Discusses the scope given to bargaining if a statute (which requires good faith negotiations on wages and hours) also includes a directive to negotiate on conditions of employment." (JF)

Reviews, within the context of the one man, one vote principle, the recent Supreme Court decisions that bear on school district elections in three areas: (a) representative elections for governing boards, (b) selective voter qualifications for participation in school district elections, and (c) super majority vote requirements on school finance…

Discusses recent court cases that illustrate situations wherein exhaustion of administrative or State court remedies must be effected before plaintiffs can resort to Federal Courts. (JF)

Summary of the Michigan Public Employees Relations Act and of decisions involving public education employees and institutions issued by the Michigan Employment Relations Commission. (JF)

Discusses school law issues dealing with various forms of invidious discrimination. Considers discrimination based on forms of involuntary association (ethnicity, economic status, primary language, and maturity) and forms of voluntary association (sexual proclivity, marital status, pregnancy and parenthood, self-expression and appearance, religion…

Reviews recent litigation involving corporal punishment of students and discusses other relevant cases involving the rights of students and parents vis-a-vis the rights and responsibilities of school officials. Offers suggestions for formulating districtwide policy governing the use of corporal punishment. (JG)

Presents a brief overview of the Articles and Ammendments of the U. S. Constitution that are most applicable to the public schools. (JG)

Discusses cases involving the application of the Bill of Rights of the Federal Constitution to State laws relating to untenured teachers. (JF)

Describes a study of the impact of trial court cases on the authority of University of Arizona administrators between 1963 and 1972. Forty-three cases were classified by subject area and analyzed to determine what percentage of each type of case limited, legitimized, expanded, or had no effect on administrators' authority. (JG)

Discusses two recent federal court decisions on the legality of consolidating and reorganizing city and adjacent suburban school districts to correct de jure racial segregation. (JG)

Discusses court decisions bearing on the right to due process to protect students against arbitrary or capricious academic evaluation. (JF)

Discusses the relationship between the courts and the schools as it affects the role and responsibilities of school administrators, with particular emphasis on the area of school discipline and the use of punitive suspension and expulsion. (JG)

In 1974 the Supreme Court voted not to rule on the issue of preferential treatment for minority students that was presented in the DeFunis case. In his dissent, Justice Douglas argued against preferential racial quotas and criticized reliance on examination scores rather than on individual assessment of applicants. (JG)

Argues that statutes codifying the curriculum for public schools represent a distillation and practical expression of elements of American culture. Based on a comparative analysis of state legislation regulating school curriculum, concludes that such statutes define a sort of "civil religion" in the United States. (Author/JG)