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Legal Issues: Student-on-Student Sexual Harassment: What Are Schools' Responsibilities?
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Yell, Mitchell L.; Katsiyannis, Antonis – Preventing School Failure, 2000
This article examines the issue of student-on-student sexual harassment in legislation and litigation to determine the effects of the law on school districts. School districts are urged to fashion a student-on-student sexual harassment policy, provide inservice training, investigate complaints of harassment, and take action to resolve sexual…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Policy Formation
Legal Issues. Promises and Challenges in Education Law: 25 Years of Legal Developments.
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Yell, Mitchell L.; Katsiyannis, Antonis – Preventing School Failure, 2001
A review of federal legal developments in education in the past 25 years addresses four issues: (1) student records, (2) the education of students with disabilities, (3) the civil rights of students with disabilities, and (4) school safety. Tables summarize major special education principles, special education court cases, and Supreme Court cases…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Disabilities, Educational History
Functional Behavioral Assessment and IDEA '97: Legal and Practice Considerations.
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Yell, Mitchell L.; Katsiyannis, Antonis – Preventing School Failure, 2000
This article reviews and analyzes the functional behavioral assessment (FBA) requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 1997 and its regulations. It explores school district obligations under the law, including the need for training faculty to conduct FBAs, adhere to the procedures of IDEA, and provide quality…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Compliance (Legal), Educational Improvement
Educational Methodologies: Legal and Practical Considerations.
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Katsiyannis, Antonis; Maag, John W. – Preventing School Failure, 2001
This article addresses issues surrounding judicial involvement in mandating educational methodologies. It reviews court rulings affecting services for students with autism, hearing impairments and communication disorders, visual impairments, and learning disabilities, and concludes judicial review has been relatively limited and confined to…
Descriptors: Autism, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Disabilities
Education and the Law: School Health Services: Cedar Rapids Community School District v. Garrett F.
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Katsiyannis, Antonis; Yell, Mitchell L. – Preventing School Failure, 1999
In 1999 the Supreme Court reaffirmed the responsibility of school districts to provide all necessary health services to students with disabilities as long as those services do not have to be provided by a physician. Analysis focuses on related rulings, facts of the case, related services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Disabilities
Program Assessment Practices in Special Education Teacher Preparation Programs.
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Conderman, Greg; Katsiyannis, Antonis; Franks, David – Preventing School Failure, 2001
Fifty-eight special education teacher preparation programs participated in this study which examined: (1) existing practices, policies, and levels of satisfaction about special education teacher program assessment activities and (2) methods used to assess student learning outcomes and faculty effectiveness. Internal and external program and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Faculty Evaluation