Education Law
Both the state and federal government make and enforce education laws. Now more than ever, the United States Supreme Court has been weighing in on education-specific cases. Whether weighing the importance of who should be liable in student attacks or debating the merits and constitutionality of drug testing students in school, education lawyers need to be on top of emerging legal developments. FindLaw’s archive will help facilitate your research and provide you with the guidance you need whether you represent a school, student, parent, union or individual teacher. Click on the Education Law articles below, which focus on the unique and challenging aspects of school-based laws.
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Education Law Articles
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Making Campus Safer for College Students
FindLaw's analysis of federal efforts to promote safety on college campuses through legislation such as the Jeanne Clery Act, among other federal laws.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds the Validity of a Construction Management Contract Awarded without Competitive Bidding in Malloy v. Boyertown Area School Board
FindLaw's discussion of a Pennsylvania Supreme Court holding that school districts may secure professional services from construction management firms without bidding.
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Student Expulsion Proceedings
FindLaw's article on school expulsion and how administrators can minimize the risk of a court challenge by the student's parents.
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Bible Distribution in the Public Schools
FindLaw's discussion on the distribution of religious materials to students in public schools and how the courts have allowed such policies under certain guidelines.
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Separate And Unequal: Serrano Played an Important Role in Development of School-District Policy
FindLaw's historical review of caselaw addressing the issue of school funding in California as well as ongoing legal issues related to such funding.
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Physical Environment and Crime
Physical Environment and Crime. MENU TITLE: Physical Environment and Crime Series: NIJ Research Report Published: May 1996 27 pages 57,352 bytes Physical Environment and Crime by Ralph B. Taylor Adele V. Harrell U.S. Department of Justice Office of ...
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Provider-Based Entities
The Health Care Financing Administration ("HCFA") recently clarified its policy regarding provider-based designations. The policy sets forth standards by which multiple provider facilities will be designated as one facility for Medicare accounting ...
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You Don’t Have to be “Retired” to Receive Retirement Distribution Again
A "transfer refund" distribution received by a taxpayer from the Maryland State Retirement System when she transferred to the Maryland Teachers' Pension System was a "retirement distribution" from a qualified plan subject to taxes under IRC Section ...
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Public Employees “Escape” Social Security Inclusion For Now
Representatives of state and local retirement plans are resting easy now that the administration's Social Security proposals do not include any provision mandating that new state and local public employees be brought into the system. However ...
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Public Schools Newsletter – A Newsletter for Education Management
permit students to deliver prayers at graduation ceremony. racial quotas in schools are still necessary remains open . no property or liberty interest in promotions not yet received. disrupts workplace may be proper basis for termination of public ...
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