipient, Attorney & Research Assoc,Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA 

Charles J. Russo Panzer Chair in Education & Adjunct Professor of Law, Univ of Dayton, OH 

David M. SchimmelProfessor Emeritus, Univ of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA 

Lynn Rossi ScottAttorney, Brackett & Ellis, Fort Worth, TX

Ralph SharpProfessor Emeritus, Education Department, East Central Univ, Ada, OK

 William E. SparkmanProfessor, Univ of Nevada - Reno, NV 

Daniel D. SpikesDoctoral Candidate, The Univ of Texas, Austin, TX 

Jennifer A. SughrueProfessor, Southeastern Louisiana Univ, Hammond, LA  

Stanley L. SwartzProfessor, California State Univ, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA Mario S. Torres, Jr.Associate Professor, Texas A&M Univ, Coll Station, TX 

Richard S. VaccaProf Emeritus &Senior Fellow, Virginia Commonwealth Univ, Richmond, VA Dennis W. Van BerkumProfessor Emeritus, Minnesota State Univ Moorhead, Moorhead, MN R. Craig WoodProfessor, Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL

THANK YOU TO OUR AUTHORS!

Search & Seizure in the Public SchoolsFourth Edition

Jacqueline Stefkovich, Ph.D., J.D.: Professor, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA  Lawrence F. Rossow, Ed.D.: Associate Vice President and Professor of Education, University of Houston Victoria, Victoria, TX, Professor Emeritus of Law & Education, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

The Law of Teacher EvaluationThird Edition

Lawrence F. Rossow, Ed.D.: Associate Vice President and Professor of Education, University of Houston Victoria, Victoria, TX, Professor Emeritus of Law & Education, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Laural Lagun-Fain, Ph.D.: Training & Staff Development Specialist for Spurs Sports & Entertainment, San Antonio, TX

THANK YOU TO OUR SLR AUTHORS!

Federal CourtsU.S. Supreme Court

Fred HartmeisterTexas Tech University

Rebecca HellbaumHealth Sciences Center, Texas Tech University

Court of Appeals

1st CircuitVicky McGinleyWest Chester Univ of Pennsylvania

2nd CircuitKathryn McCary McCary & Huff, LLP

3rd CircuitWendy Beetlestone Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin

4th CircuitJennifer SughrueSoutheastern Louisiana University

5th CircuitLarry RossowUniversity of Houston-Victoria

Stewart MayersSoutheastern Oklahoma State Univ

6th Circuit and OhioBetty CoxUniversity of Tennessee at Martin

7th CircuitSuzanne EckesIndiana University

Amy Steketee FoxBaker & Daniels LLP

8th CircuitR. Stewart MayersSoutheastern OK State Univ

9th CircuitDavid DagleyUniversity of Alabama

10th CircuitTraci BallardUniversity of Oklahoma-Tulsa

11th CircuitJennifer SughrueSoutheastern Louisiana University

Federal Supplement

Brenda KallioUniversity of North Dakota

R. Stewart MayersSoutheastern Oklahoma State Univ

Spencer WeilerUniv of Northern Colorado

Tiffany PuckettUniv of IL at Urbana-Champaign

David H. K. NguyenIndiana University

THANK YOU TO OUR SLR AUTHORS!

Higher Education

Federal Cases

Luke M. CorneliusUniversity of North Florida

Joseph McNabbNortheastern University

 State Cases

Joy BlanchardFlorida International University

Elizabeth T. LuggIllinois State University

Neal HutchensUniversity of Kentucky 

State Courts

SouthernJohnny R. PurvisUniversity of Central Arkansas NorthwesternRick GeiselGrand Valley State University  NortheasternJanet DeckerIndiana University SouthwesternMichael TanWilliam Woods University

Rebecca SchlosserSul Ross State University SoutheasternJennifer SughrueSoutheastern Louisiana University 

PacificEd IrvinState of Nevada AtlanticLuke StedrakSeton Hall University New YorkJeanne SurfaceUniversity of Nebraska-Omaha

CO-EDITORS

Brad ColwellBowling Green State Universitybcolwell@bgsu.edu Patrick PaukenBowling Green State Universitypaukenp@bgsu.edu

Events coming next semester:

Cyberbullying: Los Angeles

Cheating & Standardized Tests: Baltimore

K-12 Issues: Ft. Worth & Houston

K-12 Issues: Cleveland

2014 Professional Development