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Download full textSorenson, Gail Paulus – 1987
This chapter analyzes more than 200 cases reported in 1986 involving public-sector employees in elementary and secondary education. Also included, where appropriate, are relevant 1986 Supreme Court cases from outside the field of education, as well as leading cases from prior years. Legal issues covered by the review include the following: (1)…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Civil Rights, Collective Bargaining, Compliance (Legal)
Soviet Education, 1989
Recounts the primary legislation implemented to initiate perestroika reforms in the Soviet Union's educational system. Includes legislation covering the entire spectrum of public education, from preschool through elementary and secondary levels, to vocational-technical education and higher education. Addresses the rights and responsibilities of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Communism, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
Garber, Lee O.; And Others – 1983
This handbook explains the legal principles underlying the Illinois public education system, thereby providing teachers, administrators, and school board members with an understanding of the nature of the public school as a social and governmental institution. It also considers the legal status of Illinois teachers by defining their rights,…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Budgets, Contracts, Educational Administration
Russo, Charles J., Ed.; Polansky, Harvey, Ed.; Wood, R. Craig, Ed. – 2001
This book provides school business administrators with an introduction to a variety of legal issues relevant to their professional roles. The book is divided into three major sections: management issues, employment issues, and constitutional issues. The topics covered in the seven-chapter section on management issues include board and district…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Charter Schools, Constitutional Law, Contracts
National School Boards Association, Alexandria, VA. Council of School Attorneys. – 1986
These legal documents and discussions represent a variety of litigations concerning state statutes and federal regulations. Part A, "Preventing a Law Suit," offers suggestions for avoiding employee termination lawsuits and presents documents for teacher evaluation and for teacher termination and grievance hearings. "New and Emerging…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Alcoholism, Board of Education Policy, Civil Rights
Henderson, Martha V.; Gullatt, David E.; Hardin, Dawn T.; Jannik, Catherine; Tollett, John R. – 1999
This curriculum guide presents a context for preservice education and/or professional development in education law for teachers. Section 1, "Teacher Liability," discusses "Duty to Supervise,""Providing Reasonable Care,""Duty,""Preventing Student-to-Student Sexual Harassment,""Reporting Child…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Abuse, Corporal Punishment
Keesecker, Ward W. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1958
This publication is designed to encourage and assist those who seek to improve school systems through the improvement of school laws. This is a revised edition of "Know Your School Law," Bulletin 1952 No. 1, by Dr. Ward W. Keesecker, and is part of the Office of Education program to develop a clearinghouse of timely and useful information on…
Descriptors: Educational History, School Law, Educational Legislation, State Legislation
