Primer on Legal Affairs for the School Business Official [microform] / Charles J. Russo, Ed., Harvey Polansky, Ed. and R. Craig Wood, Ed.

This book provides school business administrators with an introduction to a variety of legal issues relevant to their professional roles. The book is divided into three major sections: management issues, employment issues, and constitutional issues. The topics covered in the seven-chapter section on...

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Corporate Author: Association of School Business Officials International
Other Authors: Russo, Charles J., Polansky, Harvey, Wood, R. Craig
Format: Microfilm Book
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2001.
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Summary:This book provides school business administrators with an introduction to a variety of legal issues relevant to their professional roles. The book is divided into three major sections: management issues, employment issues, and constitutional issues. The topics covered in the seven-chapter section on management issues include board and district policy, contracts, supervision of students, privatization of K-12 public education, legal aspects of site-based management, transportation, and charter schools. The two-chapter section on employment issues deals with supervision and evaluation of school personnel and employee rights. The last section, constitutional issues, contains four chapters that deal with the following topics: services for students with disabilities, religious influences and the public school, student free speech and dress codes, and the Fourth Amendment and the quest for drug- and weapon-free schools. (PKP)
Item Description:Availability: Association of School Business Officials International, 11401 North Shore Drive, Reston, VA 20190. Tel: 703-478-0405; Fax: 703-478-0205; Web site: http://www.absointl.org.
ERIC Document Number: ED455607.
Physical Description:216 pages.
ISBN:9780910170826
0910170827