OCTOBER 20-23, 2021

Education Law Association

67TH ANNUALCONFERENCE

67th Annual Education Law Association Conference : : 2

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7:30-8:30AM–PRECONFERENCE CHECK-IN CRYSTAL FOYER

8:30-9:45AM

Superintendents Talk About Education in the Post-COVID Environment– Dr. Brian Woods, Superintendent of Northside ISD– Andrew Kim, Superintendent of Comal ISD– Dr. Roland Hernandez, Superintendent of Corpus Christi

ISD– David Thompson, Partner, Thompson & Horton, LLP

9:45-10:45AM

Discipline: Legal Updates and Practical Application– Andrew Tatgenhorst, Counsel, Thompson & Horton, LLP– Dr. Michael Boucher, Jr., Associate Professor, Texas A&M-

San Antonio, and Author of More than an Ally: A Caring Solidarity Framework for White Teachers

– Dr. Karen L. Burgard, Associate Professor, Texas A&M-San Antonio

– Todd Bloomer, Principal, Churchill HS, NEISD– Moderator: Dr. Elisabeth Krimbill, Assistant Professor,

Texas A&M-San Antonio

11:00AM-12:00PM

Special Education Update– Jim Walsh, Attorney, Walsh, Gallegos, Trevino, Kyle, and

Robinson, PC– Amy Strauch, Special Education Coordinator, ESC- Region

20– Dr.TheresaGarfield,AssociateProfessor,TexasA&M-San

Antonio– Dr. Sean Kearney, Professor, Texas A&M-San Antonio– Moderator: Chris Borreca, Partner, Thompson & Horton,

LLP

12:00-12:45PM–LUNCH

12:45-1:45PM

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Initiatives– Marisa Pérez-Díaz, Member, District 3, Texas State Board

of Education– Dr. Carl Sheperis, Dean of the College of Education

and Human Development, Texas A&M-San Antonio– Jackie Wernz, Partner, Thompson & Horton, LLP– Moderator: Dr. Elisabeth Krimbill, Assistant Professor,

Texas A&M-San Antonio– Dr. Lawrence Scott, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M-San

Antonio – Morgan Jones, Senior Manager for Diversity, Equity,

Inclusion & Belonging Strategy, Spurs Sports & Entertainment

1:45-2:45PM

Federal and State Legal Updates and Initiatives– Dr. Michelle Smith, Vice President of Policy & Advocacy,

Raise Your Hand Texas– Dr. Amanda Brownson, Director of Policy & Research, TexasAssociationofSchoolBusinessOfficials

– Karen Smith, CFO, Cypress Fairbanks ISD– Bob Popinski, Policy Director, Raise Your Hand Texas– Moderator: Chris Borreca, Partner,

Thompson & Horton, LLP

2:45-3:00PM–AFTERNOON SNACK BREAK

3:00-3:45PM

Title IX and Educator Misconduct Updates– Dr. David Thompson, Professor, University of Texas

at San Antonio– Dr. Catherine Robert, Assistant Professor, University

of Texas, Arlington– Dr. Brandon Tate, Educator, Northside ISD– Jackie Wernz, Partner, Thompson & Horton, LLP– Moderator: Dr. Elisabeth Krimbill, Assistant Professor,

Texas A&M-San Antonio

3:45-4:30PM

Personnel Issues– Wayne Haglund, Attorney, Haglund Law Firm– Lynn Rossi Scott, Attorney, Brackett & Ellis, PC– Craig Wood, Attorney, Walsh, Gallegos, Treviño,

Kyle, & Robinson, PC– Moderator: Chris Borreca, Partner,

Thompson & Horton, LLP

Preconference Workshop for Texas School Educators will be held in the Crystal Ballroom

WORKSHOP FOR TEXAS SCHOOL EDUCATORS Wednesday, October 20, 2021

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8:30-11:30AM

Ethics: Unconscious Racial Bias in the Legal Profession (CLE)YELLOW ROSE– Raquel Muñiz, JD, PhD– Dwayne K. Wright, JD, PhD– Sara Hardner Leon, JD

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12:30-1:30PM–LUNCH BREAK

1:30-4:30PM

Ethics in the Practice of Education Law (CLE)YELLOW ROSE– Jaqueline A. Stefkovich, EdD, JD– Patrick D. Pauken, JD, PhD– Lynn Rossi Scott, JD, MS

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1:30-4:30PM

Best Practices and New Ideas in Teaching Education LawALAMO– Jennifer Sughrue, PhD– Gretchen Oltman, JD, PhD– Jackie Clark, PhD– Ken Lane, EdD

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1:30-4:30PM

Introduction to Education Law for Law & Graduate StudentsMAHNCKE– Scott R. Bauries, JD, PhD– Maryam Ahranjani, JD, LLM– Rich Haglund, JD– Alan Haynes, JD

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4:30-5:00PM

Welcome to First Time Attendees and StudentsCRYSTAL BALLROOMSponsored by

4:45-5:30PM

Board of Directors Meeting & Conference BriefingFRONTIER

5:00-6:30PM

Welcome ReceptionMAGNOLIA/BLUEBONNETSponsored by

ALL OTHER PRE-CONFERENCE SESSIONS Wednesday, October 20, 2021

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7:30-8:30AM

BreakfastYELLOW ROSE

8:30-8:50AM

Welcome and Opening RemarksCRYSTAL BALLROOM

8:50-9:00AM–BREAK

CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS9:00-10:00AM–PANEL ONE & PAPER SESSION ONE

Hot Topics on the First Amendment’s Religion Clauses PanelCRYSTAL BALLROOM– Charlie Russo, JD, EdD– Jyllian Bradshaw, JD– Edwin Darden, JD– Martha McCarthy, PhD– Richard Katskee, JD

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Employment LawMAHNCKE– Presider: Lois Berlin, EdD

Disparate Treatment and Retaliation Claims in K-12 School Employment Discrimination Matters: The Supreme Court’s Cat’s Paw Theory Decision in Staub and Third-Party Retaliation Decision in Thompson Ten Years On– John E. Rumel, JD

Working Remotely at Colleges and Universities: Federal and State Employment Law Post-Pandemic– Kerry Brian Melear, PhD– Russell H. Willis, JD

Systemic Oppression in the Legal SystemALAMO– Presider: Maureen Fox, JD

Judicial Epistemic Injustice– Raquel Muñiz, JD, PhD– Dwayne Wright, JD, PhD

Really Nice, Mostly White Attorneys– Rich Haglund, JD

Macro-Level Systemic Changes and AdvocacyYELLOW ROSE– Presider: Kevin Brady, PhD

A Transnational Examination of Core Concepts of Disability Law in Inclusive Education– Julie Sears, MEd– Lisa Driscoll, PhD– Jennifer Sughrue, PhD

Shortcomings of Rights-Based Litigation for Systemic Changes: Special Education and Title IX Examples– Tiina Itkonen, PhD– TiffanyPuckett,JD,PhD

10:00-10:15AM–BREAK

CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS 10:15-11:15AM–PANEL TWO & PAPER SESSION TWO

Hot Topics in Charter School Law PanelCRYSTAL BALLROOM– Stephanie Klupinski, JD, MPP– Rich Haglund, JD– Charlie Wilson, JD– Marisa Pérez-Díaz, MEd– Denise Nance Pierce, JD, MATS– Joe Siedlecki, MPP

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CONFERENCE SESSIONS Thursday, October 21, 2021

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Discipline Issues MAHNCKE– Presider: Carole de Casal, EdD

Addressing Disproportionality in School Discipline– Sharon Dunlevy, MA, DMin

The Double-Edged Sword: The Evolution of Title IX Due Process in the 21st Century– Luke M. Cornelius, JD, PhD– Kelsey Eagen, MS

Pedagogy and Instruction ALAMO– Presider: David H. K. Nguyen, JD, PhD

The Attack on Critical Race Theory: How Malicious Undermining of Academic Freedom Targets an Academic Framework Rooted in Legal Analysis and Poses Damaging Implications for Humanities Instruction– Ronald Cunningham, MSEd

Trauma-Informed Practices in Higher Education Law Instruction– Mary Beth Boyer, EdD

Fourth Amendment and School Policing UpdateYELLOW ROSE– Presider:TiffanyPuckett,JD,PhD– Traci Ballard, JD, PhD– Kevin P. Brady, PhD– Jennifer A. Sughrue, PhD– M. David Alexander, EdD

11:15-11:30AM–BREAK

11:30AM-12:15PM–LUNCHMAGNOLIA/BLUEBONNET

12:15-1:30PM

Keynote Panel: San Antonio ISD v. Rodriguez: Its Legacy and OutlookCRYSTAL BALLROOM– Moderator: Christine R. Kiracofe, EdD , Professor &

Director of the Higher Education Ph.D. Program, Purdue University

– Patricia Rodriguez, MEd, Teacher, Edgewood Independent School District

– Marc Puig, EdD, Superintendent, South San Antonio ISD– Kimberly J. Robinson, JD, Professor, University of Virginia

School of Law– Derek W. Black, JD, Professor of Law, University of

South Carolina

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1:30-1:45PM–BREAK

CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS1:45-2:45PM–PANEL THREE & PAPER SESSION THREE

Hot Topics in the Law of Campus SafetyCRYSTAL BALLROOM– Jennifer Sughrue, PhD– Mo Canady, BS– Raymond Wilson, EdD– Audrey Young, EdD– Maryam Ahranjani, JD, LL.M– Alexis Karteron, JD– M. David Alexander, EdD

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CONFERENCE SESSIONS Thursday, October 21, 2021

67th Annual Education Law Association Conference : : 6

Student Speech: K-12 and Higher EdMAHNCKE– Presider: Mike Donnelly, JD

Snap Judgment: Mahanoy vs. B.L.- A Group Discussion How the Case Affects the Practice of Principals and Those Who Teach Education Law– Robert F. Hachiya, EdD

The Higher Education Implications of Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L.– William E. Thro, JD– Charles J. Russo, JD, EdD

A Right to Education: Rodriguez and Beyond: San Antonio v. Rodriguez to Raimondo v. Cook: The Fight for a Federal Right to EducationALAMO– Presider: Barbara Qualls, PhD– Christine R. Kiracofe, EdD– Spencer Weiler, PhD

Publishing Opportunities Panel YELLOW ROSE– Presider: Jackie Clark, PhD

ELA Writing Opportunities– Tom Hutton, JD– Susan C. Bon, JD, PhD

Journal of Law & Education; Information Age Publishing– JeffreyC.Sun,JD,PhD

2:45-3:00PM–BREAK

CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS3:00-4:00PM–PANEL FOUR & PAPER SESSION FOUR

Social Justice and Education Law PanelCRYSTAL BALLROOM– Raquel Muñiz, JD, PhD– Dwayne K. Wright, JD, PhD– Steven Nelson, JD, PhD– Matthew Shaw, JD, EdD– TiffanyPuckett,JD,PhD

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Education Rights and ChoiceMAHNCKE– Presider: Neal Hutchens, JD, PhD– Scott R. Bauries, JD, PhD

Emerging Issues in K-12 LawALAMO– Presider: Christopher D. Thomas, JD, PhD

Title IX Regulations, One Year later: What Have We Learned?– Wayne D. Haglund, JD– John Borkowski, JD– Bryan T. Taulton, EdD

The Case for Prohibiting Ability Segregation– Tammy Harel Ben-Shahar, LLD

Race-Conscious Admissions: Descriptive, Thematic, and Bibliometric Review of Fisher v. University of TexasYELLOW ROSE– Presider: Luke M. Cornelius, JD, PhD– Lisa G. Driscoll, PhD

4:00-4:15PM–BREAK

CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS4:15-5:15PM–PANEL FIVE & PAPER SESSION FIVE

Hot Topics in Special Education PanelCRYSTAL BALLROOM– Cynthia Dieterich, PhD– Kevin Brady, PhD– Janet Decker, JD, PhD– Karlyn Keller, EdD

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CONFERENCE SESSIONS Thursday, October 21, 2021

67th Annual Education Law Association Conference : : 7

Free SpeechMAHNCKE– Presider: Alan Haynes, JD, MA

The Politicization of Campus Free Speech– Joy Blanchard, PhD– Gillian Foss, PhD– Neal Hutchens, JD, PhD– JeffreyC.Sun,JD,PhD

Eighty-One Years of Evolving Free Speech: The Rules, Rights, and Reverberations of Harmful Expressions Onto Minoritized Students, Especially with Social Media– JeffreyC.Sun,JD,PhD– Philip T. K. Daniel, JD, EdD

Constitutional Law: First Amendment & Fourteenth AmendmentALAMO– Presider: Dwayne Wright, JD, PhD

Where Partisan Politics and Public Schools Collide: A First Amendment Update on Current Cases and Client-Based Scenarios– Richard T. Geisel, JD, PhD– Daniel R. Martin, JD

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Legal Legacy: The Equal Protection Clause and Women in Public Higher Education Institutions in the United States– Charlotte Bingham, MPA, PhD– Christine Kiracofe, EdD

Book Discussion with Derek Black: Schoolhouse Burning: Public Education and the Assault on American DemocracyYELLOW ROSE– Presider: M. David Alexander, EdD– Derek W. Black, JD

5:15-6:30PM

Poster SessionsCRYSTAL BALLROOMSponsored by

Reception & Social HourTERRACE ROOMBehind CRYSTAL BALLROOM and YELLOW ROSE ROOM

A Choroplethora of State-Level “Divisive Concepts” Bans from K-12 to Higher Education– Jacob A. Bennett, PhD

Top Ten Counseling Cases School Counselors and School Administrators Should Understand– Amy E. Carter, MS, MEd– Elisabeth M. Krimbill, EdD

The Legal Knowledge and Literacy Gap: K-12 Teachers and English Learners– Emma G. Everson, PhD

Understanding and Applying Lemon v. Kurtzman in Public Schools Today– Sarah Patch– Elisabeth M. Krimbill, EdD

How Individualized Education Plans Went Virtual– Grace Rennie, BS

Restore Fairness to Restore Order: Exploring Alternatives to Punitive Punishments in Schools– Jesse Bulluck, JD

A Review of Civil Rights Violations and Resolutions of Services Animals in K-12 Schools– Julie Sears, MEd– Joseph Hendrick– Abigail Combs

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6:30PM–DINE-AROUNDS WITH COLLEAGUESSign up at Registration Table or at Thursday evening Social Hour Reception

CONFERENCE SESSIONS Thursday, October 21, 2021

67th Annual Education Law Association Conference : : 8

8:00-9:00AM–BREAKFAST

Collaboration & Discussion Time at Role-Alike Group Tables MAGNOLIA/BLUEBONNET ROOM

9:00-9:15AM–BREAK

9:15-9:30AM

Welcome Remarks, Announcements, and HighlightsCRYSTAL ROOM

9:30-10:30AM

Keynote: Update on Civil Rights in Education from the U.S. Department of JusticeCRYSTAL ROOM– Moderator: John Borkowski, JD, Partner, Husch Blackwell

LLP, and ELA President– Kristen Clarke, JD, Assistant Attorney General for Civil

Rights, U.S. Department of Justice– Shaheena Simons, JD, Chief, Educational Opportunities

Division, U.S. Department of Justice

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10:30-10:40AM–BREAK

CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS10:40-11:40AM–PANEL SIX & PAPER SESSION SIX

Hot Topics in Higher Education Law PanelCRYSTAL ROOM– Neal Hutchens, JD, PhD– Brandi Hephner LaBanc, EdD– Erica Moorer, MS– Frank Fernandez, PhD– Tim Letzring, JD, EdD

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Public Schools and COVIDMAHNCKE – Presider: Kristen Bomkamp, BA

Vaccines in Public Schools: Past, Present, and Future– Elisabeth Krimbill, EdD– Maureen Fox, JD– Nathan C. Walker, EdD, MDiv– George Morris, MD

District Responses to Decreasing Learning Gaps Due to COVID for Students with Disabilities– Krista M. Bixler, EdD– Jennifer A. Sughrue, PhD– Noelle K. Balsamo, EdD

School Reach and AuthorityALAMO– Presider: Patrick D. Pauken, JD, PhD

Locating the Schoolhouse Gate: Cyberbullying and the Reach of Public Schools– R. Stewart Mayers, EdD– Thomas W. Harvey, EdD– C. Todd Williams, EdD

Making a Hard Case Harder: Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. and the Lack of a Cohesive Judicial Understanding of School Authority– Christopher D. Thomas, JD, PhD

First Amendment Religion ClausesYELLOW ROSE– Presider: Catherine Robert, PhD, MBA

Everson to Espinoza: Separation to Accommodation– Dustin Robinson, PhD

Lemon at Fifty: Reflections on a Constitutional Catastrophe– William E. Thro, JD, MA

11:40AM-12:20PM

ELA Strategic Planning - Breakout DiscussionsCRYSTAL, MAHNCKE, ALAMO, YELLOW ROSE; VIRTUAL PARTICIPANTS ON WHOVA

12:20-12:30PM–BREAK

12:30-1:15PM–LUNCHMAGNOLIA/BLUEBONNET ROOM

CONFERENCE SESSIONS Friday, October 22, 2021

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1:15-2:00PM

ELA Acknowledgements and AwardsCRYSTAL BALLROOM

George Jay Joseph Award for Education Law Writing– Chris Yarrell, MA

Joseph C. Beckham Award for Outstanding Dissertation– Gillian Foss, PhD– Dominic Ledesma, PhD

August Steinhilber Award for Outstanding Appellate Brief– Husch Blackwell, LLP and the Council of the Great City

Schools–EricS.Jaffe,JD

Steven S. Goldberg Award for Distinguished Scholarship– Marcos A. Mendoza, JD, LLM

Marion A. McGhehey Award for Distinguished Service– Christopher P. Borreca, JD, MS

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2:00-2:15PM–BREAK

CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS2:15-3:15PM–GOLDBERG SESSION

PANEL SEVEN & PAPER SESSION SEVEN

Hot Topics in K-12 Education LawCRYSTAL ROOM– Suzanne Eckes, JD, PhD– Regina R. Umpstead, JD, PhD,– Jaqueline A. Stefkovich, JD, EdD– Mario Torres, PhD– Beth Godett, JD, EdD

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Discussion with 2021 Goldberg Award Recipient ALAMO

The Limits of Insurance as Governance: Professional Liability Coverage for Civil Rights Claims Against Public School Districts– Presider: Maryam Ahranjani, JD, LLM– Marcos A. Mendoza, JD, LLM

Law of ScholarshipMAHNCKE– Presider: Susan C. Bon, JD, PhD

The Story of the Dead Professor: Intellectual Property and Copyright Law in the Age of Virtual Instruction– Barbara J. Hickman, EdD

Academic Researcher Rule: Guidance to Judges and Juries in Student Personal Injury Cases– Edward Arnold, MA

Promoting Equity and Inclusion for Marginalized StudentsYELLOW ROSE– Presider: Stewart Mayers, EdD

Using Policy to Promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion– John W. Borkowski, JD– Amanda Clapp, JD– Paige Duggins-Clay, JD

Estrada v. Becker: The Debate over Lawful Presence and Implications for DACA Students – David H. K. Nguyen, JD, PhD– Ronald Cunningham, MSEd

CONFERENCE SESSIONS Friday, October 22, 2021

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3:15-3:25PM–BREAK

CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS3:25-4:25PM–PANEL EIGHT & PAPER SESSION EIGHT

Hot Topics in School Finance Litigation PanelCRYSTAL ROOM– William E. Thro, JD, MA– Christine R. Kiracofe, EdD– Craig Wood, EdD– Lisa G. Driscoll, PhD

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Student Misconduct During and After COVID: Clery Reports and K-12 LitigationMAHNCKE– Presider: Gretchen Oltman, JD, PhD– Barbara Qualls, PhD– Wayne Haglund, JD– Herbert Midgley, MM– Steve Valkenaar, MEd– Claire Murphy, MM– Jennifer Goddard, MA– Lacey Folsom, MA

Legal LiteracyALAMO– Presider: Cynthia Dieterich, PhD

Does Your District’s Legal PD Make the Grade? The Importance of Case Law Through the Lens of a Legal Primer for LEA Representatives– Natasha McDonald, SSP– Christine L. Montesi, SSP, NCSP, LPES– Susan C. Bon, JD, PhD

Teacher and Educator Legal Literacy in the US (TELL -US): Exploring Coursework as a Factor in Educator Legal Literacy– TiffanyPuckett,JD,PhD

From the Classroom to the Courtroom: A National Analysis of Educator Misconduct DataYELLOW ROSE– Presider: Sharon Dunlevy, MA, DMin– Brandon M. Tate, PhD– Elisabeth M. Krimbill, EdD– David P. Thompson, PhD

4:25-4:30PM–BREAK

4:30-5:30PM

Keynote Panel: NCAA v. Alston and the Future of College AthleticsCRYSTAL BALLROOM– Moderator: David H. K. Nguyen, JD, PhD, Assistant

Professor, Urban Education Leadership & Policy and Adjunct Professor of Law, IUPUI

– Andrew F. Rhoden, JD, MS, Attorney, Stewart Law Group– William E. Thro, JD, MA, General Counsel, University

of Kentucky– Omar X. Easy, PhD, MBA, Superintendent, Wayland Public

Schools

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5:30-5:40PM–BREAK

5:40-6:40PM

Past Presidents’ Meeting (Synchronous)FRONTIER ROOM

CONFERENCE SESSIONS Friday, October 22, 2021

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8:00-9:00AM

Roundtables & BreakfastMAGNOLIA/BLUEBONNET ROOM

Plagiarism in Higher Education: Prevention and Mitigation– Catherine Robert, EdD– Elisabeth M. Krimbill, EdD

Alternative Certification & Teacher’s Legal Literacy Regarding their Speech and Expression Rights– Pamela Catherine Callahan, MS, MPP

The Homeschooling Wave of 2021 Impact and Analysis– Michael Donnelly, JD, LLM– Leslie Hiner, JD– Steven Duvall, PhD

Establishing the Connection between Housing Stability and the Right to Education for At-Risk Students in a Post-Yazzie/Martinez World– Deanna M. Creighton, MEd

B.L. v. Mahanoy Goes to College: Regulation of Off-Campus Student Conduct in Higher Education– Patrick D. Pauken, JD, PhD

Protest & Counter-Protest: Exploring School Responses to Student Protests– Joel Miller, PhD Candidate– Pamela Catherine Callahan, PhD

The Changing Shape of In Loco Parentis in Student Speech Cases– Neil Dhingra, PhD– Joel Miller, PhD Candidate– Pamela Catherine Callahan, MS, MPP

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9:00-9:30AM

Break and NetworkingMAHNCKE, ALAMO, YELLOW ROSE

9:30-10:00AM

Remarks from the Interim Executive DirectorCRYSTAL BALLROOM- Tom Hutton, JD

Invitation to Orlando 2022 RaffleDrawing

10:00-11:00AM

U.S. Supreme Court UpdateCRYSTAL BALLROOM- Mark Walsh, U.S. Supreme Court and Education Law

Correspondent, Education Week

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11:00AM-11:40AM

ELA Business Meeting CRYSTAL BALLROOMProposed Amendments to ELA Constitution

Electionsof2022OfficersandDirectors

Remarks from Immediate Past President John Borkowski

Remarks from President Julie Mead

12:30-2:30PM

ELA Board of Directors Meeting (Synchronous)FRONTIER ROOM

CONFERENCE SESSIONS Saturday, October 23, 2021

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ASYNCHRONOUS PAPER PRESENTATIONS

COVID-19School and District Administrator Responses to Federal and State Guidance during the COVID-19 Pandemic– BenjaminM.Superfine,JD,PhD– Craig De Voto, PhD

Navigating recurring and Emerging Legal Issues in Using Technology as an Educational Tool Using an Equity Lens– Annie Blankenship Knox, JD, PhD– Brett Geier, EdD– Rosy Razo, MA

COVID, the Law, and the Provision of Education for All Students– Regina R. Umpstead, JD, PhD– Adel C. DiOrio, MA– Gary F. Puhl III, MA

RESTORATIVE JUSTICEA Case Study- Utilizing Restorative Justice and the Spectrum Model frameworks to proactively respond to bias incidents and other conflicts at IHEs– Erica Moorer, MS, N.C.C.– Annie Blankenship Knox, JD, PhD– Jared Rodrigues, PhD

Working with School Police: Alternatives and Improved Approaches– Jennifer Babisak, JD– Miranda Johnson, JD– Cassie Black, JD

EMPLOYMENTDeregulation and the ‘Gig Academy’– Karen Halverson Cross, JD, MS

FINANCE AND EDUCATIONAL RIGHTSAdvocacy and Accountability: Illinois’ Evidence-Based Method for Funding K-12 Schools– David F. Grace, EdD, MBA

Charter School and School Choice Legal Update 2021– Kevin McKenna, JD– Shawn P. Kerns, JD

A Future Beyond Rodriguez– Joy Blanchard, PhD– Gillian Foss, PhD

FREE SPEECHSnapchat Stories and the Supreme Court: The 1st Amendment Speech Implications for Educational Administrators of B.L. v. Mahanoy Area School District– Andrea Kayne, EdM, JD

The “Hazardous Freedom” of Off-Campus Student Speech– Amy Dagley, PhD– Spencer Weiler, PhD

LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP, LITERACY, AND ADVOCACYDatabases, Diagrams, Dockets, and Coding: Methods to the Madness of Writing a Legal Dissertation– Nora A. Devlin, MEd

Legal Literacy for Public School Teachers - New ELA Book– Luke Stedrak, EdD

RELIGIONVocation, Vocation, Vocation: Functional Analysis and the Expanded Ministerial Exception in Higher Education Contexts– Jacob A. Bennett, PhD

SAFETYClery Act Compliance: The Legal Conundrum in Higher Education– Diane Sweeney, MS– Jennifer Rippner, JD, PhD

Preventing Sexual Grooming by Teachers: One State’s Legislative Approach– Gretchen Oltman, JD, PhD– Jeanne Surface, EdD

SOCIAL JUSTICEClass Action Lawsuits for Refunds after UC COVID-19 Closures– Rafael Alvarado, JD– Raquel Muñiz, JD, PhD– Dwayne K. Wright, JD, PhD

How Can the Law and Educational Research Work Collaboratively to Address Systemic Inequities?– Manu Sharma, PhD

PRE-RECORDED VIDEO SESSIONS Viewable on Whova

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SPECIAL EDUCATIONChanges needed to the burden of proof in special education litigation– Tiina Itkonen, PhD– David F. Bateman, PhD

Four years since Endrew F: How the lower courts apply the Endrew F. FAPE standard and why this matters for schools– Erin Biolchino, JD, EdD

Why Twice-Exceptional is Twice as Difficult: Identification of and Services for Gifted Students with Disabilities under IDEA and Section 504– Kelly Sherrill Linkous, JD, PhD

TITLE IXTitle IX - New Guidance (2020) from the U.S. Dept. of Education– James J. Munnelly, JD

Charting a Course: Leading with Stability through Shifting Federal Policy on Institutional Adjudications under Title IX– Alli Fetter-Harrott, JD, PhD– Brian Kubicki, JD

TORTSStudent Letters of Recommendation: Tort Liability and Other Legal Issues– Lynn M. Daggett, JD, PhD

ASYNCHRONOUS POSTER PRESENTATIONS

A Choroplethora of State-Level “Divisive Concepts” Bans from K-12 to Higher Education– Jacob A. Bennett, PhD

A Review of Civil Rights Violations and Resolutions of Services Animals in K-12 Schools– Julie Sears, MEd– Joseph Hendrick– Abigail Combs

Restore Fairness to Restore Order: Exploring Alternatives to Punitive Punishments in Schools.– Jesse Bulluck, JD

The Legal Knowledge and Literacy Gap: K-12 Teachers and English Learners– Emma G. Everson, PhD

PRE-RECORDED VIDEO SESSIONS Viewable on Whova