Texas School Law for Educators.

Catalog description

This course is designed to examine the legal framework and study the impact of any relationship between constitutional law, statutory law, administrative law, and judicial law that influence educators. School teachers must be able to manage a multitude of legal issues. Therefore, this course will have a focus on the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), privacy rights, student attendance, discipline, personnel law, special programs, and sexual discrimination [Title IX] from the perspective of a classroom teacher. The goal of this course is to assist teachers in preventing litigation against themselves as well as their school districts while providing a high-quality education to all students under their care.