School Law and Ethics

Catalog description

This course examines the background of current education laws, case laws, regulations and policies in practice in school districts, and it emphasizes critical issues involving ethics that educational leaders must consider in their school districts. The course includes a brief overview of the history of major laws that govern/address today’s educational settings. Three levels of laws will be examined: federal, state, and local, with attention paid to laws applying to the students, teachers, administrators and general public school governance. There will be opportunities for the class members to discuss applications of law and ethics within their own school environments. Offered: summer.