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Direct linkSummerville, Tammy – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This was a purposeful, qualitative, historical and document-based research study that investigated the trends and outcomes of the legal issues relating to teacher dismissal for "immorality". The study included 114 cases over a 30-year period spanning from 1977-2007. Federal and state level law cases were researched to determine the ruling of…
Descriptors: Legal Problems, Role Models, Teacher Dismissal, Drug Use
DeMitchell, Todd A. – Executive Educator, 1984
Discusses seven court cases that have helped clarify teachers' privacy rights and the limitations on those rights. (MLF)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Moral Values, Privacy
Download full textHooker, Clifford P. – 1994
This paper addresses the legal tension between a teacher's right to privacy and a school board's right to demand exemplary conduct by teachers in and out of school. The watershed case in the area of a teacher's right to a private life appears to be "Morrison v. Board of Education" (California 1969), which identified factors that a board may…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Legal Problems
Peer reviewedMelnick, Nicholas; Twyman, Linda – Clearing House, 1986
Cites court cases where school boards presented evidence that a teacher's lifestyle or conduct provided grounds for dismissal. (HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Boards of Education, Civil Liberties, Court Litigation
Pitt, Steve – OSSC Bulletin, 1983
The dismissal of public school teachers in Oregon is governed by the Fair Dismissal Law. The statutory requirements of the law involve (1) a notice from the superintendent of intent to dismiss, (2) school board approval of dismissal, (3) the teacher's right to appeal to the Fair Dismissal Appeals Board (FDAB), and (4) the school board's and…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Board of Education Policy, Collective Bargaining, Court Litigation
