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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rights violated when district placed classified employee on indefinite unpaid involuntary medical leave.School districts must conduct hearing to terminate teacher even if teacher's credential has been suspended by California Commission on Teacher ...
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Questions and Answers on Certain Provisions of Title XIV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

The Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 (P.L. 103-382) reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). The purpose of the reauthorized ESEA is to improve teaching and learning for all children to enable them to ...
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Reference Letters: Full Disclosure or No Comment

While an employer normally has no duty to disclose negative information about a former employee, it must include such information to avoid a misrepresentation that could expose others to physical harm, a unanimous California Supreme Court has ruled ...
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References and the Defamation Trap

Employers who are asked to give a reference for a former, or soon to be former, employee generally follow one of five policies: (1) the "tell all" policy, in which the employer openly discusses all issues pertaining to the employee, good and bad ...
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Retirement Planning

There is a concept called retirement planning which by its very nature takes place and is activated prior to the onset of the results of a properly maintained estate plan. Retirement planning is somewhat different than estate planning because the ...
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School Safety

As a result of the recent tragedy in Littleton, Colorado, attention is once again focused on the issue of school safety. Over the past few years the number of shootings on school campuses across the country has been increasing at an alarming rate ...
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School Wide Programs

What is a schoolwide program? What advantages do schoolwide programs offer? Which schools are eligible to operate schoolwide programs? How does a school become a schoolwide program? School-level decision making Essential components of schoolwide ...
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Sexual Harassment: It’s Not Academic

Sexual harassment of students is a real and serious problem in education at all levels, including elementary and secondary schools as well as colleges and universities. It can affect any student, regardless of sex, race, or age. Sexual harassment ...
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Student Visas

Foreign students are an economic asset to private education and introduce a welcome diversity to the lives of fellow students. A student is a temporary non-immigrant and is issued one of three types of visas for the purpose of coming to the United ...
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Symbiosis or Synergy: How Entrepreneurs and Universities Can Make Their Relationship Work

If you are part of a university community Â– whether professor or student Â– you and your university are already bonded tightly together, even if you don't realize it. The two of you need each other: the university needs your creativity and the ...
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