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Lane, Kenneth, Ed.; Gooden, Mark, Ed.; Mead, Julie, Ed.; Pauken, Patrick, Ed.; Eckes, Suzanne, Ed. – Education Law Association, 2008
The Principal's Legal Handbook contains information and recommendations for practice in four areas. Section 1, "Students and the Law," yields interesting and informative answers on a number of issues related to students and the law: recent issues in schools relative to students' rights; the use of technology; and the latest case law and…
Descriptors: Principals, School Law, Student Rights, Technology Uses in Education
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Ennis, Trudy A. – School Law Bulletin, 1986
Discusses the "Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill" case, in which a security guard was dismissed for dishonestly completing an application without a chance to answer the charge or challenge his dismissal. Examines the United States Supreme Court ruling, immediate due process implications, unanswered questions, and lower court…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, Dismissal (Personnel), Due Process
Cambron-McCabe, Nelda H. – 1983
A central issue in litigation arising from adverse employment decisions affecting school personnel is the adequacy of due process procedures. Due process is required only if a teacher is able to establish a protected property or liberty interest. The first section of this chapter accordingly discusses the circumstances under which due process is…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education
Morris, Arval A. – 1983
The focus of this chapter is on the substantive constitutional protections of the public school employment relationship guaranteed by the First Amendment, particularly freedom of speech, and by the Fourteenth Amendment's right to privacy. Included are burden-of-proof standards required for establishing a prima facie case of denial of these…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Constitutional Law, Elementary Secondary Education, Employer Employee Relationship