Clark Hill Partners with Plante & Moran to Present School Law and Finance Seminar

Detroit, MI

–Clark Hill and Plante & Moran are teaming up to present their 11th annual School Law and Finance Seminar on January 11, 2014 at the Vis Ta Tech Center at Schoolcraft College. The seminar is an annual collaboration of leaders in the field who serve K-12 schools in the state of Michigan. For more than 10 years Clark Hill and Plante & Moran have been presenting to members of boards of education and school administration. This event is not open to the public. The agenda is as follows:

Important Legal Hot Topics


Shared Time – Presented by Marshall Grate, Clark Hill

Concussion Law – Presented by Kurt Graham, Clark Hill

Open Carry and Tenure Developments – Presented by Mark McInerney, Clark Hill

Benchmarking Best Practices

(Financial) – Presented by Judy Wright, Plante & Moran

Bonding and Alternative Funding

– Presented by James Crowley, Clark Hill and Paul Wills, Plante & Moran

State Aid Update – GASB 68 and other items

– Presented by Eric Formberg, Plante & Moran

Negotiations/Teacher Evaluation Update


Update – Presented by Barb Ruga, Clark Hill

Fact Finding – Presented by Eric Griggs, Clark Hill

Public Act 152 – Presented by John Gierak, Clark Hill

PPACA – Presented by Stephanie Hicks, Clark Hill

Financial Indicators


Lessons Learned: Top 10 items– Presented by Laura Claeys, Plante & Moran and Joe Urban & Jenice Mitchell Ford, Clark Hill

Fraud in Schools

– Presented by Michelle McHale, Plante & Moran