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Vacca, Richard S.; Hudgins, H. C., Jr. – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1994
Summarizes the historical background of First Amendment law from "Tinker v. Des Moines" (1969) to "Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier" (1988). Examines the Supreme Court's most recent decisions on related matters as well as lower court decisions involving bias-motivated speech on campus. Offers specific suggestions for public school…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts
Connors, Eugene T.; Vacca, Richard S. – 1981
The section of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142) detailing "appropriate education" as a function of an Individualized Education Program (IEP) regulates a variety of educational considerations. Arguing that the IEP is in fact "the hub of the special education wheel," the authors of this document begin…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Educational Malpractice, Educational Needs
Vacca, Richard S. – 1985
Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871 was designed as a flexible and broadly scoped statute to restrict a wide variety of actions of state officials. During the past 15 years the number of court cases in which provisions of the 1871 act have been applied to school-related issues has increased geometrically. In 1961 the provisions of the act…
Descriptors: Administrators, Boards of Education, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
