Sonya Sallis focuses her practice on the legal, regulatory, and operational issues affecting public education. School districts, boards of education, administrators, and educators turn to her for guidance on compliance requirements, policy development and oversight, special education, student discipline, and other challenges arising in day-to-day school operations.
Sonya has extensive experience representing school districts in federal and state agency investigations, compliance reviews, and administrative proceedings. She also advises school districts, administrators, and educators on student discipline issues, including codes of conduct, disciplinary tribunals, and appeals before local boards and the Georgia State Board of Education. Her special education work spans individualized education program (IEP) meetings, formal complaints, due process hearing requests, and litigation.
Drawing on her experience, Sonya provides training to school boards, administrators, and educators on topics such as special education, student disciplinary tribunals, due process, federal nondiscrimination laws, bullying, and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
Sonya earned her law degree from the University of Georgia School of Law and her bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism.