School Law for Public, Private, and Parochial Educators (Hardcover)

Here is a book to serve educators from all types of schools in either pre-service or professional development that is designed as a text for master's and licensure (post-master's) level. This book covers all the relevant issues in school law: * The legal system * The federal and state role in education * Church-state relationships * Attendance law * The instructional program * Student rights * Teacher contracts * Rights and freedoms * Teacher negligence * Law for handicapped students, and * Desegregation The author groups case summaries, which include a brief, ramifications, and topics of interest to educators, together at the end of each chapter to facilitate research efforts. The book is a concise presentation of the constitutional, statutory, and case law knowledge that is needed for the effective day-to-day operation of schools and school systems. Contemporary issues having a large impact on school law, such as vouchers, the evolution vs. creation controversy, and home-schooling are included.