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Construction Essentials Webinar Series

Construction Essentials Webinar Series

If your district wants to build, you need to start out with the right foundation. Obtain valuable construction insight without leaving your office. Each webinar session is one hour. Enjoy them from the comfort of your desk or conference room. You can participate by yourself or share the sessions with others in your district. 10…

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The Legal ABCs of DAEPs

The Legal ABCs of DAEPs

The Legal ABCs of DAEPs webinar provides an overview of the legal landscape concerning Texas’ Disciplinary Alternative Education Programs (DAEPs). With an objective to review key basics (or the ABCs) of DAEPs, this webinar promises to provide guidance to some commonly asked questions associated with maintaining a safe, secure, and effective DAEP environment and related…

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Handling Easements with Ease: Practical Considerations for Managing Easement Requests Over District Property

Handling Easements with Ease: Practical Considerations for Managing Easement Requests Over District Property

Construction of school facilities is not complete until the district’s property is connected to the requisite utilities (water, wastewater, electric, and communications). Many times the attention required to be given to construction projects leaves precious little time to devote to consideration of the terms of the required easements needed to connect these facilities to the appropriate... read more
Searching Cell Phones

Searching Cell Phones

This 45-minute training will clarify the Constitutional rights that all people, including students, have in their cell phones. We discuss when it’s appropriate by law to search a cell phone, how wide the search can be, when you should contact law enforcement, and the steps to follow if you discover something you didn’t expect to…

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Homeroom Security: Navigating HB-3’s Armed Security Mandate

Homeroom Security: Navigating HB-3’s Armed Security Mandate

House Bill 3's (HB-3) armed security requirement for schools is a complex mandate that presents many challenges for Texas school districts. This 3-part webinar series is for school board trustees, superintendents, school security personnel and other district leaders who would benefit from a comprehensive discussion of HB-3's legal requirements and practical implications for Texas school... read more
Student Discipline Forms AEP Package

Student Discipline Forms AEP Package

The Student Discipline Forms AEP Package provides a collection of forms for use by school/district administrators when effecting a student discipline placement to a Discipline Alternative Education Program (DAEP) or a Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program (JJAEP). In providing support through the process of evaluating and completing a student discipline placement, this tool kit provides... read more
An Administrator’s Guide to Reading Custody Orders

An Administrator’s Guide to Reading Custody Orders

Campus administrators frequently manage situations where a student's parents are divorced or separated and in conflict. They may end up holding a complex custody document that can be difficult to decipher. How can you be certain that such an order is valid? More critically, how do you interpret these orders, given that they're not all... read more