1) Rendering legal opinions to and advising the Board of Education and Central Office Administration; 2) Prepare formal opinion letters when requested by the Board of Education or the Superintendent of Schools or designee; 3) Review and prepare Board of Education resolutions as needed; 4) Review legal documents pertaining to the District; 5) Attend Board of Education meetings when requested; 6) Provide general advice and guidance on all matters pertaining to education, finance and municipal law such as: a) All legal issues directly affecting the Board of Education including annual elections, financial matters and legal aspects of school budgets b) Special education matters (all services prior to the impartial hearing stage) c) Student rights, student discipline, guardianship, adoption, student name change orders, custody, orders of protection, school district residency issues, Child Protective Services, etc. d) Internal Revenue System issues, employee wage garnishments, subpoenas, etc. e) Freedom of Information Law requests and other solicitation of district records including employee and student records f) Foster child tuition matters g) Commissioner’s Regulations h) Federal and state civil rights laws, criminal law, real property tax law, open meetings law, parliamentary law issues i) Governmental, municipal and political issues j) School Board liability relating to employee matters k) Recent and pending changes in state and federal laws l) District insurance plans m)Environmental, health and safety (OSHA, PESH, etc.) n) Legal rights of professional and support staff personnel o) Review and comment on legality of policies, administrative regulations and proposed procedures.
