This book, addressed directly to students, defines the scope of school officials' power to regulate students' lives and these officials' responsibilities to provide services and protection to students. The chapters outline the law in specific areas, but they all reflect a common theme: school officials can make and enforce only reasonable rules of behavior that are directly related to the students' education. Information is accordingly provided, through a question-and-answer format, on the following topics: (1) the right to a free public education; (2) First Amendment rights; (3) personal appearance; (4) discipline and due process; (5) law enforcement and searches; (6) corporal punishment; (7) tracking and competency testing; (8) students with handicapping conditions; (9) sex discrimination; (10) marriage, pregnancy, and parenthood; (11) school records; (12) grades and diplomas; and (13) private schools. Appended are instructions on how to use this book and proceedings from two prominent Supreme Court cases, "Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District" and "Goss v. Lopez." A bibliography is included. (TE)