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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
Peer reviewedLane, Freddie, Jr. – School Law Bulletin, 1995
Students who are sexually abused by school employees may file a claim in federal court under Title 42, Section 1983, of the U.S. Code, alleging that school officials violated their federal constitutional or statutory rights. Discusses the affirmative defense of qualified immunity, and theories under which students may recover monetary…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Court Litigation, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education
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
