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Thursday’s Agenda

July 21, 2011

BREAK OUT SESSION III 303: Legal Update: A Focus on Issues Aff ecting School
Business Offi cials
THURS. 4:10 - 5:00 P.M.
This session will include a run down of all major court
cases relating to public education and a survey of
301: Parent Teacher Organizations and School Districts-
current legal issues pertinent to the school business
how do they work together? official. This session will cover a wide variety of topics,

Practical ideas and suggestions in working with be fast moving and allow ample time for questions.

outside organizations for the benefit of the district
and students that are being served.
Presenters: Chris Thomas, Arizona School Boards
Association and Tom Pickrell, Mesa Public Schools
Presenters: Norma Pacheco, Union Elementary School
District and Tracy McLaughlin, Heinfeld, Meech & Co.
304: Successful Alternative Project Delivery Methods
in a Low Bid world
302: E-rate Compliance - How to Survive an E-rate
You will hear from presenters who have experience
Audit
in the 3 major phases of a Construction Manager
The key to getting successfully through any audit @ Risk project. From procuring architectural
is preparation in advance and E-rate Audits are no and construction services to project design and
different. Find out factors that can trigger an E-rate

Audit, and what you should be doing all along to construction management with quality control. Join
Mesa Public Schools staff members in an interactive

prepare for that event. Topics include: How the
dialog to discuss priorities and purpose in procuring
Audit is structured (what to expect), Documentation and forming a collaborative CMAR team.
Requirements, Compliance with E-rate Procurement
Rules, Free/Reduced Lunch Rate Documentation, and
Procedures for Receiving, Accounts Payable, and Fixed Presenters: Michelle Hamilton, Dennis Gearhart and
Terry Worcester, Mesa Public Schools
Asset Accounting.
305: The Multiphase Procurement Process
Presenters: Ernest Nicely and Stephanie Nicely, Nicely What if an IFB won’t work because its not just about
Done Consulting
low bid? What if you have a problem and need a
solution but don’t know what the options are? This
session will address the “how” of this rarely used and
often overlooked two-step solicitation may fi t your
needs.

Presenter: Caroline Brackley, The Professional Group
Public Consulting