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Public school law : teachers' and students' rights / Martha M. McCarthy, Nelda H. Cambron-McCabe, Stephen B. Thomas.

Title
Public school law : teachers' and students' rights / Martha M. McCarthy, Nelda H. Cambron-McCabe, Stephen B. Thomas.
Author
McCarthy, Martha M.
Publication
Boston : Allyn and Bacon, 1998.

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Additional Authors
  • Cambron-McCabe, Nelda H.
  • Thomas, Stephen B.
Description
xiv, 514 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
New edition of a text treating the evolution and current status of the law governing public schools. Discussion includes such topics as church-state relations, students' rights in non- instructional matters; student discipline; employment terms, discrimination, and termination; collective bargaining; tort liability; and school desegregation. Implications of legal mandates are discussed, and guidelines are provided for school personnel. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Subject
  • Students > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States
  • Teachers > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Legal framework of public education -- Church-state relations -- School attendance and instructional issues -- Students' rights in non-instructional matters -- Student classification practices -- Student discipline -- Terms and conditions of employment -- Teachers' substantive constitutional rights -- Discrimination in employment -- Termination of employment -- Collective bargaining -- Tort liability -- School desegregation -- Summary of legal generalizations.
ISBN
0205166768
LCCN
^^^96053463^
OCLC
  • 36126667
  • SCSB-10199308
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library