Kyle A. Raney is a Partner in Lozano Smith's Sacramento Office and co-chair of the firm's Student Practice Group. Mr. Raney’s practice focuses on special education and student issues faced by education agencies throughout California.
Experience
Mr. Raney has extensive experience developing strategies and providing practical guidance with respect to all special education-related matters, including IEP team meeting attendance. Mr. Raney also regularly provides counsel and support to school districts, county offices of education, and SELPAs on all phases of special education litigation, including resolution sessions, mediation, informal negotiations, witness preparation, due process hearings, and federal appeals.
He represents and advises clients in processing Uniform Complaints and Public Records Act requests, responding to CDE/OCR complaints, and Section 504, ADA, and FERPA compliance. In addition, Mr. Raney advises and trains school districts in all aspects of student discipline, including the use of other means of correction, positive behavioral supports, suspension, expulsion, and related appeals.
Presenter Experience
Mr. Raney annually speaks on student and special education topics for statewide organizations, such as the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) at the annual Every Child Counts Symposium. Mr. Raney also frequently presents workshops and legal updates for school district and county office of education clients on issues related to special education and student support.
Education
Mr. Raney received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. During Law School, Mr. Raney was the recipient of the Public Service Scholarship. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Davis.
Graduation season is fast approaching and now is the time for selecting speakers, auditioning singers and all the other details that go into planning a successful event. On this Lozano Smith podcast, host Sloan Simmons and his guests Partners and Lozano Smith Student Practice Group Leaders, Ruth Mendyk and Kyle Raney, walk through parameters and considerations in preparing for the ceremony itself, including speeches, music, adornments and more. The group also discusses the basic principle that taking part in the ceremony is not a guarantee, but should be considered a privilege for students to participate.
Join host Sloan Simmons as he discusses new legislative enactments and trending student issues impacting the 2024-2025 school year with Lozano Smith experts Kyle Raney and Kendra Tovey. This episode covers a range of hot topic issues, from a new round of changes to Independent Study to AB 1955.
Sloan Simmons sits down with Lozano Smith Special Education Practice Group Leaders Marcy Gutierrez and Aly Bivins, along with special education, 504, and student attorney Kyle Raney, to discuss this year's legislative activity in the area of special education, as well to get their views on what school officials should be thinking about in the special education arena looking forward to 2020.
