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Download full textWilliam E. Smith III – NACADA Review: Academic Advising Praxis and Perspectives, 2019
Academic advisors occupy an ethically fraught position in institutions of higher education and frequently have to traverse complex curricular issues. Legal theorist Lon L. Fuller's work provides advisors with new resources to ply some of these troubled curricular issues. By focusing on understanding colleges and universities as law-generating…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Academic Advising, Faculty Advisers, Ethics
Direct linkGarrett, Kendra J. – Children & Schools, 2012
This article documents results of a survey of 73 school social workers regarding their record-keeping practices. These social workers indicated that time pressures are a major challenge to documentation; they struggle to know what to include, and they worry about privacy. More than half fail to consistently include assessment information, progress…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Social Work, School Social Workers, Privacy
Zirkel, Perry A.; Karanxha, Zorka – Future Educators Association, 2010
As a hybrid between a college or university student and an elementary or secondary school employee, the student teacher is in a special situation. The potential for being a plaintiff (the party who sues), the defendant (the party who is sued), or a third party that is integrally involved in a lawsuit is higher because the bodies of law pertinent…
Descriptors: Legal Problems, Admission Criteria, Court Litigation, Compliance (Legal)
Indiana Department of Education, 2010
As the parent of a child who has or may have a disability, the federal and state laws give them certain rights--called procedural safeguards. If they would like a more detailed explanation of these rights, they should contact the principal of their child's school, a school administrator, their local special education director, or any of the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Administrators, State Departments of Education
Dowling-Sendor, Benjamin – American School Board Journal, 2002
Discusses Oklahoma case ("Owasso Independent School District No. 1-001 v. Falvo") wherein the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in February 2002 that peer grading did not violate the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). (PKP)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Grading, Privacy
Baskin, Joy Surratt; Surratt, Jim – School Administrator, 2001
Citing new provisions of Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, discusses legal limitations and exceptions to posting personally identifiable student information on a school district's Web site. (PKP)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Privacy, School Law, State Legislation
Peer reviewedSidbury, Benjamin F. – Journal of College and University Law, 2003
Discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's opinion in Gonzaga University v. Doe, where the Supreme Court held that a person whose records were disclosed has no right to sue the institution for its violation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA). Explores the decision's ramifications for higher education, including applicable…
Descriptors: Confidential Records, Court Litigation, Disclosure, Higher Education
Peer reviewedO'Donnell, Margaret L. – Journal of College and University Law, 2003
Discusses the history of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the Falvo and Gonzaga U.S. Supreme Court cases, and how universities might rethink FERPA in light of digital records. A discussion of Professor Lawrence Lessig's book "Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace" is used as a framework for discussing institutional…
Descriptors: Confidential Records, Court Litigation, Disclosure, Higher Education
Peer reviewedZdeb, Michael J. – Loyola University Law Journal, 1975
Current legal ramifications of the right of privacy in students' school records are examined. It is suggested that resolution of the school record problem must be made with the realization that whatever is imprinted on a youth will affect his future and that of society. (LBH)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Confidential Records, Constitutional Law, Higher Education
Kavina, George – Phi Delta Kappan, 1975
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Guides, Confidential Records, Elementary Secondary Education
Cutler, Marilyn H. – American School Board Journal, 1975
Discusses basic provisions of the Family Education and Privacy Act of 1974. (JG)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Board of Education Policy, Confidential Records, Confidentiality
Johnson, T. Page – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1993
Reviews the legislative history, purpose, and principal provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, and calls attention to reported decisions on issues including a private right of action, the release of education records through discovery or by judicial order, and the release of students' names and addresses. (98…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Confidentiality, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Doverspike, David E.; Cone, W. Henry – 1992
Developments over the past 25 years in school-related legal issues in elementary schools have significantly changed the principal's role. In 1975, a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court established three due-process guidelines for short-term suspension. The decision requires student notification of charges, explanation of evidence, and an informal…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Corporal Punishment, Discipline, Elementary Education
Schimmel, David; Fisher, Louis – 1987
This book explores parents' legal rights concerning their children's elementary and secondary education. Besides certain constitutional rights (including parents' right to direct their children's education), parents and students have been granted various rights under state and federal statutes. This book aims to demystify the law and provide…
Descriptors: Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Rights, Parent School Relationship
Bradley, Leo H. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2005
Here is a book to serve educators from all types of schools in either pre-service or professional development that is designed as a text for master's and licensure (post-master's) level. This book covers all the relevant issues in school law: (1) The legal system; (2) The federal and state role in education; (3) Church-state relationships; (4)…
Descriptors: Student Rights, Home Schooling, Educational Vouchers, Court Litigation
