04/30/2026
Tomorrow at noon I'm joining a panel hosted by the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys on what happens when a student's IEP and school discipline collide.
This is a real and recurring problem in Georgia public schools. Students with disabilities are suspended and expelled at higher rates than their peers, and when the discipline process moves forward without honoring the protections built into the IEP, families often don't know what their rights are or where to push back. The result tends to be missed instruction, missed services, and consequences that can follow a student for years.
Our panel will work through what the law actually requires, where the process commonly breaks down, and what parents, advocates, and counsel can do when a school isn't following it. I'll be speaking from the school psychology and evaluation side of the table, alongside attorneys and a BCBA who each bring a different angle to the same problem.
If you're an attorney, school psychologist, special education advocate, BCBA, social worker, or a parent trying to figure this out on your own, the hour will be well spent. Attorneys can earn 1 CLE credit.
Thursday, April 30 at 12PM on Zoom. Registration is required: http://bit.ly/4mU9XOM
