This document outlines the various types of insurance policies and their functions to help school administrators improve their management of risk. Eight exhibits highlight information on the following topics: the five basic sections of all insurance policies; key property insurance clauses; general liability; school board legal liability; the…

Little research has been conducted in an effort to clarify the legal ramifications involved in the support services a guidance department may offer in a typical high school. Of particular interest are the liabilities to which counselors, principals, and other school personnel might be subjected in guidance departments having peer assistance…

The ordinary conduct of school business is accompanied today by risks that were rare or unknown a few decades ago. This ERIC Digest discusses how risk management, a concept long used by corporate decision makers, can help school boards and administrators conserve their districts' assets. Risk management is a coordinated effort to protect an…

The National Council for Children's Rights (NCCR) is a child-advocacy group that works to assure a child the right to two parents. This proceedings contains three presentations from the NCCR's fourth annual conference and highlights of the remaining presentations. The proceedings include: (1) a welcoming address by NCCR President David L. Levy,…

A growing emphasis on teacher accountability, coupled with declining enrollments and reduced revenues, has increased the importance of teacher evaluations as a basis for staffing decisions, even though there is no clear definition of teacher effectiveness. Accordingly, legal standards are provided for the procedural and substantive issues of due…

This report reviews the seven times that the courts have considered the question of whether school boards can remove books from school libraries. Because the first and the three most recent cases upheld the rights of boards, while the other three cases were won by plaintiffs who had filed their cases against the boards, the differences in the…

Studies of criminal law practices suggest that variations in treatment from locality to locality depend on the judicial culture of the particular city, socioeconomic status of the accused, and the attitudes and actions of the police. This journal is available from the Law in American Society Foundation, 33 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1700; Chicago…

Argues that the Supreme Court was right in not making a decision in the DeFunis v. Odegaard case regarding the right of the University of Washington Law School to identify applicants for admission by race and give preferential treatment to "minority" applicants. Emphasizes the need for "sharply defined and fully canvassed legal…

Based on the question of whether racial preference and quotas to advance the educational opportunities of certain racial and ethnic minorities are compatible with the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, a case against reference to race is presented in light of the DeFunis v. Odegaard case. (JT)

New health practitioners (NHPs) are defined as nonphysician personnel being trained to carry out many tasks in the provision of primary care. The author traces historical background and legal issues involved in their training along with other policy issues and related problems, e.g. need for team training and practice. (JT)

Analyzes the validity of parietal rules under both the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. Models of substantive due process and equal protection are developed and applied to the various types of parietal rules that have been implemented at universities throughout the nation. (Author/JT)

Summarizes the major legal principles that govern courts in determining whether a wrong has occurred and, if so, what remedies may properly be applied. Far from promoting white flight, courts are said to have achieved stable integration. (Author/AM)

Discusses the second post-Brown decade, with changes that the period 1964-1974 worked in federal antidiscrimination laws - in extending their reach, in devising new techniques to enforce them, and in interpreting the obligations they impose. (Author/PG)

Compiled by various members of the higher educational community together with risk managers, computer center managers, and computer industry experts, this report recommends establishing policies on an institutional level to protect colleges and universities from computer viruses and the accompanying liability. Various aspects of the topic are…

A recent study identified confidentiality as the most frequently encountered dilemma for college counselors. A study was conducted to examine whether there was a consensus among directors of college and university counseling centers regarding confidentiality. Directors (N=160) completed questionnaires concerning counseling center background and…