Confidential Settlement Agreements between School Districts and Teachers Accused of Child Abuse: Issues of Law and Ethics.

Fossey, W. Richard

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ERIC Number: EJ419900

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Publication Date: 1990

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Confidential Settlement Agreements between School Districts and Teachers Accused of Child Abuse: Issues of Law and Ethics.

Fossey, W. Richard

West's Education Law Reporter, v63 n1 p1-10 Dec 6 1990

Open records statutes, child abuse reporting laws, and public policy are impediments to confidential settlement agreements with school districts and teachers accused of child abuse. In addition, a school administrator should ask whether the settlement agreement could assist an unsuitable teacher to obtain employment in another school district. (MLF)

Descriptors: Child Abuse, Codes of Ethics, Confidentiality, Contracts, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Legal Responsibility, School Districts, Sexual Abuse, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Dismissal

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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