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The Educator's Guide to Texas School Law: Eighth Edition Eighth Edition
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Much has changed in the area of school law since the first edition of The Educator's Guide was published in 1986. Successive editions grew incrementally longer to keep abreast of legal developments. In this new eighth edition, the authors have streamlined the discussion by pruning older material and weaving in new developments. The result is an authoritative source on all major dimensions of Texas school law that is both well integrated and easy to read.
Intended for Texas school personnel, school board members, interested attorneys, and taxpayers, the eighth edition explains what the law is and what the implications are for effective school operations. It is designed to help professional educators avoid expensive and time consuming lawsuits by taking effective preventive action. It is an especially valuable resource for school law courses and staff development sessions.
The eighth edition begins with a review of the legal structure of the Texas school system. As Chapter 1 notes, education law is a complex interweaving of state and federal constitutional, statutory, administrative, and judicial law. It is important to understand the nature of the system before reading other sections.
Successive chapters address attendance and the instructional program, the education of children with special needs, employment and personnel, expression and associational rights, the role of religion in public schools, student discipline, open meetings and records, privacy, search and seizure, and legal liability under both federal and Texas law. In addition to state law, the book addresses the role of the federal government in school operation through such major federal legislation as the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
Statute and case references are kept as simple as possible, and a complete index of case citations is included for those readers who wish to consult the cases themselves. The appendices describe how case law is reported and where to find it, along with a glossary of legal terms and a listing of other sources on Texas school law.
- ISBN-100292760841
- ISBN-13978-0292760844
- EditionEighth
- PublisherUniversity of Texas Press
- Publication dateSeptember 15, 2014
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions6 x 1.25 x 9 inches
- Print length504 pages
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Frank Kemerer is Regents Professor-Emeritus of Education Law and Administration at the University of North Texas and founder of the Texas School Administrators’ Legal Digest. He lives in San Diego, California.
Laurie Maniotis is an attorney who investigates employment discrimination claims for the City of Fort Worth.
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- Publisher : University of Texas Press; Eighth edition (September 15, 2014)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 504 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0292760841
- ISBN-13 : 978-0292760844
- Item Weight : 1.6 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 1.25 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,930,996 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #255 in Educational Law & Legislation Law
- #295 in Urban, State & Local Government Law (Books)
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Customers find the book informative and helpful for studying school law. They say it covers the laws and goes into depth about how and why some have come to be. The book is a good resource for educators and students, providing an explanation of pertinent laws and cases.
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"A wonderful explanation of the pertinent laws and cases as they apply to Texas schools. Always engaging, sometimes quite funny, this is book is a joy." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2015this was the text for my educational law class. you would think a text such as this would be dry and boring, but FALSE! interesting and well written for a student studying the content area. i learned so much reading this book.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2015A wonderful explanation of the pertinent laws and cases as they apply to Texas schools. Always engaging, sometimes quite funny, this is book is a joy.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2017This is a great book for educators. Thank you for having the materials where I can buy them easily.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2014great case examples things that school admins. don't want teachers to know. I like the way TEA is fair in dealing with teachers not like board members and admins. who try to bully teachers into passing students with 90 absences or giving 20 point grade curves just to push students through the system.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2016I bought this to review for the Principal 068 TEXES exam, just in case there were any legal/law questions on the exam. I did not need this for the exam at all, but I still found it to be a great resource. I like that it covers the laws and goes into depth about the how and why some have come to be the way that they are here in TX.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2016fast ship; appears as described. Have not studied from it or taken the exam, so no ability to comment on the assistance.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2017Required textbook, but very well written and updated!
- Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2016Not the most exciting read, but very informative. Every parent in Texas should take an interest.