17th Annual School Attorney Law Conference

"What' Going On" (Marvin Gaye)

A Melodic March Though the Ever-Changing World of Education

The Sagamore, Bolton Landing, New York

June 2 - 4, 2017

Friday, June 2, 2017 – “I Get By with a Little Help from My Friends” (Beatles)

“Give Me Just a Little More Time”(Chairman of the Board) – Effective Review of School Business Contracts

• Outline
• PowerPoint Slides
• Supporting Materials

“O-o-h Child” (The Five Stairsteps) – Recent Developments in Student Residency, Custody and Undocumented Youth

• Supporting Materials
• PowerPoint Slides (Updated as of June 5th)

“Ain’t No Sunshine” (Bill Withers) – School District Financial Operations: Budget Adoption and Administration, Tax Cap and Reserve Funds

• Outline
• PowerPoint Slides (Updated as of May 31st)

“We’ve Only Just Begun” (Carpenters) – Cracker Barrel with SED Counsel Alison Bianchi

• Supporting Materials

Saturday, June 3, 2017 – “The Main Event/Fight” (Barbara Streisand)

“Go Your Own Way” (Fleetwood Mac) – Effective Approaches to Employee Discipline

• Supporting Materials

“Get Up, Stand Up” (Bob Marley) – Special Education Update

• PowerPoint Slides
• Supporting Materials

“I Can See Clearly Now” (Johnny Nash) – Responding to Discrimination, Harassment and OCR Complaint

• Outline - Beth L. Sims, Esq.
• PowerPoint Slides - Tom Wheeler, Esq.
• PowerPoint Slides - Beth L. Sims, Esq.
• Supporting Materials - Beth L. Sims, Esq.

Sunday, June 4, 2017 – “The Main Event/Fight” (Barbara Streisand)

“Dream On” (Aerosmith) – Getting Results in Collective Bargaining

• PowerPoint Slides

“Express Yourself” (Charles Wright) – Free Speech: Where are the Limits?

• PowerPoint Slides (Updated as of May 31st)
• Supporting Materials

“Everybody Plays the Fool” (The Main Ingredient) – The Ethics of Dealing with a Divided School Board

• Outline
• PowerPoint Slides

Speaker’s Bio's
Bethany Centrone Bio