Hot Issues in Special Education Law: 2024-2025 (A TMI-LEGAL ONE Collaborative Workshop)

State and federal law is rapidly evolving for students with disabilities. In this workshop, participants will learn about the latest federal and state legislation, statutory/regulatory changes, case law, and guidance related to meeting the needs of students with disabilities. Specific topics to be addressed include the following:

• The latest legislation and guidance on determining the need for and extent of compensatory services for all students with disabilities, including those who graduated or transferred district, and discuss the extension of eligibility for special education, related services, and transition services for students turning age 22 in 2022, 2023, and 2024.  
• The key elements to consider including in IEPs moving forward, the supports that may be necessary for students, lessons to be learned from recent case law, key considerations related to disparities in identification and discipline rates for African American students, and the latest legislation and guidance from the U.S. and New Jersey Departments of Education.
• New and proposed legislation, and issues that have arisen or been exacerbated since the COVID-19 pandemic, including school avoidance, additional instruction and services, and virtual or home instruction options for students with disabilities.

Don’t miss this important opportunity to be current on essential special education law topics, information and updates!

NOTE: All professional development POs are to be issued to TMI Education and emailed to [email protected].

Audience: All Grades PK-12 Administrators and Teachers
Presenter(s): John Worthington, Esq., Coordinator of Special Education Law
Delivery Format: Virtual 
Date/Times: December 5, 2024; 9am-1pm (EDT)

The TMI Education-LEGAL ONE Professional Learning Partnership

Since its inception in 1999, TMI Education has been a proud and privileged partner of the New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association (NJPSA) and the Foundation for Educational Administration, Inc. (FEA), the professional learning division of the NJPSA. Throughout this over 20-year partnership, TMI has collaborated with NJPSA/FEA on countless workshops, in-district programs, and local, regional and state-level initiatives.

Among these many outstanding NJPSA/FEA programs is LEGAL ONE. Under the direction of David Nash, Esq., LEGAL ONE continues to be the leading provider of education law workshops, online courses, webinars and in-district programs for school leaders and teachers on critical legal issues. "It is with great pride and pleasure that we announce LEGAL ONE as the exclusive partner and provider of sustained education law professional learning and training for our members and constituents," explains Dr. Brian P. Chinni, TMI Education CEO/Founder.

TMI-LEGAL ONE Partnership offerings are a great way to satisfy New Jersey professional development requirements for teachers, school leaders and other school employees!

For more information about the 2024-2025 TMI-LEGAL ONE Partnership offerings, visit the TMI-LEGAL ONE Professional Learning Partnership website.

Payment Methods and Cancellation/Refund Policy: Payment can be made by purchase order (PO) or check made out to The Madison Institute, LLC (d.b.a, TMI Education). Whenever possible, please email all correspondence, including purchase orders and agreements, to [email protected],. Or, when necessary, please US mail to TMI Education at PO Box 922, Madison, NJ 07940.

If you are unable to attend a program for which you have registered, please email TMI at [email protected], or call seven (7) days prior to the program to request a refund. No refunds will be granted unless notification is provided within this time frame. TMI Education reserves the right to cancel events for any reason, including inclement weather and instructor illness. If TMI Education makes the decision to cancel a workshop, we will use the EMAIL contact information you have provided us to inform you. In addition, we will post the announcement of cancellation on the respective TMI Education website event page. If TMI Education cancels, participants will be provided a choice of:

• a full refund;
• transfer to another, upcoming workshop date and location (space permitting); or
• credit toward a future workshop. (Please note that all credits expire one (1) year from the date that they are issued.)

Video-Recorded Virtual (Zoom) Sessions and Tips to Maintain your Privacy during a Recorded Session:  As an added value, all virtually-delivered programs are video recorded and accessible to our workshop registrants and Professional Learning Consortium Members subsequent to the session. Therefore, each virtually-delivered workshop and webinar will now have Zoom’s Recording Disclaimer enabled by default. With this feature, attendees will receive a notification when a recording starts or if they join a session that is already being recorded. The participant can then consent to stay in the session and be recorded or choose to leave the session altogether.

Tips to Maintain your Privacy during a Virtually-Delivered Session: Actively engaging in Zoom sessions is important. Participants may have concerns, however, of a Zoom session recording capturing their participation. Meeting hosts or instructors are taking steps to minimize this concern. In addition to the consent, participants can also use the following steps and features to take control of what is shared when a session is being recorded.

• Change your participant name displayed in Zoom (e.g. only use your first name, replace your name)
• Disable your video
• Mute your audio
• Do not communicate via the chat feature
• Do not upload an identifiable profile photo

Please refer to Zoom’s Attendee Controls for more information on how to use these features.