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Download full textKathryn Watson – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
This instrumental case study explores 31 Iowan educators' and board of education members' perceptions of the ways the state's book ban law, Senate File 496 influenced school information systems. Mathisen's (2015) informational justice conceptual framework guided data analysis. The three key findings of this study were Senate File 496 was…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Teacher Attitudes, Boards of Education, Constitutional Law
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Direct linkEckes, Suzanne E.; Mead, Julie; Ulm, Jessica – Peabody Journal of Education, 2016
Some private, religious schools that accept vouchers have been accused of discriminating against certain populations of students through their admissions processes. Discriminating against disfavored groups (e.g., racial minorities, LGBT students, students with disabilities, religious minorities) in voucher programs raises both legal and policy…
Descriptors: Educational Vouchers, Educational Discrimination, Private Schools, Parochial Schools
Frels, Kelly – 1982
The primary purpose of this article, the eighteenth chapter in a book on school law, is to discuss significant Supreme Court cases decided since 1977 concerning burden of proof in civil rights cases. In two cases, "Dayton Board of Education v. Brinkman" and "Columbus Board of Education v. Penick," the Court's most significant…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Court Litigation, Equal Protection, Racial Discrimination
Zirkel, Perry A. – Principal, 2001
Discusses 10th Circuit Court decision upholding constitutionality of Oklahoma school district's policy that prohibited, with certain exceptions, part-time school enrollment, thus denying home-schooled student from taking certain specialized courses. (PKP)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts
Frels, Kelly, Ed.; Horner, Jeff, Ed.; Camp, Bill, Ed.; Robinson, Vianei Lopez, Ed. – 1996
Intended as a practical legal guide for Texas educators and lawyers, this book contains three major sections dealing with several chapters on various school law topics, each prepared by Texas attorneys. Section 1, "School Boards and Superintendents," includes chapters on school board members authority and relationship with staff, the…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Constitutional Law, Copyrights, Court Litigation
Hollister, Charles A. – 1969
As public agencies created by State legislative mandate, school districts and the officers thereof are obligated to abide by several provisions of the United States Constitution. School boards can reduce many of the sources of current student unrest by complying with these provisions. Courts have held that under the Fourteenth Amendment school…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Activism, Behavior, Board of Education Policy
Beckham, Joseph, Ed.; Zirkel, Perry A., Ed. – 1983
The relationship between public schools and their employees is one of the most frequently litigated aspects of American education. Accordingly, the chapters in this text present a comprehensive and current report of legal issues in public school employment. Chapter titles and authors are as follows: (1) "Critical Elements of the Employment…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Court Role
