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School Law : Cases and Concepts

ISBN: 9780205290642 | 0205290647
Edition: 6th
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 8/1/1998

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SummaryTable of Contents
School Law: Cases and Concepts is written for educators and lay persons with little background in school law. It focuses on an understanding of legal rationale and principles. Written in a clear and interesting manner, this new edition examines: the sources of law under which educators operate; the legal constraints to state action in the educational arena; the legal rights and restrictions applicable to students and teachers; the historical and legal foundations of both desegregation and recent school finance reform; the law pertaining to disa... MORE
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Table of Cases
xiii(8)
Prefacexxi(4)
A Note to Users of This Textxxv
1 Educational Governance: Source of Law and the Courts1(18)
I. Sources of Law
3(11)
A. Federal Level
3(8)
1. Constitution and Amendments
3(1)
a. Historical Perspective
3(2)
b. Due Process and Equal Protection
5(1)
(1) Due Process
6(2)
(2) Equal Protection
8(1)
2. Statutes
9(1)
3. Case Law
10(1)
4. Executive Orders and Attorney General Opinions
11(1)
B. State Level
11(3)
1. State Constitutions
11(1)
2. State Statutes
12(1)
3. Case Law
12(1)
4. State Board of Eduction, Chief State School Officer, and State Department of Education
13(1)
5. Attorney General Opinions
13(1)
C. Local Level
14(1)
II. The American Judicial System
14(5)
A. State Court Systems
15(1)
B. Federal Court System
16(3)
1. District Courts
16(1)
2. Courts of Appeals
16(1)
3. Supreme Court
16(3)
2 Schools and the State19(70)
I. Compulsory Attendance
19(9)
A. Satisfied by Parochial, Private, or Home School Attendance
19(5)
Pierce v. Society of Sisters
20(2)
Notes and Questions
22(2)
B. Regulation of Nonpublic Schools
24(1)
C. Home Instruction
25(2)
D. Admission Issues
27(1)
II. Religion in the Schools
28(41)
A. School-Sponsored Prayer and Bible Reading
28(28)
1. Recitation of a State Prayer
29(1)
Engel v. Vitale
29(5)
2. Prayer and Bible Reading
34(1)
School District of Abington Township v. Schempp and Murray v. Curlett
34(4)
Notes and Questions
38(6)
3. Prayers at Graduation Exercises and Other Public School Activities
44(1)
Lee v. Weisman
44(9)
Notes and Questions
53(3)
B. Equal Access
56(2)
C. The Teaching of Evolution
58(6)
Edwards v. Aguillard
59(4)
Notes
63(1)
D. Textbooks
64(1)
E. Distribution of Religious Literature
65(1)
F. Released and Shared Time and Religious Instruction
65(2)
G. Religious Holidays
67(1)
H. Suggested Guidelines Regarding Religion in the Public Schools
67(2)
III. Use of Facilities
69(7)
Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District
70(4)
Notes and Questions
74(2)
IV. Aid to Nonpublic Schools
76(4)
V. School Fees
80(4)
Hartzell v. Connell
80(3)
Notes and Questions
83(1)
VI. Health Services
84(5)
A. Immunization
84(3)
Berg v. Glen Cove City School District
84(2)
Notes
86(1)
B. Distribution of Condoms
87(2)
3 Students and the Law89(77)
I. Freedom of Expression
90(23)
A. The Tinker Doctrine
90(8)
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
90(7)
Notes
97(1)
B. Limiting the Tinker Doctrine
98(12)
1. Nonpolitical Speech
99(1)
Bethel School District No.403 v.Fraser
99(4)
Notes
103(1)
2. School-Sponsored Expressive Activities
104(1)
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
105(3)
Notes and Questions
108(2)
C. Participation in Patriotic Exercises
110(3)
Sherman v. Community School District 21
110(2)
Notes and Questions
112(1)
II. Suspension, Expulsion, and Disciplinary Transfer
113(16)
A. Suspension
113(8)
Goss v. Lopez
113(7)
Notes and Questions
120(1)
B. Expulsion
121(8)
1. Public School Expulsion
121(1)
Gonzalez v. McEuen
121(4)
Notes and Questions
125(1)
2. Private School Expulsion
126(1)
Allen v. Casper
126(3)
C. Disciplinary Transfer
129(1)
III. Corporal Punishment
129(6)
Ingraham v. Wright
130(4)
Notes and Questions
134(1)
IV. Search of Students and Lockers
135(11)
A. Student Search
137(5)
New Jersey v. T.L.O.
137(5)
Notes and Questions
142(1)
B. Search for Drugs and Weapons
142(2)
C. Intrusive Search
144(2)
D. Locker Search
146(1)
V. Dress and Grooming
146(6)
A. Dress
147(4)
B. Grooming
151(1)
VI. Pregnancy, Parenthood, and Marriage
152(2)
VII. Participation in Extracurricular Activities
154(9)
A. Legal Status of Extracurricular Activities
154(5)
Palmer v. Merluzzi
154(3)
Notes and Questions
157(2)
B. Athletics
159(4)
1. Married Students
159(1)
Beeson v. Kiowa County School District RE-1
159(2)
Notes and Questions
161(1)
2. Female Participation
161(2)
VIII. School Punishment for Out-of-School Offenses
163(3)
4 Teachers and the Law166(96)
I. Nonrenewal and Dismissal
166(7)
Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth
167(4)
Notes and Questions
171(2)
II. Freedom of Expression
173(11)
A. Tenured Teacher's Public Expression
174(6)
Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205
174(4)
Notes
178(2)
B. Nontenured Teacher's Freedom of Expression
180(4)
Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle
180(3)
Notes
183(1)
III. Academic Freedom
184(13)
A. Appropriate Materials
184(8)
Fowler v. Board of Education of Lincoln County
184(5)
Notes and Questions
189(3)
B. Political Speakers
192(5)
Wilson v. Chancellor
192(5)
Notes and Questions
197(1)
IV. Drug Testing
197(1)
V. Dress
198(5)
East Hartford Education Association v. Board of Education of Town of East Hartford
199(3)
Notes and Questions
202(1)
VI. Teacher as Exemplar
203(25)
A. Homosexual Teacher
204(10)
Gaylord v. Tacoma School District No.10
204(8)
Notes and Questions
212(2)
B. Adulterous Teacher
214(5)
Erb v. lowa State Board of Public Instruction
214(4)
Notes and Questions
218(1)
C. Criminal Activities
219(4)
Gillett v. Unified School District No.276
219(3)
Notes
222(1)
D. Impropriety with Students
223(5)
Barcheski v. Board of Education of Grand Rapids Public Schools
223(4)
Notes
227(1)
VII. Employment Discrimination
228(23)
A. Racial Discrimination
229(4)
B. Sex Discrimination
233(4)
Marshall v. Kirkland
233(3)
Notes
236(1)
C. Pregnancy
237(6)
Eckmann v. Board of Education of Hawthorn School District
238(4)
Notes and Questions
242(1)
D. Religious Discrimination
243(2)
E. Age Discrimination
245(6)
Geller v. Markham
246(5)
Notes and Question
251(1)
VIII. Teacher Bargaining
251(8)
Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Association
252(6)
Notes
258(1)
IX. Political Activities
259(3)
5 School Desegregation262(49)
I. Historical Perspective
263(16)
A. Separate but Equal Doctrine
263(9)
Plessy v. Ferguson
263(8)
Notes and Questions
271(1)
B. De Jure Public School Segregation Unconstitutional (Brown I)
272(4)
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
272(4)
Notes and Questions
276(1)
C. Implementation (Brown II)
276(3)
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
277(1)
Notes and Questions
278(1)
II. Desegregation in the South
279(10)
A. Freedom of Choice
280(5)
Green v. Country School Board of New Kent County
280(4)
Notes and Questions
284(1)
B. Defining the Scope of the Duty to Eliminate the Dual School System
285(4)
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
285(4)
Notes and Questions
289(1)
III. Current Desegregation Issues
289(20)
A. Desegregation in the Non-South
289(12)
1. Intentional Segregative Action
290(1)
Columbus Board of Education v. Penick
291(3)
2. Interdistrict Integration
294(1)
Milliken v. Bradley
294(5)
Notes and Questions
299(2)
B. Release from Court Order
301(8)
Missouri v. Jenkins
302(6)
Notes
308(1)
IV. Epilogue
309(2)
6 Individuals with Disabilities and the Law311(39)
I. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
313(22)
A. Eligibility
313(1)
B. Identification and Evaluation of Students
314(1)
C. Substantive Educational Rights
315(7)
Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley
315(6)
Notes and Questions
321(1)
D. Individualized Education Programs
322(1)
E. Appropriate Placements
322(3)
F. Related Services
325(1)
G. Procedural Protections
325(3)
H. Discipline
328(4)
I. Transition Services
332(1)
J. Graduation and Competency Exams
333(1)
K. Cost Issues
333(2)
Notes and Questions
334(1)
II. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
335(13)
A. Students and Section 504
336(11)
Thomas v. Atascadero Unified School District
338(4)
Notes
342(1)
Grube v. Bethlehem Area School District
343(3)
Notes
346(1)
B. Employees and Section 504
347(1)
III. The Americans with Disabilities Act
348(2)
7 School Finance Issues350(34)
I. School Finance Reform
350(24)
A. Background
350(2)
B. Early Decisions
352(1)
C. Fiscal Neutrality
352(1)
D. Rodriguez
353(10)
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
354(9)
Notes and Questions
363(1)
E. Post-Rodriguez Litigation
363(11)
1. Decisions Upholding State Finance Provisions
364(1)
2. Decisions Effecting Reform
365(1)
Rose v. Council for Better Education
366(7)
Notes
373(1)
II. Choice
374(10)
A. Choice Plans
374(4)
1. Public School Inter-and Intra-District Open Enrollment
374(1)
2. Inter-District Specialized Schools and Plans
375(1)
3. Voucher Plan
375(2)
4. Charter Schools
377(1)
5. Private Contractors
377(1)
6. Tuition Tax Credits
378(1)
B. Legal Implications
378(6)
Listing of Selected School Finance-Related Cases
380(4)
8 Educator and School District Liability384(27)
I. School District Immunity
384(16)
A. Liability under State Law
384(2)
B. Liability under Federal Law
386(14)
1. Liability under 42 U.S.C. XXX 1983
386(1)
Wood v. Strickland
386(5)
Notes and Questions
391(1)
Carey v. Piphus
392(4)
2. Damages under Title IX
396(1)
Franklin v. Gwinnett County Schools
396(3)
Notes and Questions
399(1)
II. Educator Liability
400(2)
A. Intentional Torts
400(1)
B. Negligence
400(2)
1. Duty of Care
401(1)
2. Standard of Care
401(1)
3. Proximate Cause
401(1)
4. Actual Loss or Injury
402(1)
C. Defenses for Negligence
402(1)
III. Duties of Supervision
402(5)
A. Before and after School
403(1)
B. During School Hours
404(2)
C. Off-Campus Activities
406(1)
IV. Parental Consent
407(1)
V. Malpractice
407(2)
VI. Insurance
409(1)
Questions
409(2)
Appendix A Analyzing a Court Decision411(3)
Appendix B An Introduction to Research in School Law414(10)
Appendix C The Constitution of the United States of America--Edited424(6)
Appendix D Statutory Material430(13)
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, P.L. 88-352430(2)
Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978, P.L. 95-555432(1)
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, P.L. 90-202433(1)
Age Discrimination in Employment Act Amendments of 1978, P.L. 95-256434(1)
Age Discrimination in Employment Act Amendments of 1986, P.L. 99-592434(1)
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, P.L. 92-318435(1)
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, P.L. 93-112436(1)
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, P.L. 93-380436(2)
Equal Access Act of 1984, P.L. 98-377438(2)
Civil Rights, 42 U.S.C. XXX 1981-1983440(3)
Glossary443(6)
Index449

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