A Teacher's Guide to Education Law - 3rd Edition

✍ Scribed by Michael Imber, Tyll van Geel

• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 345
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This clearly written text, which is adapted from its parent volume, Education Law, 3e, provides a concise introduction to topics in education law that are most relevant to classroom teachers. The greater the likelihood of litigation or error in some area of professional practice, the more extensive the discussion. Topics concerning teacher relationships with their students include: student rights, discipline, negligence, discrimination, and special education. Topics concerning teacher relationships with their employers include: teacher rights, hiring and firing, contracts, unions, collective bargaining, and tenure. Key features include the following: Presentation--To aid comprehension, technical legal terms are carefully explained when first introduced and discussions of complex topics move logically from overview to elaboration of important details to summary of key topics and principles. Flexibility--Because it is concise and affordable, A Teacher's Guide to Education Law can be used in a variety of courses or professional seminars. New Material--Topics that have been added or significantly expanded include: the No Child Left Behind Act, student rights especially in the areas of free speech and search and seizure, vouchers and government assistance to private and religious schools, employment discrimination, racial and sexual harassment of students and school employees, affirmative action and voluntary school integration, equity and adequacy in school finance, issues relating to use of the Internet, and the law relating to special student populations.

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS......Page 12
PREFACE......Page 16
1.1 Forms of Law......Page 18
1.2 The Courts and Education Law......Page 22
1.3 The Judicial System......Page 23
1.4 Elements of a Judicial Decision......Page 25
1.5 Legal Citations......Page 28
1.6 Summary......Page 30
2 CURRICULUM......Page 32
2.1 Control of the Public School Program: An Overview......Page 33
2.2 Statutory Limitations on School Board Control of Curriculum......Page 36
2.3 Objections to Religious Observances in Public Schools......Page 37
2.4 Religious and Moral Objections to Course Content and Materials......Page 44
2.5 Free Speech and Related Objections to Programs and Policies......Page 48
2.6 Objections to Discriminatory Material......Page 53
2.7 Federal Statutory Restrictions on School Programs......Page 54
2.8 Summary......Page 60
Notes......Page 62
3 STUDENT FREE SPEECH RIGHTS......Page 65
3.1 Freedom of Expression: An Overview......Page 66
3.2 Independent Student Speech......Page 69
3.3 School-Sponsored Speech......Page 79
3.4 Off-Campus Speech......Page 84
3.5 Freedom of Association and Use of School Facilities......Page 85
3.6 Summary......Page 88
Notes......Page 89
4 STUDENT DISCIPLINE......Page 92
4.1 The Making of Rules......Page 93
4.2 The Use of Force to Control Students......Page 97
4.3 The Investigation of Misconduct......Page 98
4.4 The Adjudication of Guilt......Page 106
4.5 The Assignment of Punishment......Page 110
4.6 Summary......Page 114
Notes......Page 115
5 EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY: RACE AND GENDER......Page 120
5.1 The Equal Protection Clause and Racial Discrimination......Page 121
5.2 Historical Perspective: Equal Protection Prior to Brown v. Board of Education......Page 122
5.3 Racial Segregation......Page 125
5.4 Remedying De Jure Segregation......Page 129
5.5 Other Forms of Racial Discrimination......Page 134
5.6 Affirmative Action and Voluntary Racial Integration......Page 135
5.7 The Equal Protection Clause and Gender Discrimination......Page 140
5.8 Federal Antidiscrimination Statutes......Page 143
5.9 Racial and Sexual Harassment......Page 146
5.10 Summary......Page 150
Notes......Page 152
6 STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS......Page 156
6.1 Historical Perspectives: The Education of Children with Disabilities......Page 157
6.2 The Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act......Page 158
6.3 The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act......Page 163
6.4 English Language Learners......Page 177
6.5 Classification by Age and Ability......Page 180
6.6 Summary......Page 181
Notes......Page 182
7 FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY RIGHTS OF TEACHERS......Page 186
7.1 Political Activity and Noncurricular Speech......Page 187
7.2 Academic Freedom and Curricular Speech......Page 193
7.3 Privacy, Morality, and Lifestyle......Page 197
7.4 Race, Ethnicity, and Gender......Page 204
7.5 Religion......Page 214
7.6 Disability......Page 216
7.7 Age......Page 221
7.8 Summary......Page 222
Notes......Page 223
8.1 Eligibility for Employment......Page 228
8.3 Probationary Teachers: Evaluation, Renewal, and Tenure......Page 230
8.4 Dismissal for Cause......Page 231
8.5 Procedural Due Process......Page 237
8.6 Reduction in Force......Page 241
8.8 Workers' Compensation......Page 242
8.9 Summary......Page 244
Notes......Page 245
9.1 Collective Bargaining for Teachers: An Overview......Page 249
9.2 Rights of Union Members......Page 253
9.3 Rights of Nonunion Members......Page 256
9.4 Rights and Duties in Collective Bargaining......Page 259
9.5 Grievance Procedures......Page 261
9.6 Individual Teacher Contracts......Page 262
9.7 Summary......Page 268
Notes......Page 269
10 TORTS......Page 272
10.1 Intentional Torts: Battery, Assault, False Imprisonment, and Intentional Infliction of Mental Distress......Page 273
10.2 Defamation and Employee Letters of Reference......Page 276
10.3 Invasion of Privacy, Student Records, and the Duty to Report Child Abuse......Page 281
10.4 Negligence......Page 284
10.5 Negligent Hiring and Vicarious Liability......Page 292
10.6 Liability for Dangerous Buildings and Grounds......Page 295
10.8 Governmental Immunity and Statutes Affecting Tort Suits......Page 298
10.9 Section 1983 and Tortious Violations of Federal Law......Page 300
10.10 Summary......Page 305
Notes......Page 307
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STAES......Page 312
TABLE OF CASES......Page 316
B......Page 338
D......Page 339
F......Page 340
I......Page 341
O......Page 342
S......Page 343
T......Page 344
W......Page 345