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Peer reviewedZirkel, Perry A. – NASSP Bulletin, 1998
In a case involving a principal terminated after deciding to home-school his children, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal district's $300,000 settlement favoring plaintiff. School employees desiring to enroll their children in nonpublic school settings should consider whether their district has a school patronage policy requiring…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Education, Home Schooling, Principals
Zirkel, Perry A. – Principal, 2003
Analyzes a Nevada case involving parents' challenge to district's policy that denied speech therapy services to their home-schooled, speech-impaired student. Ninth Circuit Court upheld the legality of the district's policy, holding that it did not violate the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) since home schooling is not considered…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Education, Federal Courts, Home Schooling
