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Download full textBeckham, Joseph C. – 1986
Use of nationally standardized tests to determine teacher competency continues to be a subject for review in state and federal courts. School district policies have promoted minimum score requirements as a basis for employment decisions concerning certification, hiring, renewal, promotion, and merit pay. Legal challenges to these policies focus…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Due Process
Beckham, Joseph C. – 1981
Chapter 14 in a book on school law concerns the legal aspects of evaluating teacher performance. Careful analysis of recent decisions makes it clear the courts will compel uniform standards and unprecedented rigor in teacher evaluation practices. Particularly in the consideration of equitable standards, state and federal courts are relying on…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Due Process, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Beckham, Joseph C. – 1982
This chapter examines cases reported during 1981 concerning school employees. In the format used, federal questions are addressed first, then issues associated with state laws. The author deals with cases in the areas of discrimination in employment, substantive constitutional rights of speech and association and privacy, and procedural due…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Contracts, Court Litigation, Disabilities
Beckham, Joseph C. – 1983
This chapter analyzes 1982 decisions involving legal issues in public school employment. Cases in areas of federal law are discussed first, including: discrimination in employment (race, sex, religion, age, and handicap); substantive constitutional rights (speech, association, and religion); and procedural due process (property interest, liberty…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Contracts, Court Litigation, Discipline
Beckham, Joseph C. – 1986
This monograph is the ninth in a series designed to provide a scope treatment of case laws involving contemporary public school issues. The selections summarize principal judicial decisions drawn from 1985-86 federal and regional reporters. "School Boards and Board Members," part 1, describes decisions on school closures, equal protection…
Descriptors: Administrators, Collective Bargaining, Compliance (Legal), Constitutional Law
Beckham, Joseph C. – 1983
Sixth in a series providing a scope treatment of case law on a wide range of public school issues, this monograph reviews selected federal and state decisions handed down between June 30, 1982 and June 30, 1983. School board issues covered include at-large election, open meeting laws, and authority to close schools, reduce slaries, interpret…
Descriptors: Administrators, Board of Education Policy, Collective Bargaining, Court Litigation
