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Direct linkRusso, Charles J.; Thro, William E. – School Business Affairs, 2009
The Supreme Court's recent decision in "Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee" (2009) expands the opportunities for students and their parents to sue school boards for alleged sex discrimination. Even so, as discussed here, "Fitzgerald" should have little effect on the day-to-day operations of school systems. This column…
Descriptors: Courts, Federal Government, Court Litigation, Boards of Education
Russo, Charles J.; Osborne, Allan G. – School Business Affairs, 2009
In 1990, Congress enacted the Americans with Disabilities Act as a comprehensive mandate to eliminate discrimination against individuals with disabilities. The ADA's primary intent was to extend the protection of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The major difference between the two laws is that Section 504 applies to programs that…
Descriptors: Employees, Courts, Disabilities, School Business Officials
Peer reviewedOrfield, Gary; Frankenberg, Erica; Garces, Liliana M. – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2008
In June 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review two related cases originating from school districts in Louisville, Kentucky and Seattle, Washington that involved voluntarily adopted racial integration plans. Concerned about the outcome of these cases, 553 social scientists submitted a social science statement to the Supreme Court summarizing…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Social Science Research, Racial Integration, Courts
Hill, Paul T. – Brookings Papers on Education Policy, 2000
In this paper, the author discusses the federal role in education, which raises fundamental questions about how federal programs affect the schools. He suggests principles for a new federal role and shows how government policies have made schools more formal and complex; engineered political pressures that distorted schools' operations and…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Government Role, Government School Relationship, Educational Policy
