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Hawkins, Harold L. – 1986
Education, the most visible of local government functions, is often the center of a societal climate in which the protection of individual rights is not only expected but also demanded. Governing boards and administrators must deal with conflict and bring about acceptable solutions. Since 1950 education has experienced a significant increase in…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Conflict Resolution, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
Reutter, E. Edmund, Jr. – 1986
Education must be served by education law. This chapter analyzes determinants to education law and recommends that corrective inquiry begin with the National Organization on Legal Problems of Education (NOLPE). Special interest advocacy groups can be deterrents to education law. For example, the Supreme Court made contradictory decisions in 1982…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Conflict Resolution, Court Litigation, Educational Change
Hawkins, Harold L. – 1986
This chapter focuses on the need for a revised relationship between schools and the courts through the concept of preventive law. The chapter reviews court cases and presents an overview of conflict resolution models and strategies for reducing litigation. Preventive law assumes that greater use of its strategies affords a lesser need for conflict…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Cooperative Planning, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textMorris, Christine – Updating School Board Policies, 1992
Local governance of education is based on recognizing and protecting the rights of minorities while attempting to meet the needs of all. Legally, various courts across the country have upheld the rights of school officials to make choices regarding curriculum textbooks, library books, and general subject matter. Board policy should include the…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Censorship, Community Support
Wary, Curt; And Others – 1987
This is the 16th publication in an annual series intended to provide New Jersey board members and administrators who are representing their district in negotiations with the latest information on legal developments affecting negotiations, practical advice on bargaining strategy and tactics, and a handy source of reference for important case law.…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining
Simon, Toby R., Ed. – 1985
This publication, a resource for board of education presidents in the State of New Jersey, covers a wide range of topics pertaining to the board president's duties. Separate sections are devoted to the following: (1) the code of ethics for New Jersey board members; (2) statutory responsibilities of a board of education president; (3) an opinion…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Conflict Resolution
Simon, Toby R. – 1986
This book provides basic information for new board of education members on a wide range of issues that have turned up on board of education agendas in New Jersey over the past 10 years. Separate sections are devoted to the following: (1) the New Jersey School Boards Association's code of ethics for board members; (2) the governance of New Jersey…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Conflict Resolution
