The School Law Handbook: What Every Leader Needs to Know
A parent objects to a curriculum that includes a unit on Greek gods, arguing that it violates the separation of church and state. As a teacher or administrator, how should you respond? This type of issue is one most educators will have to confront eventually, in addition to other hot-button issues such as zero-tolerance policies, drug and alcohol testing, and prayer in schools. The School Law Handbook is designed to enable educators to confront such issues with information, insight, and...
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Bosher (public policy and education, Virginia Commonwealth University) provides legal guidelines for educators and administrators confronting controversial issues such as drug and alcohol testing, prayer, free speech, and student medicine. Chapters are presented in sections on the school environment, Constitutional issues, students, personnel, and accountability. Each chapter begins with a realistic scenario, followed by legal and practical analyses of the situation. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
PrefaceviiPart IThe School Environment1.School Safety3Search and Seizure3Crisis Management and Planning10Relationship with Law Enforcement16Random Drug and Alcohol Testing23Zero Tolerance Policies332.Commercialism in Schools403.School Facilities47Community Use47Health Related Issues55Part IIConstitutional Issues4.Religion in Public Schools65Prayer65Religion as Curriculum78Holidays865.Free Speech and Expression95School Board Meetings95Student Dress104Student Publications112Part IIIStudents6.Internet Use1217.Student Organizations/Clubs1278.Part-time Admission of Students1359.Student Medicine14410.Student Records151Part IVPersonnel11.Personnel Evaluation16512.Governmental Immunity179Part VAccountability13.Educational Malpractice189References198Index208About the Authors214
