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Taylor, Kelley R. – Principal Leadership, 2010
This article presents a sample legal battle that illustrates school officials' "reasonable forecasts" of substantial disruption in the school environment. In 2006, two students from a Texas high school came to school carrying purses decorated with images of the Confederate flag. The school district has a zero-tolerance policy for…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, School Policy, Freedom of Speech, Constitutional Law
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Fischer, Thomas C. – Journal of Law and Education, 1993
Traces legal balance in "Tinker" between Constitutional rights of students and caveat that these rights were secure only as exercise did not "interfere" with disciplinary processes of school. Cites changing political landscape; free exercise and establishment of religion; and search and seizure. Concludes that students appear…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Court Role