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Williams, Dorothy L.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1992
The Conners Rating Scale was used to identify psychoeducational, neuropsychological, and sociobehavioral variables in attempting to define subtypes within a population of 95 children (mean age 10.6 years) with learning disabilities (LD) or documented brain damage. Results supported the sociobehavioral component in LD subtyping and parallels…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Classification, Elementary Secondary Education

Parrish, Bradley W.; Fern, Michael Scott; Dickman, Marcia M. – Journal of College Student Development, 1998
The current case law that impacts search and seizure decision making is presented as it is interpreted in matters of policy and procedure in university-owned housing. Implications for the practice of student affairs are discussed as they affect a university's ability both to provide an academic environment and to protect the rights of residents as…
Descriptors: College Housing, Court Litigation, Educational Environment, Higher Education

Funk, Jeanne B.; Buchman, Debra D. – Pediatric Annals, 1995
Reviews the literature on: (1) health-related effects of video games (VGs), including seizures, physiologic responses, and musculoskeletal injuries; (2) eye-hand coordination in VGs; (3) psychological adjustment related to VGs, including possible psychopathologies and violence-related effects; and (4) the educational impact of VGs. Also examines…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Aggression, Child Behavior

Roberts, 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

Ehlenberger, Kate R. – Educational Leadership, 2002
Describes legal standard of reasonable suspicion for school officials to conduct student searches in public schools and court cases interpreting that standard. Discusses probable-cause standard for student searches by law-enforcement officials, voluntary student searches, and individual versus random searches. Recommends two practices to reduce…
Descriptors: Administrators, Board of Education Policy, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
Dowling-Sendor, Benjamin – American School Board Journal, 2002
A federal case from Georgia about strip-searches of fifth-grade students for a missing $26 was appealed to the 11th Circuit Court. The 11th Circuit affirmed the district court that the strip searches were unconstitutional but that certain federal law rules shielded the school employees, a police officer, the school district, and the county from…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts, Legal Responsibility
Shekleton, James F. – 1996
This paper discusses the proper way to conduct official government investigations on college campuses within the framework of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution which protects against unreasonable searches and seizures. The article emphasizes that this amendment lays the groundwork for the limitations on the exercise of…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Colleges, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
Minnesota House of Representatives, St. Paul. Research Dept. – 1989
This document examines the Fourth Amendment as the source of search and seizure law; drug testing of school employees; and drug testing searches of students. The United States Supreme Court case that established the two-part test to determine the legality of a student search is discussed, three separate student drug testing programs that have been…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Drug Use Testing, Educational Legislation
Baker, Kelley – 1983
The author traces the history of the applicability to students of the Fourth Amendment, which defines search and seizure of person or property to be illegal without a valid search warrant supported by probable cause. Various court decisions have affirmed students' constitutional rights, but Louisiana is the only state that has held, in a decision,…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts
National Association of Elementary School Principals, Arlington, VA. – 1981
This part of the School Management Handbook provides the elementary school administrator with an overview of civil rights issues affecting school discipline policy. The first section treats the requirements for providing due process and avoiding discrimination against minority groups when following disciplinary procedures. Section 2 covers…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Civil Rights, Corporal Punishment, Court Litigation
Phi Delta Kappan, 1974
A sample student code developed by the Phi Delta Kappan Commission of Administrative Behaviors Supportive of Human Rights. (DW)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education
Bartlett, Larry; And Others – 1976
The issue of search and seizure in the public schools is clouded by conflicting legal decisions. School policies and rules on the issue should be made only after considerable deliberation and community input. Because of the lack of clarity, this model of search and seizure policy and rules is intended only as a basis for consideration of the…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Elementary Secondary Education, Models
Haberman, Martin – 1972
After a preface in which Judge Robert Landry cites the importance of the Galt Decision, the paper summarizes the rights of students in elementary and secondary schools. This is presented through case histories. The decisions are grouped into the categories of freedom of expression, search and seizure, dress and grooming, invasion of privacy, and…
Descriptors: Case Records, Civil Rights, Dress Codes, Educational Change

Hayman, Robert; Kassouf, George – Update on Law-Related Education, 1985
The Supreme Court ruling that public school officials can search a student is examined. Two upcoming Supreme Court cases regarding whether a school board can refuse to hire a homosexual teacher and the constitutionality of an Alabama law that allows for a minute of silence for voluntary prayer or meditation are also discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Homosexuality
Stefkovich, Jacqueline A. – 2002
This paper presents court cases for the purpose of updating current knowledge on search and seizure of students in the school setting. These cases focus on the balance and interplay between students' Fourth Amendment rights and school administrators' obligations to maintain order and discipline in the schools. Part of this obligation implies…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation