Transcript PowerPoint—14 - CommonGroundJustice

An overview of important legal concepts.
Richard M. Cartier
• Get the kids to come to school.
• Kick out the ones we don’t want to be there.
• Public school v. Private school
• Home schooling
• Truancy
/compulsory attendance and child labor laws
• Suspension / Expulsion
– Education Code 48900
• Corporal Punishment
• Zero Tolerance – A good idea?
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School prayer and religious expression
Flag salute – “one nation under . . . .”
Dress codes
Student speech and publications
Textbooks / Library / Internet
• Search and Seizure
– TLO: 2 pronged test of reasonableness
• Lockers / backpacks / automobiles
• Random drug testing and dog sniffs
• Strip searches
– Limitations if acting in concert with police
• Brown v. Board of Education – extended
– Special education -- mainstreaming
– Gender discrimination issues
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Vouchers [and exit exams]
Pupil records and confidentiality; Grades
Family life education
Negligence in the school setting
Child abuse reporting
For more information . . .
http://www.CommonGroundJustice.com