I served as General Counsel of the Vermont Agency of Education from 2006-2013. I therefore devote a significant portion of my practice to education law. While it is difficult to capture all of the areas that an education law practice entails, it certainly includes the following areas: Special education dispute resolution (due process proceedings, mediation, audit appeals, and more); Residency hearings and policy-creation at the local level; Governance changes (REDs, MUUSDs, joint contract schools, SU collaborations, and more); Contracts (including RFP and bid law issues); School-related real property issues; Public meeting law; Election law; Employment law; Educator licensing (including provisional and emergency licenses); Educator misconduct; AOE waiver requests and appeals (residency appeals, tuition appeals, and more); Appearances before the State Board of Education; Rule waiver requests to the AOE or State Board of Education; Development of district policies; Staff training; School health issues (school nurses, concussions, immunizations, allergies, and more); Restraint and seclusion; Discipline; FERPA; No Child Left Behind; and IDEA. I also serve as Vermont’s Military Compact Commissioner on a pro bono basis, so feel free to contact me, at no cost, with any questions regarding the children of military families. I practiced law in Vermont for 25 years before serving as AOE General Counsel, and I therefore have a deep appreciation of Vermont legal practice, and a personal familiarity with many of the members of the Vermont bar. |
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