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Wiggle Room in IDEA.
Dowling-Sendor, Benjamin – American School Board Journal, 1998
The 4th Circuit's decision in "Hartman v Loudoun County Board of Education," involving the placement of an 11-year-old autistic child, teaches important lessons about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: mainstreaming is a strong preference, not an unyielding requirement; and if educators make active and careful efforts to…
Descriptors: Autism, Court Litigation, Disabilities, Elementary Education
Special Education Discipline in the 1990s.
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Sorenson, Gail Paulus – West's Education Law Reporter, 1990
Discusses the major federal laws relevant to education of the handicapped and how they apply in a given discipline situation. Summarizes issues that past court decisions have clarified such as suspensions, change of placement, and termination of educational services pursuant to a long-term suspension or expulsion. Mentions important emerging…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Disabilities, Discipline
Economic Cost Factors in Providing a Free Appropriate Public Education for Handicapped Children: The Legal Perspective.
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Bartlett, Larry – Journal of Law and Education, 1993
Reviews and synthesizes court rulings that have expressly discussed the factor of economic cost in considerations of appropriateness of special-education programing. Advises educators to expend their resources in providing appropriate individual special-education programs rather than litigating the costs of those programs. (197 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Court Litigation, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
The Yearbook of Education Law, 1992.
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
The Yearbook of Education Law 1994.
Thomas, Stepehen B., Ed. – 1994
Judicial decisions affecting educational policy and management that were handed down in 1993 by state and federal courts are summarized and analyzed in this book. The analyses are divided into nine topical chapters: (1) "Employees" (Ralph D. Mawdsley); (2) "Bargaining" (Charles J. Russo); (3) "Pupils" (Henry S.…
Descriptors: Athletics, Collective Bargaining, Court Litigation, Disabilities
The Yearbook of School Law, 1987.
Thomas, Stephen B., Ed. – 1987
This volume summarizes and analyzes judicial decisions affecting educational policy and management that were handed down in 1986 by state appellate courts and federal courts. The book is divided into the following eight topical chapters, each written by one or more experts in education law: (1) "Employees" by Gail Paulus Sorenson; (2) "Bargaining"…
Descriptors: Athletics, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Compliance (Legal)
School Officials and the Courts: Update 1983. ERS Monograph.
Beckham, Joseph C. – 1983
Sixth in a series providing a scope treatment of case law on a wide range of public school issues, this monograph reviews selected federal and state decisions handed down between June 30, 1982 and June 30, 1983. School board issues covered include at-large election, open meeting laws, and authority to close schools, reduce slaries, interpret…
Descriptors: Administrators, Board of Education Policy, Collective Bargaining, Court Litigation