Join Drummond Woodsum attorneys at this year’s Bradley F. Kidder Law Conference sponsored by the New Hampshire School Administrators Association (NHSAA), the New Hampshire School Boards Association (NHSBA), and the New Hampshire Council of School Attorneys (NHCOSA). This year’s conference will be held on October 12th at the Grappone Center in Concord, New Hampshire from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm. Learn more at https://nhsba.org/
Drummond Woodsum will be presenting the following sessions:
Developments in New Hampshire Education Law: State Statutes
A comprehensive review of the new state laws impacting school districts.
Presented by Jim O’Shaugnessy and Milliana Zonarich
Title IX and Title VII — How Do They Intersect & How Do They Differ?
Title IX and Title VII both prohibit public schools from discriminating based on sex. In this presentation, Meghan and Anna will explain what and who Title IX covers vs. what and who Title VII covers, and we will provide practical tips for investigating both types of claims in your school district.
Presented by Meghan Glynn and Anna Cole
Limits on the State and Federal Governments’ Authority to Regulate
School Districts – A Case Study
The U.S. Constitution confers only limited powers on the federal government. Part 1, Article 28-a of the N.H. Constitution in turn restricts the State’s authority to impose new unfunded mandates on school districts. This session will review how those constraints operate when the federal government regulates states by attaching strings to federal funds and the state downshifts to school districts the costs of compliance. The session will then apply those constitutional principles by considering
whether recent amendments to New Hampshire’s special education statute, raising the upper age limit to a student’s 22nd birthday without full state funding for the new costs, are a legally permissible means to achieve a laudable end.
Presented by Jerry Zelin
Collective Bargaining Update
Matt will provide an update on current collective bargaining trends, discuss strategies for being competitive in hiring in an inflationary labor market, and discuss the latest developments and decisions impacting collective bargaining.
Presented by Matt Upton
The Basics of Borrowing
This presentation gives an overview of issuing a bond, i.e. borrowing money, including tax exempt borrowing, federal tax law compliance, the role of bond counsel, and post issuance federal tax law compliance.
Presented by Steven Whitley and Greg Im
2022 Bradley F. Kidder Law Conference
October 12, 2022
8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Grappone Center, Concord, NH