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Download full textDavis, Brenda M.; Williams, James L. – 1992
Legal issues have become of increasing concern to school teachers and school officials. This article addresses the need for teachers, administrators, and students to have a basic awareness of their legal rights and responsibilities. Based upon a review of leading law digests, the following significant legal issues are identified and examined:…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Cluster Grouping
Galante, Susan; And Others – 1984
This volume, a third edition updated and expanded from the two previous editions, is an introduction to the essentials of school law in New Jersey and a reference tool for readers experienced in educational law. Chapter 1 focuses on the legal structure of New Jersey public education, addressing such primary issues as the flow of authority to…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation
Gilbertson, Eric R. – 1985
The application of constitutional doctrines to controversies involving higher education institutions and legal theories emanating from the Supreme Court are discussed. The historical review covers academic freedom at colleges, or freedom from political interference of of outside intervention: freedom of speech or association in colleges and…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Affirmative Action, Black Colleges, College Desegregation
Update on the Courts, 1995
Two articles in this instructional newsletter elucidate rulings by the United States Supreme Court, Circuit Court of Appeals, and District Courts affecting state sponsored school prayer: (1) "First Amendment Prayer Pendulum"; (2) "First Amendment. Rosenberger v University of Virginia." The newsletter provides the facts of the…
Descriptors: Church Role, Churches, Citizenship Education, Civil Law
Reutter, E. Edmund, Jr. – 1982
This volume presents an analysis and synthesis of the opinions of the Supreme Court explaining judgments that have directly decided education matters and those that have had substantial impact on public education policies and procedures even though the parties to the suits were not connected with public education. The chapters are structured…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Due Process
Peer reviewedHaiman, Franklyn S. – Communication Education, 1987
Focuses on the problem of censorship in the public high schools, examining the legal aspects of censorship in that setting. (NKA)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Administrators, Board of Education Role, Censorship
Update on Law-Related Education, 1995
This document consists of 3 volumes (9 issues) of a serial devoted to law-related education (LRE) that offers background information on a wide range of legal issues as well as teaching strategies for LRE. Issues of the magazine focus on the law as it affects schools and young people. Seven of the nine issues are devoted entirely to a special…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Civil Law, Civil Liberties
Beckham, Joseph C. – 1986
This monograph is the ninth in a series designed to provide a scope treatment of case laws involving contemporary public school issues. The selections summarize principal judicial decisions drawn from 1985-86 federal and regional reporters. "School Boards and Board Members," part 1, describes decisions on school closures, equal protection…
Descriptors: Administrators, Collective Bargaining, Compliance (Legal), Constitutional Law
Beckham, Joseph C. – 1984
This is the seventh in a series of Educational Research Service (ERS) monographs designed to summarize judicial decisions on elementary and secondary education issues by state and federal courts. These cases, dating from June 30, 1983 to June 30, 1984, were selected on the basis of their relevance to contemporary problems in public schools, their…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Board of Education Policy, 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
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
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
