A teacher's legal responsibilities and limitations in situations involving student discipline or supervision are discussed. (DB)

Describes the impact of an Arizona state law that prohibited the release of any information about a student without a parent's signed authorization on school yearbook production. (KS)

Counselors in colleges have found themselves increasingly called into litigation and legal confrontation. By knowing basic concepts of law, counselors can both better protect themselves and improve their services to students. Five specific topics involving law and the counselor that seem to arise most frequently in the work of college counseling…

Reexamines the common law precedent on student expulsions and suspensions and seeks to formulate a comprehensive doctrinal basis for common law judicial intervention that will realistically protect the rights of public and private university students alike. (Author)

Financial support for The Campus Echo, a student publication at North Carolina Central University, was withheld following the circulation of the first issue advocating a strong segregationalist policy. The court held that justification had not been shown for the suspension of funds. (Author/PG)

As a service to the community to protect the legal rights of students, this manual is designed to provide the legal information New York state parents and professionals need in order to become more effective educational advocates. It is not intended as a definitive legal resource, but rather as a guide for structuring a legally sound argument to…

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), otherwise known as the Buckley Amendment, is an amendment passed by Congress to protect the privacy and rights of postsecondary students. Researchers seeking information about FERPA have faced difficulty in finding pertinent source materials on the subject. This compendium gathers…

The author discusses the various aspects of the legal struggle for abolishing corporal punishment in schools. A review of several recent cases of corporal punishment brought to the attention of the Supreme Court shows that the court has so far upheld the right of schools to practice physical punishment, within reasonable limits, as a disciplinary…

This monograph details, in question-and-answer format, the rights of students and the responsibilities of guidance counselors under federal and Colorado state law. Prominent topics include: Confidentiality of student records, freedom of information, the boundaries separating the rights of students, the rights of parents, and the rights of school…

This manual consists of comprehensive outlines of instruction programs to teach high school students about the U.S. laws and legal systems. The outlines are intended to supplement earlier program materials published by the Wisconsin State Bar and are keyed to instructional units in the master schedule. The teaching approach is one of continuous…

Two areas of law are examined in this paper: student free speech and immorality as the basis of teacher dismissal. These areas are discussed to exemplify an increasing impact of judicial decisions on school practices, and to support the argument that schools of education need to engage in teaching and research about law as it relates to education,…

This new, revised edition of the Inquiry instructional materials is designed for use in teaching high school students about the U. S. laws and legal systems. The revised outlines, designed for instructors who have had legal training, are less technical and more informal, include new concepts and many current relevant topics, and de-emphasize…

The proceedings of the second Preventive Law Institute, which focused on the legal aspects of educational uses of technology, are included in this report. Following the preface, two overviews (Thomas M. Griffin, Fred "Rick" W. Weingarten) provide an introduction to preventive law for educators and explore the nature of information…

This monograph reviews the law applying to defamation issues, cites various judicial decisions that affect colleges and universities, and offers guidance for minimizing the risk of defamation liability. It defines the two subclasses of defamatory statements: first, libel, which is a recorded or printed statement, and second, slander, which is…

Intended as a handbook for school administrators and teachers and as a textbook for graduate and undergraduate level education courses, this book covers the current status of law affecting Indiana teachers as defined in statutes and interpreted by the courts. The first of nine chapters discusses the legal foundations of education in Indiana,…