School Law for Public, Private, and Parochial Educators

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.