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THE EDUCATION LAW AND POLICY INSTITUTE
presents its
Ninth Annual
Education Law:
A Year in Review
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
12:30 – 5:00 pm CST
Via Zoom Webinar
This seminar will address important developments in education law and policy during the past year. The program will discuss:
- recent developments in the Supreme Court;
- First Amendment rights of teachers and how schools and districts can respond to curriculum objections and library book concerns;
- student mental health needs;
- ticketing of students and their parents for school-related conduct; and
- legal, policy, and legislative updates from the Illinois State Board of Education.
This program has been approved by the Illinois MCLE Board for 3.75 hours of general Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit. The seminar and CLE credit for attorneys are offered free of charge.
Agenda
12:30-12:35: Welcome and Introduction
- Miranda Johnson, Director, Education Law and Policy Institute, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
12:35-1:35: Supreme Court Update
- Mark Walsh, Contributing Writer, Education Week
1:45 – 2:15: First Amendment Rights of Teachers, Curriculum Objections and Library Book Issues: Responding to Concerns in Polarized Times
- Nicki Bazer, Partner, Franczek P.C.
2:15 – 2:45: The Price Kids Pay: Ticketing of Students and Parents for School-Related Conduct
- Jennifer Smith Richards, Reporter, Chicago Tribune, and Jodi Cohen, Reporter, ProPublica
3:00 – 3:45: The Crisis in Student Mental Health
- Colleen Cicchetti, PhD, Executive Director, Center for Childhood Resilience, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital Chicago
4:00 – 5:00: Illinois Education Law & Policy Update
- Jeremy Duffy, Legal Officer, Illinois State Board of Education
- Amanda Elliott, Executive Director, Legislative Affairs, Illinois State Board of Education
- Molly Uhe-Edmonds, Director, Student Care Department, Illinois State Board of Education
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