Education Law

• Student rights
  • Rights of privacy, free speech and religious exercise
  • Free school guarantee – restriction on student fees
  • Dress code issues, policies and procedures
  • Anti-harassment and anti-bullying policies
  • FERPA and state laws protecting pupil records
  • Student athletics
• Student discipline
  • Policies, procedures and training
  • Suspension and expulsion procedures
  • Expulsion hearings and stipulated expulsions
  • Expulsion appeals
  • Search & seizure training
• Attendance, residency and enrollment
  • Interdistrict transfers and related appeals
  • School closures and boundary adjustments
  • Open enrollment
  • Residency rights
• Complaint procedures
  • Investigations of alleged racial or sexual discrimination
  • Uniform Complaint Procedures and investigations
  • Peer sexual harassment
  • Development and training on bullying and cyber-bullying response
• Parent rights and responsibilities
  • Constitutional and statutory rights, notices and limitations
  • Child custody issues
  • Review and advice on court orders