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| Journal Articles | 4 |
| Legal/Legislative/Regulatory… | 2 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
| Reports - General | 1 |
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| Practitioners | 1 |
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Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Civil Rights Act 1964 Title VI | 1 |
| Debra P v Turlington | 1 |
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Peer reviewedBenjes, John; And Others – Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review, 1980
Written primarily for litigators, shows how minimum competency tests that are used to deny high school diplomas to disproportionate numbers of minority students can be successfully challenged under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. (Author/MK)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Discrimination, Equal Protection, Graduation Requirements
Flygare, Thomas J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1981
Despite demonstrated success of a graduation competency testing policy in Tatnall County (Georgia), a judge ruled that the policy violated due process because the school district could not show that the items on the test were actually taught in the schools. (WD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Court Litigation, Disabilities, Due Process
Peer reviewedMahon, J. Patrick – NASSP Bulletin, 1980
Competency-based education programs could raise three kinds of legal issues: claims under the due process clause, claims of discrimination under the equal protection clause, and claims of negligence. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Protection
Popham, W. James; Lindheim, Elaine – Phi Delta Kappan, 1981
Reviews a federal court ruling in Florida stating that minimum competency tests must be fair--that is, they must cover material that has actually been taught. Unfair tests used to determine eligibility for graduation violate the equal protection and due process clauses of the Constitution. (Author/WD)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Class Activities, Court Litigation, Due Process
