TOMS RIVER — A former Spanish teacher in the Toms River Regional Schools pleaded guilty Tuesday to sexually assaulting a student last year, authorities said.

Erin Haskell, 32, of Barnegat will be sentenced after the court receives the results of a psychiatric evaluation, according to the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office.

The prosecutor will recommend Haskell be sentenced to seven years in prison, while her attorney Bradley Billhimer plans to ask for a three-year term, Toms River's Patch site reported.

Haskell taught at Toms River Intermediate School South in Beachwood, where the 15-year-old boy she had inappropriate contact with was a student. The two had sexual contact between June and September of 2012.

She is free on $300,000 bail, authorities said.

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