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Beckham, Joseph C. – 1981
Chapter 14 in a book on school law concerns the legal aspects of evaluating teacher performance. Careful analysis of recent decisions makes it clear the courts will compel uniform standards and unprecedented rigor in teacher evaluation practices. Particularly in the consideration of equitable standards, state and federal courts are relying on…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Due Process, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Delon, Floyd G.; Bartman, Robert E. – 1979
The bulk of this chapter is devoted to three areas of contention: discrimination in employment (including discrimination on the grounds of race, sex, age, and handicapping condition), the discipline and dismissal of employees (including separate discussions of such causes as insubordination, neglect of duty, unprofessional conduct, incompetence,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Age, Civil Liberties, Court Litigation
Download full textBeckham, Joseph C. – 1983
This chapter analyzes 1982 decisions involving legal issues in public school employment. Cases in areas of federal law are discussed first, including: discrimination in employment (race, sex, religion, age, and handicap); substantive constitutional rights (speech, association, and religion); and procedural due process (property interest, liberty…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Contracts, Court Litigation, Discipline
Young, D. Parker, Ed. – 1980
Seven experts in the law as it applies to postsecondary education have contributed six articles to this book-length discussion of relevant court cases decided in 1979. Topics addressed include governance and finance, property owned by educational institutions, tort liability cases affecting schools, litigation required in clarifying relations…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Civil Rights, Collective Bargaining, College Students
Grinstead, Kenneth – 1987
Complete information about the Michigan Teachers' Tenure Act is presented in this 12-chapter volume. Tenure is an employment security device giving permanent status and protection against dismissal except for stated cause. An overview discusses tenure's advantages and disadvantages and legislation in Michigan that culminated in the 1964 Teachers'…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Board of Education Policy, Collective Bargaining, Compliance (Legal)
Kaplin, William A. – 1985
The role of the law on campus is addressed in this resource book for administrators and legal counsel. An overview covers sources of postsecondary education law (e.g., statutes, institutional contracts) and dichotomies between the public and private sectors and between school and church. Attention is directed to: legal concepts and issues…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Accrediting Agencies, Activism, Civil Rights
