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Fossey, Richard – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1994
Reviews federal cases that have considered whether school districts have an affirmative constitutional duty to protect school children. Research findings suggest that school children may be as helpless as prisoners when it comes to defending themselves from sexual abuse by school employees. (MLF)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts
Peer reviewedRoberts, Nathan M.; Fossey, Richard – Journal of Law & Education, 2002
Discusses several state and federal court cases testing the limits of school district efforts to expand the scope of random student drug-testing since the Supreme Court's 1995 decision in "Vernonia School District 47J v. Action," wherein the Court approved random drug-testing of student athletes in public high schools. (Contains 113…
Descriptors: Athletics, Board of Education Policy, Court Litigation, Drug Use Testing
Peer reviewedDeMitchell, Todd A.; Fossey, Richard; Cobb, Casey – Journal of Law and Education, 2000
Responses from 157 principals (65 percent of a national sample) showed strong support for dress codes. Research focuses on the perception of school principals regarding dress codes, analyzes dress codes for common features, and proposes a constitutional standard of review for contested dress codes. (58 footnotes) (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Dress Codes
