Midterm

Question 0

Engel vs vitale

Answer 0

School sponsored prayer

No state endorsed prayer

Question 1

Plyler vs Doe

Answer 1

Educating illegal aliens

Must withhold funds and deny school entry

Question 2

Lau vs. Nichols

Answer 2

Bilingual children
Chinese students
Must rectify language deficiencies

Question 3

Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeizer

Answer 3

School sponsored publication

School admin has censorship powers

Question 4

Mcnaughton vs circleville

Answer 4

Hazing

Students hazed and not offered due process

Question 5

Pierce vs society of sisters

Answer 5

School attendance
Students may attend public, private, or parochial
May not interfere with property right or 14th amendment

Question 6

Brown vs BOE Topeka

Answer 6

Discrimination

Overruled separate by equal eliminated segregation

Question 7

Tinker vs Des Moines

Answer 7

Students rights of expression
Right to freedom of expression/speech
Armbands opposing Vietnam war

Question 8

New Jersey vs TLO

Answer 8

Student search and seizure
Smoking in bathroom
Unreasonable searched protected by 4th & 14th amendment
No warrant or probably cause needed, only reasonable cause

Question 9

Board of regents vs Roth

Answer 9

Teacher protection
If at will, no due process is due
No legit claim, no property, termination allowed, and no due process needed

Question 10

14th amendment

Answer 10

Found in the bill of rights
Personal rights
Due process
Equal protection clause
42 USC source of major litigation

Question 11

Case law

Answer 11

Principals of law established by courts

Believed to afford more equal treatment

Question 12

State statues

Answer 12

Financing schools
Tax instructments
Teacher pupil ratios
Personnel
Fair dismissal
Min/max ages
Length of day/year
Suspension/expulsion
Collective bargaining

Question 13

Sources of law

Answer 13

Constitution law- foundation of existing
Statutory law- creating law, duties of SBOE, TEA, school boards, charter schools, and personnel
Administrative law- rules, regulations, decisions; applying law to reality
Judicial law- state and federal courts decisions, final say so here

Question 14

Texas legislature

Answer 14

Responsible for structure and operation of school system

Question 15

SBOE

Answer 15

Establish curriculum and graduation requirements
Create standards for student performance
Textbook selection
Permanent school funds
Duties outlined by legislature, separate from TEA

Question 16

Local district role

Answer 16

Governed by board of trustees/school boards

Legislature outlines responsibilities

Question 17

Charter schools role

Answer 17

Newly created public school that operates relatively free of state regulation
3 types- home rule school districts, campus, open-enrollment

Question 18

Private schools role

Answer 18

Subject to select federal civil rights like Title VII employment discrimination
Not subject to federal laws with funding- IDEA, Title IX (sex discrimination), NCLB

Question 19

Superintendent

Answer 19

COO of public school district and implements policies of the board

Question 20

School principal

Answer 20

Frontline administrator
Reports to superintendent
Days to day activities
Most responsible for school improvement

Question 21

Compulsory attendance

Answer 21

Children between certain ages must attend public, private, home, or some form of online school- Pierce vs society of sisters

Question 22

Religion in schools

Answer 22

Ensure proper separation of church and state and no discrimination against allowable religious expression
Engel vs vitale- state prayer unconstitutional
Township vs schempp- reading bible and reciting prayer, unconstitutional

Question 23

Lemon test

Answer 23

LP AIR EGG
3 part test under which a statue is challenged
Need to only violate one of the three
1. A secular legislative purpose
2. Principal or primary effect that neither advances nor inhibits religion
3. Not foster an excessive entanglement with religion

Question 24

10 Texas legislature objectives

Answer 24

``` PDR WRE SCIP Parents as full partners Development of student potential Reduction of dropout rate Well balanced curriculum Recruitment/retention of HQ personnel Exemplary student performance Safe/disciplined learning environment Create to improve learning Implementation of technology Preparation of students to become citizens ```

Question 25

Residency, guardianship, right to attend

Answer 25

One parent, guardian, or grandparent in district Homeless but shelter in district Foreign exchange student with district family Foster care in district Residential facility in district

Question 26

Students and the law

Answer 26

Tinker vs Des Moines Hazelwood bs Kuhlmeier Sherman vs com school district 21- school pledge FERPA- Buckley amendment, privacy of info New Jersey vs TLO

Question 27

Teachers and the law

Answer 27

Board of regents vs Roth Pickering vs BOE Township Brown vs BOE Topeka

Question 28

Due process

Answer 28

Must have due process before taking life, liberty, or property 1. Must be some action if the state 2. State must have deprived life, liberty, or property 3. Amount of due process depends on severity of deprivation Fundamentals are notice of misbehavior and opportunity to offer explanation

Question 29

Chapter 37 TEC

Answer 29

Gave state law more control over student discipline Desire of the legislature to keep students in school DAEPs must be established for misconduct Schools and juvenile justice system

Question 30

Student code of conduct

Answer 30

``` SAID Districts must have one Rule of due process Code must indicate how district will notify parents of infraction Must consider 4 things before suspension, explusion, or DAEPS 1. Self-defense 2. Intent 3. Disciplinary history 4. Any disabilities that impair ```

Question 31

Statues

Answer 31

A law enacted by a legislative body.

Question 32

TEC

Answer 32

Texas education code- source of law because it applies to the daily operation of schools, duties of SBOE, TEA, school boards, charter schools, school personnel

Question 33

FERPA

Answer 33

Family educational rights and privacy act Known as the Buckley amendment Regulates Access, challenge, restrict disclosure

Question 34

CAFR

Answer 34

Comprehensive annual financial report

Question 35

MFP

Answer 35

Minimum foundation program | Minimum for State funds for personnel and operations for districts

Question 36

DAEP

Answer 36

Disciplinary alternative education programs An isolated placed for students with misconduct Required for each school

Question 37

Supreme Court

Answer 37

Can speak for the entire state in civil matters | Two in Texas- civil and criminal court of appeals

Question 38

US Court of appeals for the fifth circuit

Answer 38

One of the 13 circuit courts in the nation | LA, MS, and TX

Question 39

District courts

Answer 39

Major trial courts in state judicial system Criminal and civil matters Goes up to Texas Supreme Court next