School Law Issues Flashcards
School Law Issue:
1st Amendment
Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly. Petition.(and to petition the government for a redress of grievances)
The freedom to partition includes the right to gather signatures in support of a cause and to lobby legislative bodies for or against legislative. (the power to make laws)
4th Amendment
Protection from unreasonable search and seizure, probable cause.(reasonable grounds for making a search, pressing a charge, etc….)
14th Amendment
state cannot deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; all persons entitled to equal protection of the law.
NC State Laws
Qualifications and licensure/.certification of teachers and other school staff
Terms of employment of teachers and other school staff
State Laws
Curriculum and content standards
State Laws
Graduation, promotion, testing requirements
State laws
Funding formulas
School safety and discipline
Religion and schools
Based on 1st Amendment
Religion
Establishment clause
The First Amendment Establishment Clause prohibits(stop) the government from making any law “respecting an establishment of religion.” This clause not only forbids the government from establishing an official (approved by the government or by someone in authority) religion, but also stops government actions that unduly favor one religion over another.
Religion
Separation of church and state
Teacher legal issues
Tort liability (a civil wrong or wrongful act, whether intentional or accidential, from which injury occurs to another)-negligence, intentional acts
Teacher legal issues
Avoiding negligence (a failure to behave with the level of care that someone of ordinary prudence would have exercised under the same circumstances)
Teacher Legal Issues
Reporting child abuse/neglect
Teacher Legal Issues
Sexual harassment
Teacher Legal Issues
Copyright laws (The US copyright law protects “ORIGINAL works of authorship” including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and other intellectual works)
