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Vacca, Richard S.; Evans, William J., Jr. – 1987
This fifth chapter of "The Yearbook of School Law, 1986" summarizes and analyzes state and federal court decisions handed down in 1985 involving claims of torts (civil wrongs, other than those involving breach of contract) committed by elementary or secondary educational institutions or personnel. Among the topics reviewed are claims of…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Malpractice, 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
