Reviews existing State laws and court decisions in the United States related to teacher responsibility and liability while on field trips of an educational nature. Should assist teachers, administrators, and local school board members in assessing the liability and responsibility of the school district, the teachers, and others when anyone is…

Describes judicial actions concerning two recent changes of significance to educational control and finance--the consolidation of urban and suburban school districts, and the busing of elementary pupils away from their neighborhood schools. Explains how the lines of action taken go contrary to well known and well accepted findings of political…

Information to aid the school-law specialist in handling transportation issues is provided in this handbook. Following an introduction, section 2 discusses the school's liability for transportation decisions, including school bus safety requirements, selection of transportation, the care owed to students, and school defenses in transportation…

This monograph summarizes recent developments in school law in the areas of school segregation, school finance, and interdistrict integration in order to project future developments in these areas. The content of this publication has been taken in part from transcripts of a conference on law and public education. (Detroit, Michigan, October 27,…

To determine the historical-legal development and current legal status of pupil transportation as practiced in U.S. public schools, State constitutional provisions, State legislation, and court decisions related to pupil transportation are analyzed. Legal constraints affecting the following areas of pupil transportation programs are reviewed: (1)…

This book, the official meeting transcript, contains papers that analyze current problems and suggest future trends. Two education professors and an attorney discuss and analyze the Swann vs Mecklenburg school desegregation case. Another attorney, through a discussion of Serrano vs Priest, takes a look into the future of equal protection cases in…

This report contains digests of concern to public and parochial school students as well as to students in higher education institutions. The digests were compiled from court decisions published in the National Reporter System during the 1969 calendar year. The decisions reported are from 36 States and the District of Columbia. All but four are of…

This chapter addresses cases reported in 1982 involving aspects of school board governance. Topics covered include powers of state boards of education; powers and duties of local boards; open meeting laws; school boards and conflicts of interest; school district and board members' election, appointment, and recall; school district organization;…