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Monday March 12
2018
 Student Discipline in New York City Schools

This session provides an overview of the New York City Discipline Code, discipline laws and regulations, and suspension hearing practices in NYC public and charter schools. Trainers will also cover special education laws related to discipline under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA), including disciplinary due process hearing rights before impartial hearing officers and legal and practical information regarding functional behavior assessments (FBAs), behavior intervention plans (BIPs) and other accommodations when advocating for students with challenging behavior. The trainers welcome robust, closing Q and A towards the end of the presentation.

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  • When
    Monday, March 12, 2018
    2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  • Location
    Legal Services NYC - Central
    40 Worth St., 6th floor
    New York, NY 10013
  • CLE Credits
    Areas of Professional Practice: 3.00
  • Format
    Traditional Live Classroom
  • Practice Area(s)
    Education Law
  • Price: $150
  • Materials
    Contains 1 training item(s)

About the Faculty

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    M'Ral Broodie-Stewart (Speaker)

    M’Ral Broodie-Stewart is a senior staff attorney in the Education Advocacy Unit at Staten Island Legal Services. While a student at Georgetown Law, M’Ral participated in the Juvenile Justice Clinic and the Street Law: High School Clinic. Her experiences representing youths and teaching in the D.C. Public School System lead to her committing to education law. Prior to joining SILS, M’Ral worked in at the ACLU’s Racial Justice Program where she researched a number of issues including those involving the school-to-prison pipeline.
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    Harold Hinds (Speaker)

    Harold Hinds is a staff attorney with Advocates for Children of New York (AFC) working with AFC’s Charter Schools Initiative. At AFC Harold works with low income families with children enrolled in New York City charter schools, providing direct legal representation to these families in an effort to secure appropriate special education services and assist in defending against long term suspensions and expulsions. Harold also works on furthering policy initiatives to reform various educational matters impacting charter schools including student discipline and accommodations for students with disabilities. Prior to joining AFC Harold served as the legal director for the Northeast Charter Schools Network. While at NESCN Harold assisted in formulating and filing the Brown v. NY lawsuit, challenging the constitutionality of the system New York uses to fund charter schools. Harold also provided legal advice to charter schools and New York and Connecticut, and assisted in furthering legislative initiatives to further charter school growth in both states. Prior to his work with NECSN, Harold worked as a litigation associate with Phillips Lytle LLP in Buffalo, NY. Harold graduated from Boston College Law School and Boston College’s Lynch School of Education in 2013 with a juris doctor degree and a master’s degree in education, and from Boston College’s Carroll School of Management in 2009 with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Business Administration.
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    Stacey Kennard (Speaker)

    Stacey Kennard is a Team Leader and Education Attorney at The Bronx Defenders, which provides a holistic, team based approach to public defense. She began her legal career as a criminal defense attorney at The Bronx Defenders. Stacey graduated from Harvard Law School, where she was the Co-Executive Director of the Prison Legal Assistance Project and President of Child and Youth Advocates. While in law school, Stacey was a clinical student in the Criminal Justice Institute, the Employment Civil Rights Clinic, and the Child Advocacy Clinic. Additionally, Stacey interned at Advocates for Children of New York and the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice, and externed with the Youth Advocacy Department of the Committee for Public Counsel Services in Massachusetts. Stacey received her undergraduate degree from Amherst College and was a math teacher in Queens before attending law school.
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    Amy Leipziger (Speaker)

    Amy Leipziger is a senior staff attorney at Queens Legal Services. Her practice includes both Education Law and Social Security Disability Law, and she is dedicated to representing the educational needs of children with special needs and their families. She is the Co-Chair of the Education Law Committee of the New York County Lawyers Bar Association.