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Beckham, Joseph C. – 1983
Courts have been reluctant to interfere with the decision-making authority of local school boards. However, a reduction-in-force (RIF) decision can be legally challenged by a discharged employee with evidence that the school board has either: (1) acted arbitrarily or capriciously, (2) failed to comply with procedural mandates, or (3) utilized…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Employer Employee Relationship
Beckham, Joseph C. – 1990
This is the 12th in a series of monographs designed to summarize judicial decisions on elementary and secondary education issues. The cases included in this edition were selected from judicial decisions found in federal and regional reports in the period from June 30, 1989, to June 30, 1990. The cases were selected on the basis of their relevance…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrators, Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining
Beckham, Joseph C. – 1987
This is the ninth in the series of monographs designed to summarize and analyze judicial decisions on elementary and secondary education issues. The cases under discussion (found in federal and regional reporters from June 30, 1986, to June 30, 1987) were selected on the basis of their relevance to contemporary problems in public school settings,…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Collective Bargaining, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation
Beckham, Joseph C. – 1986
This monograph is the ninth in a series designed to provide a scope treatment of case laws involving contemporary public school issues. The selections summarize principal judicial decisions drawn from 1985-86 federal and regional reporters. "School Boards and Board Members," part 1, describes decisions on school closures, equal protection…
Descriptors: Administrators, Collective Bargaining, Compliance (Legal), Constitutional Law
Beckham, Joseph C. – 1984
This is the seventh in a series of Educational Research Service (ERS) monographs designed to summarize judicial decisions on elementary and secondary education issues by state and federal courts. These cases, dating from June 30, 1983 to June 30, 1984, were selected on the basis of their relevance to contemporary problems in public schools, their…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Board of Education Policy, Collective Bargaining, Compliance (Legal)
Download full textBeckham, Joseph C. – 1984
Decisions made by federal and state courts during 1983 concerning the employment, dismissal, and tenuring of the employees of public agencies--in particular, public schools--are reported in this chapter. The chapter first addresses discrimination in employment based on race, sex, age, or physical limitations and notes that the shifting burden of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Contracts
