Education Law

Catalog description

Credits 2 to 3. 2 to 3 Lecture Hours. Legal rights, responsibilities and relationships between parents, students, teachers and administrators; balancing these rights with the operation of schools; separation of church and state; balancing the instructional program with substantive rights of parents and the interest of the state; student on-campus First Amendment expression rights; student privacy rights; application of the Fourth Amendment; rights of students with disabilities; common law student rights; teacher certification requirements; contractual issues arising from employment relationships. Prerequisites: LAW 7010 ; one year of law school in the full-time or part-time program.