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ERIC Number: ED300900
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986-Aug
Pages: 11
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The Attitudes of Public School Principals in the State of Texas toward United States Supreme Court Decision Concerning Conditions of Pregnancy of Professional Employees.
Nwanne, Andrew I.
This study examined the attitudes of Texas public school principals toward the United States Supreme Court decision "Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur," which prohibited local school boards from establishing mandatory cutoff dates for pregnant teachers to stop and/or return to work. The population of the study consisted of all the public school principals in 1,299 secondary schools, 996 junior high schools, and 3,437 elementary schools in the state of Texas. A random sample of 600 Texas principals were mailed a law questionnaire. The findings indicate that variables such as sex and number of years of experience as principals tended to influence their attitude toward the Court decision. The study also showed that variables such as type of school, race, and school district size did not affect the principals' attitude toward the Court decision. In all analyses, a majority of the principals (69.8 percent) agreed with the Court decision. However, female principals were more in agreement with the Court decision than male principals. (SI)
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
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