Discusses recent court cases that illustrate situations wherein exhaustion of administrative or State court remedies must be effected before plaintiffs can resort to Federal Courts. (JF)

Discusses cases involving the application of the Bill of Rights of the Federal Constitution to State laws relating to untenured teachers. (JF)

Examines the judicial posture assumed by the Supreme Court in Keyes v. School District Number 1 in defining the distinction between de jure and de facto segregation, the impact of the Washington v. Davis decision on the intent requirement, and the impact of these decisions on litigants. (Author/IRT)

Delineates recent legal developments in school district liability under Section 1983 of the U.S. Code (Civil Rights Act of 1871). Discusses municipal and school district immunity and concludes that districts are immune from punitive damages but not from monetary and injunctive relief when official actions violate individuals' federal rights.…

Discusses Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and seizures in terms of searches made of students and their lockers. (JF)

The Martin Luther King case established a legal mandate requiring school systems to identify, assess, and remedy educational problems associated with the use of nonstandard English dialects, casual or otherwise, by minority group children. (Author/MLF)

Reviews three recent Supreme Court decisions involving government officials' immunity under Section 1983 of the U.S. Code (Civil Rights Act of 1871). Discusses how the decisions apply to school boards and officials and to teachers' and students' civil rights. (Author/RW)