The current status of minimal competency tests for special education students is discussed with particular emphasis on the legal implications. (SBH)

Provides advice from a legal standpoint on discipline procedures for special education students. (WD)

Legal and educational issues related to year-round education for handicapped individuals are discussed. It is suggested that the concept of year-round schooling is not inconsistent with the goals of mainstreaming and the need of severely handicapped individuals to have the opportunity to generalize learned skills. (Author)

Evaluates digital communication media in terms of two basic antagonisms of communications: vertical v horizontal and dominated v alternative communication. Analyzes four categories of digital communications in light of these antagonisms and suggests a strategy for alternatives dealing with issues of access, localism, and political and legal…

The propriety of a district court's decision favoring the merger of a predominantly White state university and a predominantly Black state university, to desegregate them, is discussed. Alternatives and the role of Black institutions are considered. (Journal availability: Editor-in-Chief, College of Law, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, $3.00.)…

Discusses issues related to handling complaints, legal questions; expectations and responsibilities as these relate to the selection of materials by librarians for children and young adults. (CMV)

Concludes from a review of court cases that recovery of damages from a mass medium for an alleged incitement of antisocial behavior is unlikely under traditional negligence rules, even without a consideration of constitutional questions. Notes that the expense of litigation may cause the media to avoid potentially provocative communication. (GT)

A legal analysis of informed consent is presented, and implications of this requirement for severely retarded adults returning to or staying in their local communities are discussed. (CL)

Presents a basic overview of federal funding available for educational facility construction, and the legal maze that must be negotiated to secure such funding. (Author/MLF)

Several methodological and legal issues are considered that arise from the use of quantitative methods to prove intentional discrimination in judicial and administrative proceedings. (Author/MV)

Developments in the law of privacy and when and how educators may encounter them in their work are examined. (MM)

The Alaska Supreme Court in Ravin v. State accepted the defendant's contention that the prohibition of possession of marihuana infringed on his constitutional right to privacy. The significance of the case is discussed. (LBH)

This article presents the substantial restriction of a plaintiff's case that may be accomplished by dismissal based upon a variance between the EEOC charge and the judicial complaint in Title VII cases. The cases examined demonstrate that there is little agreement or consistency in the opinions as to the effect of any variance on the judicial…

Wulff v. Singleton represents the first case in which a physician has been granted standing when his sole injury arose from the possibility that he might not be paid for performing abortions. It also represents the first time a physician, as opposed to his patient, has been held to be denied equal protection. The court's rationale is examined.…

Section 170 of the 1954 Internal Revenue Code is discussed with regard to the consequences of various types of inter vivos charitable gifts. Frequent complications occur when the donor claims the gifts as deductions on his income tax. Available from: the University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, Virginia 23173. (LBH)