At LRP’s National Institute on Legal Issues of Educating Individuals with Disabilities® in Orlando, you’ll experience a comprehensive, engaging, and high-quality program focused on the most effective ways to serve students with disabilities while maintaining compliance with special education and disability laws. With more than 40 relevant and timely sessions spanning 6 dedicated tracks, you will be able to easily customize your learning experience to meet your current professional development needs.
Karen Haase, Esq.
Attorney, KSB School Law, PC, LLO, Lincoln, Neb.
Join Attorney Karen Haase for an unscripted review of the year’s most impactful judicial and administrative decisions in special education. This fast-paced session is a reality check on the legal trends shaping the field and a behind-the-scenes take on the litigation highlights from 2026! With her confessional-worthy perspective, Karen will save your district from a blindside in 2027.
Geneva Jones, Esq.
Founding Attorney, Geneva Jones & Associates PLLC, Sugar Land, Texas
AI is altering education, and there's more than meets the eye. The next generation of legal challenges will spark AI-generated evidence, classroom surveillance, predictive behavior analytics, intelligent video review, electronic monitoring, and the changing expectations surrounding privacy, accountability, and due process. Even now, educators must answer questions that neither the IDEA nor Section 504 contemplated: Can AI assist in drafting evaluations or IEPs? How should districts respond when parents submit AI-generated transcripts or altered recordings? Who owns AI-created educational records? Through emerging litigation trends, federal guidance, and practical scenarios, attorney Geneva Jones explores how AI is reshaping investigations, discipline, special education decision-making, and liability. She will share strategies for evaluating new technologies while ensuring that professional judgment, educational expertise, and legal compliance remain at the center of every decision. Get ready to transform and roll out AI!
| Sunday | April 25, 2027 | |
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| 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. | Registration Open |
| 7 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. | LRP Bookstore Open |
| 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Pre-Conference Morning Symposiums |
| 10:30 - 10:45 a.m. | Refreshment Break |
| 12 - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch On Your Own |
| 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. | Pre-Conference Afternoon Symposiums |
| 3 - 3:15 p.m. | Refreshment Break |
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| Monday | April 26, 2027 | |
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| 7 - 8:15 a.m. | Networking Breakfast |
| 7 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Registration Open |
| 7 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. | LRP Bookstore Open |
| 8:15 - 10:15 a.m. | General Session |
| 10:15 - 10:45 a.m. | Refreshment Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions |
| 12 - 1:30 p.m. | Networking Lunch |
| 1:30 - 2:45 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions |
| 2:45 - 3:15 p.m. | Refreshment & Snack Break |
| 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. | Keynote Session |
| 4:15 - 5 p.m. | Keynote Book Signing |
| Tuesday | April 27, 2027 | ||
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| 7 - 8:15 a.m. | Networking Breakfast | |
| 7 a.m. - 4 p.m. | Registration Open | |
| LRP Bookstore Open — LAST DAY! | ||
| 8:15 - 9:15 a.m. | General Session | |
| 9:15 - 10 a.m. | Refreshment Break | |
| 10 - 11:15 a.m. | Concurrent Sessions | |
| 11:15 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Networking Lunch | |
| 12:30 - 4 p.m. | CLE Desk Open | |
| 1 - 2:15 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions | |
| 2:15 - 2:45 p.m. | Refreshment & Snack Break | |
| 2:45 - 4 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions | |
Geared toward special education leaders who develop systems, programs, processes and policies that strengthen the working environment, support student achievement, optimize resources and enhance organizational outcomes. Sessions are on point for state and local special education directors, superintendents and assistant superintendents, Section 504 coordinators, principals and assistant principals, directors of private schools, and regional coordinators.
Effectively addressing student behavior may be the most pressing issue in schools today. Special education directors, directors of school mental health and behavioral services, school psychologists, behavior specialists, clinical services coordinators, and trauma trainers will get the latest strategies to approach discipline dilemmas and student mental health under federal laws.
To earn continuing legal education credits, or CLEs, attorneys can attend one or both sessions based on application of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct in the special education context.
With sessions for every role in special education, this track includes comprehensive coverage of schools' obligations to provide all children with disabilities with a free appropriate public education. School attorneys share insights on the most significant cases and common procedural missteps, and experts outline best practices and resources.
Building a better understanding of how to avoid discrimination claims and provide all students an equal opportunity is the goal of each session in this track. Section 504 coordinators, administrators, social workers, counselors and service providers will receive unparalleled professional development while learning how to make defensible disability and 504 plan determinations.
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