Episodes

Presenter: Michael Kaelber, Esq., LEGAL ONE Coordinator of Online Course Development This session will discuss the various leaves available to school employees and how they interact with one another. Leaves to be considered will include, but not be limited to basic sick leave, personal leave and other contractually negotiated leaves, FMLA, FLA, and NJ paid family leave.

Presenter: Michael Kaelber, Esq., LEGAL ONE Coordinator of Online Course Development This session will review the legal requirements for gifted and talented education in New Jersey, including the recently passed Strengthening Gifted and Talented Education Act and its new reporting requirements. Also to be discussed will be program requirements, funding issues, identification, programming and equity issues in gifted and talented programs.

Presenters: Sandra Jacques, Esq., LEGAL ONE Supervisor of Legal Research and Content This session will provide an overview of New Jersey Registration and Residency Laws pertaining to students enrolling in a public school. Participants will gain an understanding of the limitations of a School District when seeking documentation from prospective students. Additionally there is a discussion of the residency exceptions available to students that are not domiciled within the boundaries of the School...

Presenters: Sandra Jacques, Esq., LEGAL ONE Supervisor of Legal Research and Content Development; Diahann DeRuggierio MSW, M.Ed., Bergen County Special Services, Regional Coordinator, McKinney-Vento Education of Homeless and Youth Program This Podcast will provide an overview of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. Participants will gain an understanding of a school’s obligations to homeless students, as well as information about the application of Title I funds, the role of the District...

Presenters: John Worthington, Esq., LEGAL ONE Education Law Specialist; Geta Vogel, LEGAL ONE Coordinator of Mental Health and Wellness This episode will provide an overview of the HIB process, and more specifically, how to work with students with disabilities involved in HIB incidents as a victim, perpetrator or witness. State and federal guidance for working with students with disabilities when investigating HIB incidents will also be discussed, as well as best practices for working with thes...

Presenters: John Worthington, Esq., LEGAL ONE Education Law Specialist; Geta Vogel, LEGAL ONE Coordinator of Mental Health and Wellness This episode will address teacher certification requirements when working in a special education or general education setting and delivering instruction and services to students with disabilities. Issues caused by teacher and staff shortages will be discussed, including specifically, staffing issues in secondary settings. The TOH and TOSD licenses and their imp...

Presenters: David Nash, Esq., Director of LEGAL ONE and National Outreach, FEA; Jeff Gale, Director, Office of School Preparedness and Emergency Planning, NJDOE This episode will review the rise of violent extremism across the nation and the impact on public schools. Listeners will learn about how to distinguish extremism from protected First Amendment expression, strategies for identification, prevention of extremism, and response to incidents of extremism involving students, parents, communit...

Presenters: David Nash, Esq., Director of LEGAL ONE and National Outreach, FEA; Diane Litterer, Executive Director, New Jersey Prevention Network; Andrea Zapcic, Prevention Director, New Jersey Prevention Network This episode will review the impact of recreational marijuana use for adults on public schools. The episode includes a review of legal requirements and best practices for responding to marijuana and other substance use, available resources to support students, and key elements of a com...