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Thomas, Stephen B., Ed. – 1992
Judicial decisions affecting educational policy and management that were handed down in 1991 by state and federal courts are summarized and analyzed in this book. The analyses are divided into eight topical chapters: (1) "Employees" (Ralph D. Mawdsley); (2) "Bargaining" (Charles J. Russo); (3) "Pupils" (Henry S.…
Descriptors: Athletics, Collective Bargaining, Court Litigation, Disabilities
Bartlett, Larry D. – Legal Memorandum, 1994
To best deal with the issue of law enforcement officers in the school, educators should establish a written policy. Two previous issues of this journal offered a model policy. In light of intervening legal and educational developments, a revised 1994 model is offered. Local education officials are prohibited from sharing student records with law…
Descriptors: Administrator Behavior, Board of Education Policy, Court Litigation, Disabilities
Thomas, Stephen B., Ed. – 1987
Judicial decisions affecting educational policy and management that were handed down in 1985 by state appellate courts and federal courts are summarized and analyzed in this volume. The book is divided into eight topical chapters, each written by one or more experts in education law. The chapters are "Employees" (Gail Paulus Sorenson);…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty
Download full textReynolds, William Bradford – 1983
The Reagan administration is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity (EEO). No policy shift has occurred in the treatment of "class action" litigation, or in the "pattern or practice" suits in the Justice Department's Title VII enforcement activities. Significant money settlements have been obtained in…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Affirmative Action, Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal)
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JUDGE JAMES SKELLY WRIGHT'S DECISION IN THE HOBSON V. HANSEN SCHOOL SEGREGATION CASE IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IS EXAMINED IN SEVERAL SHORT ARTICLES. JUDGE WRIGHT HELD THAT THE 1954 SUPREME COURT SCHOOL DESEGREGATION DECREE EXTENDS TO DE FACTO AS WELL AS TO DE JURE SEGREGATION. HE RULED THAT SUBSTANDARD EDUCATION OF THE POOR IS DISCRIMINATORY,…
Descriptors: Blacks, Bus Transportation, Court Litigation, De Facto Segregation
Nordin, Virginia Davis – 1977
Cases involving employment interests of teachers, administrators, and other school employees generally continue trends set in earlier years. Discrimination considerations continue to play an important role. One area in which the courts might be said to intervene somewhat more than in others is the prevention and remediation of race discrimination.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1976
This document is the text of a House of Representatives bill to establish procedures and standards for the framing of relief in suits to desegrate the Nation's elementary and secondary public schools, to provide for assistance to voluntary desegregation efforts, to establish a National Community and Education Committee to provide assistance to…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Court Litigation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. – 1976
This document is the text of a Senate bill to establish procedures and standards for the framing of relief in suits to desegregate the Nation's elementary and secondary public schools, to provide for assistance to voluntary desegregation efforts, to establish a National Community and Education Committee to provide assistance to encourage and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Court Litigation
Campbell, William A. – 1974
The restrictions of State constitutional provisions on the use of public funds for parochial schools and the interplay between State constitutional provisions and the First Amendment dominated issues of school finance. Other prominent issues included the extent to which public funds can support auxiliary services and the effect of State…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Administration, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Hyman, Ronald T. – 2002
The concept of academic freedom originated in situations related to higher education. Although academic freedom may apply to professors, it is far from clear how, and even why, academic freedom applies to classroom K-12 teachers. This paper treats the balancing of teacher and school district rights in suits brought by teachers who claimed that…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Van Dyke, Jon M.; Sakurai, Melvin M. – 1992
The Fourth Amendment protects an individual's justified expectations of privacy against unreasonable government intrusions; however, reasonable intrusions are allowed when legitimate governmental interests are served. This volume is intended to provide guidelines for school administrators on how to conduct searches and seizures in a manner…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Responsibility, Check Lists, Constitutional Law
O'Reilly, Robert C. – 1990
Student rights to freedom of speech and the legitimate degrees of control available to principals are discussed in this paper. An overview of pertinent federal litigation focuses on two landmark cases involving oral and written speech, respectively: Bethel School District #403 v. Fraser; and Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier. A conclusion is…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Behavior Problems, Censorship
Hendrickson, Robert M. – 1987
This eighth chapter of "The Yearbook of School Law, 1986" summarizes and analyzes over 330 state and federal court cases litigated in 1985 in which institutions of higher education were involved. Among the topics examined were relationships between postsecondary institutions and various governmental agencies; discrimination in the employment of…
Descriptors: Athletics, Civil Liberties, Collective Bargaining, College Admission
Lufler, Henry S., Jr. – 1984
This chapter, which reports on decisions made by federal and state courts in 1983 concerning the treatment of pupils, notes that for the first time in five years the number of such cases did not increase. Important decisions were handed down regarding student expression and concerning the payment of fees and damages in litigation affecting the…
Descriptors: Athletics, Bilingual Education, Civil Rights, Court Litigation
Graglia, Lino A. – 1976
The author strongly criticizes busing, the compulsory transportation of school children out of their neighborhoods to increase school racial balance. He reviews all the major court decisions bearing on busing and school integration since the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision. He maintains that the Supreme Court stepped out of the…
Descriptors: Busing, Court Litigation, Court Role, Desegregation Effects
