Education Law

This text captures the key points of the precedents governing student rights and responsibilities relating to attendance, speech, expression, religion, discipline, grades, tests, drugs, search and seizure, the emerging law of social media, i.e., cyberbullying, and the range of procedural due process interests. The book further addresses the range of constitutional rights and protections for teachers as well as employment terms and conditions, including contracts, tenure and potential liabilities.

This resource provides analysis of federal and state statutes and cases covering pubic and private educational institutions. Topics covered include book bans, school prayer, tax-exempt status for parochial schools, and tort liability. Available on Lexis Advance.

Analyzes analyzes the issues of students' and teachers‘ freedom of religion and speech in public schools, as well as the restraints on those freedoms. It also discusses school discipline and violence as they relate to due process, and deals with topics of inclusion and equality regarding gender, race, and students with disabilities. Selected statutes, sample pleadings, and forms are included. Available on Westlaw.

Make sure you have a copy on your bookshelf. The Law of Higher Education, Fifth Edition, is the most up-to-date and comprehensive reference, research source, and practical legal guide for college and university administrators, campus attorneys, legal counsel, and institutional researchers, addressing all the major legal issues and regulatory developments in higher education. In the increasingly litigious environment of higher education, William A. Kaplin and Barbara A. Lee's clear, cogent, and contextualized legal guide proves more and more indispensable every year. Over 3,000 new cases related to higher education have been decided since the publication of the previous edition, and scores of changes to higher education law are made each year. Every section of the fifth edition contains new material, including those related to: Hate speech and free speech rights of faculty in public universities Sharing of research with international colleagues Intellectual property and peer-to-peer file sharing Student suicide Campus safety Police and administrators? right to search students? residence hall rooms Governmental support for religious institutions and religious autonomy rights of individual public institutions Collective bargaining and antidiscrimination laws Nondiscrimination and affirmative action in employment, admissions, and financial aid Family and Medical Leave Act and workers? compensation FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act)

This Nutshell presents a very timely overview of legal topics relating to special education services for students in K-12 education. Topics covered include: historical background, Section 504 coverage, IDEA coverage, child find, evaluations, IEPs, disciplinary issues, due process hearings, and state administrative complaints. The chapters include model forms, sample evaluations and IEPs. It also includes discussion of the Supreme Court's two recent decisions from the 2016-17 term. Finally, it provides examples from a variety of state practices to give the reader an excellent sense of the interaction between state and federal regulations in this complex area of the law.

Comprehensive, practical work that offers guidance relating to public schools in Ohio. Access limited to UC Law faculty and students.

This reference work, also known as "The Red Book," is a source of information and advice for school teachers, their representatives, and other professionals in the legal areas of education administration. Topics range from organization and government of the school system to school property and school finance. More than 300 pages of model forms streamline document preparation. Research aids help you locate information quickly.
Access limited to UC Law Faculty and Students.