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McCarthy, Martha M.; Webb, L. Dean – NASSP Bulletin, 2000
School administrators are challenged to maintain the delicate balance between protecting individuals' rights and ensuring the general welfare by maintaining a safe, secure learning environment. Legal principles and precedents governing restrictions on student appearance, privacy and procedural rights, harassment and hate crimes, and suicide are…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, Due Process
Andewelt, Roger B. – 1987
The recent increased awareness of the importance to our economy of innovation and the development of new technologies has been coupled with the crafting of new legislation to increase the level of intellectual property protection available to innovators. Because one of the key methods of encouraging the efficient use of intellectual property is…
Descriptors: Certification, Competition, Federal Legislation, Innovation
Uerling, Donald F. – 1991
Legal issues in public use of educational facilities and property are examined in this paper, which focuses on the balance between government authority and individual rights of association and expression protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The Supreme Court's use of forum analysis to determine whether the government's interest in…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Constitutional Law, Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC. – 1983
Designed for the general public and possibly suitable also for high school economics students, this pamphlet explains how to resolve a billing dispute in a way that protects the customer's credit rating and legal rights. The pamphlet focuses on specific requirements of the Fair Credit Billing law and presents the following: (1) six legal criteria…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Consumer Economics, Consumer Education, Consumer Protection
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Educational Management Services. – 1987
The budgeting handbook for school districts in the State of New York was first published in 1955. This latest revision is designed to address a number of significant changes that have occurred recently in the area of school finance and management. It is also designed to provide a basis for the establishment and maintenance of budgetary systems in…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Board of Education Policy, Budgeting, Educational Finance
Baldwin, Grover H. – 1986
Examination of the scope of management prerogatives in negotiation raises the question of available guidelines for school boards. State legislation indicates that the scope of bargaining ranges from narrow restrictions to broad capabilities. Management prerogatives include the power to oversee budgets and hire and dismiss employees. School…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Board of Education Policy, Collective Bargaining, Court Litigation