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Melvin, Leland D. – 1983
The intent of this chapter is to emphasize the student evaluation aspect over other legal principles. Several cases illustrate that courts will interfere with school boards' authority to determine placement of pupils only when a violation of constitutional or statutory rights of a student occurs. In the matter of sanctions against students that…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Court Litigation, Educational Malpractice, Elementary Secondary Education