Seminar in Advanced Education Law

Catalog description

3 hours (3;0;0). Builds on the content of the prerequisite course by focusing on legal and policy issues of particular concern to top-level educational policymakers and administrators. Topics include such complex issues as the role of the state in education, parental rights, school choice and vouchers, privatization, religion on campus, school desegregation and integration, and legal liability for constitutional wrongs. Topics vary, depending upon the current school reform agenda. Underlying concerns that drive the development of legal mandates in schooling are explored. Prerequisite(s): EDLE 5390 or equivalent. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.