Contents

• Students and the law. Student discipline law
• Freedom of expression
• Searches in public schools
• Student records
• Promotion, retention, and graduation
• Child abuse
• Student-to-student sexual harassment
• Civil liberties in cyberspace : some rights and responsibilities
• Truancy
• Homeschooling and the law
• Special education and the law. Fundamentals of federal disability law
• Discrimination under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
• Barrier-free facilities
• IEPs, least restrictive environment, and placement
• Related services under the IDEA
• Transition : individuals with disabilities
• Disciplining students with disabilities
• Parent rights
• Assessing students with disabilities under IDEA and NCLB
• Teachers and the law. Teacher dismissal
• Teacher certification
• Academic freedom and censorship
• Sexual harassment in the workplace
• Evaluations
• Student injury
• Documentation
• Educational curriculum
• Schools and the law. The No Child Left Behind Act
• Religious influences and the accommodations in public schools
• Copyright laws in the age of technology and their applicability to the K-12 environment
• Charter schools
• Collective bargaining in public schools
• School funding litigation
• Affirmative action
• School desegregation during an era of judicial disengagement
• English language learners
• Responsibility for education law