The Principals Quick-Reference Guide to School Law

The go-to legal resource for principals, fully updated! How often does a potential legal issue arise at your school? Now in an expanded third edition, this trusted resource provides clear and helpful guidance from a team of respected school-law experts. Substantive new information shows principals how to: Address student use and misuse of technology, on and off campus Avoid the pitfalls of zero-tolerance discipline policies Lead school safety and violence prevention, including collaboration with school resource officers and other personnel Prevent and respond to bullying incidents Stay current with special education requirements Ensure that employment and evaluation practices reflect the law INDICE: Preface and AdvisementAbout the AuthorsIntroduction1. Preventive Law: Developing Risk and Crisis Management Programs2. The School and the Legal Environment Section A: Foundations of the School's Relatinoship to the Legal Environment Section B: Clauses of and Amendments to the US Constitution That Affect Education Practice Section C: Landmark Supreme Court Rulings That Affect Education Practice Section D: Highlights of Selected Portions of Federal Statutes That Affect Education Practice Section E: Workers' Compensation Section F: Legal Status of School Choice Section G: Statute of Limitations on Federal Cases3. Constitutional and Statutory Foundations of Staff Selection, Contracting, and Evaluation Section A: Equal Employment Section B: Staff Selection Section C: Negligent Hiring, Defamation, and Referencing Section D: Performance Evaluation4. Teachers' Rights Section A: Licensure and Employment Contracts Section B: Teachers' Rights Section C: Teacher Behaviors5. Students' Rights Section A: Students' Rights to Symbolic Expression Section B: Students' Rights to Oral and Written Expression Section C: Students' Rights Related to Privacy, Search, and Seizure Section D: Students' Rights of Freedom to Assembly6. Student Discipline Section A: Exclusion From School Section B: Corporal, Reasonable, and Excessive Punishment, Intentional Torts Section C: Disciplining Students for Acts Off School Grounds Section D: Liability for the Violation of Student Rights Section E: Zero Tolerance7. Principal's Role in Special Education Services Section A: Key Terminology and Principles in Special Education Law Section B: Special Education Procedures8. Academic Issues and Student Records Section A: Grade Assignment, Grade Reduction, Minimum Competency Tests Section B: Participation in Extracurricular Activities Section C: Student Records9. Copyright Law10. Search and Seizure11. Program Management Section A: School Attendance Section B: Bilingual and Special Language Programs Section C: Religion in Public Schools Section D: The Marketplace of Ideas Section E: Health and Safety Issues12. Students' Use of Technology, Social Media, and Other Emerging Cyber Issues Section A: Students' Right to Possess Electronic Devices and School District Ability to Search for and Within Electronic Devices Section B: Student Misconduct Using Technology On and Off School Grounds Section C: Cyber-Bullying and Harassment Section D: The Use of Technology by Schools to Monitor Students13. Sexual Harassment14. Danger Creation15. Duty and Standards of Care: Liability for Negligence Section A: The Law of Torts and the Concept of Negligence Section B: The Concept of Negligence and its Application to Duty and Standards of Care Section C: The Concepts of Negligence, Duty, and Standards of Care and Their Application to Proper Instruction, Proper Supervision, Proper Maintenance, Field Trips, Post-Injury Treatment, Athletic Liability, and Spectator SafetyIndex

• ISBN: 978-1-4833-3333-5
• Editorial: Corwin
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 432
• Fecha Publicación: 30/06/2014
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
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