The Principal's Quick-reference Guide To School Law: Reducing Liability, Litigation, And Other Potential Legal Tangles

FM- Dunklee-Shoop.qxd 3/7/2006 4:47 PM Page i FM- Dunklee-Shoop.qxd 3/7/2006 4:47 PM Page ii FM- Dunklee-Shoop.qxd 3/7/2006 4:47 PM Page iii FM- Dunklee-Shoop.qxd 3/7/2006 4:47 PM Page iv Copyright © 2006 by Corwin Press All rights reserved. When forms and sample documents are included, their use is authorized only by educators, local school sites, and/or noncommercial or nonprofit entities who have purchased the book. Except for that usage, no part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. For information: Corwin Press A Sage Publications Company 2455 Teller Road Thousand Oaks, California 91320 www.corwinpress.com Sage Publications Ltd. 1 Oliver’s Yard 55 City Road London EC1Y 1SP United Kingdom Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd. B-42, Panchsheel Enclave Post Box 4109 New Delhi 110 017 India Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Dunklee, Dennis R. The principal’s quick-reference guide to school law: Reducing liability, litigation, and other potential legal tangles/Dennis R. Dunklee, Robert J. Shoop.—2nd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1–4129–2593–2 (cloth)—ISBN 1–4129–2594–0 (pbk.) 1. Educational law and legislation—United States—Popular works. 2. School management and organization—United States—Popular works. I. Shoop, Robert J. II. Title. KF4119.6.D86 2006 344.73′07—dc22 2005031689 This book is printed on acid-free paper. 06 07 08 09 10 Acquisitions Editor: Editorial Assistant: Production Editor: Copy Editor: Typesetter: Proofreader: Indexer: Cover Designer: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Elizabeth Brenkus Desirée Enayati Beth A. Bernstein Barbara Coster C&M Digitals (P) Ltd. Christine Dahlin Sylvia Coates Lisa Miller 1 FM- Dunklee-Shoop.qxd 3/7/2006 4:47 PM Page v Brief Contents Detailed Contents Foreword vii xxiii Charles J. Russo Preface and Advisement xxv About the Authors xxix Introduction 1 1. Preventive Law: Developing Risk and Crisis Management Programs 6 2. The School and the Legal Environment 17 3. The No Child Left Behind Act: Implications of NCLB on Local Schools 56 4. Constitutional and Statutory Foundations of Staff Selection, Contracting, and Evaluation 68 5. Teachers’ Constitutional Rights, Terms, and Conditions of Employment 97 6. Students’ Rights 131 7. Student Discipline 149 8. The Principal’s Responsibilities in Providing Special Education Services 166 9. Academic Issues and Student Records 200 10. Copyright Law 217 11. Search and Seizure 233 12. The Principal’s Responsibilities in Program Management 240 FM- Dunklee-Shoop.qxd 3/7/2006 4:47 PM Page vi 13. Sexual Harassment 310 14. State-Created Danger and Deliberate Indifference 332 15. The Principal’s Tort Liability for Negligence as Applied to Expected Duty and Standards of Care 339 Index 381 FM- Dunklee-Shoop.qxd 3/7/2006 5:53 PM Page vii Detailed Contents Foreword xxiii Charles J. Russo Preface and Advisement xxv Acknowledgments