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Direct linkLane, Kenneth, Ed.; Gooden, Mark, Ed.; Mead, Julie, Ed.; Pauken, Patrick, Ed.; Eckes, Suzanne, Ed. – Education Law Association, 2008
The Principal's Legal Handbook contains information and recommendations for practice in four areas. Section 1, "Students and the Law," yields interesting and informative answers on a number of issues related to students and the law: recent issues in schools relative to students' rights; the use of technology; and the latest case law and…
Descriptors: Principals, School Law, Student Rights, Technology Uses in Education
Dowling-Sendor, Benjamin – American School Board Journal, 2000
A Colorado superintendent allowed to resign for personal reasons later sued the district, claiming confidentiality provisions had been breached. The Colorado Supreme Court reversed lower court rulings favoring the district. The settlement agreement does not violate the First Amendment, but merely applies state law requiring people to keep their…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Confidentiality, Contracts, Dismissal (Personnel)
Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1997
Discusses a California case involving a tenured professor's controversial teaching style, which focused on "obscene" topics and assignments that allegedly humiliated female students. The professor eventually prevailed in a Ninth Circuit appeal. The lesson: when attempting to eradicate sexual harassment, we cannot abandon important First…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Faculty, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Court Litigation
Frels, Kelly, Ed.; Horner, Jeff, Ed.; Camp, Bill, Ed.; Robinson, Vianei Lopez, Ed. – 1996
Intended as a practical legal guide for Texas educators and lawyers, this book contains three major sections dealing with several chapters on various school law topics, each prepared by Texas attorneys. Section 1, "School Boards and Superintendents," includes chapters on school board members authority and relationship with staff, the…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Constitutional Law, Copyrights, Court Litigation
