Join our second annual Student Services Legal Symposium on October 25, 2024, for trusted legal information.

Creating a positive school climate is essential to student learning, and it includes a broad range of activities and responsibilities related to individual students and overall school climate. The Student Services Legal Symposium was created to provide school administrators with the most current legal information to ensure our schools are responsive to general education student issues and promote a positive school climate for all students.

This program is beneficial and recommended for school administrators including Superintendents; Assistant Superintendents; Directors overseeing student services, school climate and child welfare and attendance; Principals; and Assistant Principals.

Registration Is Closed

Questions? Contact us at SSLS@f3law.com

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about current legal information addressing student issues.

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Registration Information

  • $125 online presentation – includes Zoom link and all materials
  • This event is for district personnel only and you must have a district email address to register
  • Registration closes on October 21, 2024, at 5 p.m.

Location/Dates

October 25, 2024

8:30 AM – 1:00 p,m,
Online Presentation

Topics

Legal Update

Our 2024 Legal Update highlights recent developments in education law—and why they matter to educators. We will cover hot topics such as First Amendment rights and cell phone bans; recent rules and guidance from the U.S. and California Departments of Education, including student-on-student bullying and Title IX; new cases; new and pending legislation; and any late-developing news affecting students in California.

Fourth Amendment Search and Seizure

The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the rights of individuals against unreasonable searches and seizures. This session examines, through legal analysis and practical pointers, the unique rules that govern how the Fourth Amendment applies to searches and seizures in public schools. We will cover the definition of “search and seizure”; the constitutional standard applied to school districts; searches of student notebooks, cars, lockers, and cell phones; off-campus searches; and much more.

Student Records and Confidentiality

The legal obligation of school districts to maintain and preserve the confidentiality of student education records is established in both federal and state statutes and regulations. In this presentation, we will explore the requirements of both the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”) and the California Education Code. Specifically, we will explain the definition of an “education record,” the rights of parents to access their child’s records, the right of parents to prevent nonconsensual disclosure of records to third parties, rules governing electronic records, and other key essentials of this important and often controversial topic.

Targeted Questions and Answers

To wrap up the workshop, F3 attorneys field your inquiries on a variety of topics in an expanded Q&A session.