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Volumes:  28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 |

 

Volume 28:

 

Volume 28, No. 5, 2008   Current

Developments in the Courts

• School Board
• Students' Rights
• Teacher's Rights
• Special Education

Volume 28, No. 4, 2008

Developments in the Courts

• Students' Rights
• No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
• Desegregation
• Vouchers
• Technology
• Employment
• Funding
• Freedom of Information Act

Volume 28, No. 3, 2008

Developments in the Courts

• Freedom of Information Act
• Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
• Religion and Education
• Students' Rights
• No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
• Special Education
• School Finance
• Employee Rights

Developments in Legislation

• State Legislation

 

Volume 28, No. 2, 2008

Developments in the Courts

• No Child Left Behind
• Special Education
• Students' Rights
• Home Schooling
• Curriculum
• Teachers' Rights

Developments in Legislation

• Federal Legislation

• State Legislation

 

Volume 28, No. 1, 2008

Developments in the Courts and Legislation

• Curriculum
• No Child Left Behind
• Religion and Education
• Special Education
• Students' Rights

        Developments in Legislation

 

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Volume 27:

 

Volume 27, No. 6, 2007

Developments in the Court and Legislation

• Student Rights
• Religion and Education
• Special Education
• Teachers' Rights
• No Child Left Behind
• Vouchers
• Finance

Volume 27, No. 5, 2007

Developments in the Courts

• Special Education
• Students' Rights
• NCLB
• Religion and Education
• School Finance
• Personnel
• Equal Access

Volume 27, No. 4, 2007

Developments in the Courts

• New Decisions from the United States Supreme Court
• Employment and Labor
• Student Rights
• Vouchers
• Local Governance
• Athletics
• Special Education
• Liability

Developments in Legislature

• Boards of Education
• Personnel
• School Finance
• School Safety and Health
• Students

Volume 27, No. 3, 2007
Developments in the Courts

• Student Rights

• Finance

• Personnel

• No Child Left Behind

• Special Education

• Desegregation/Affirmative Action

Volume 27, No. 2, 2007

When IDEA Met a Sexual FAPE at the Shore: Complexity and Implications
- Ronald T. Hyman

Developments in the Courts and Legislature

• Religion
• No Child Left Behind
• Students' Rights
• Special Education
• Federal Regulations

• Developments in the Illinois General Assembly

Volume 27, No. 1, 2007
Developments in the Courts

• No Child Left Behind

• Religion

• Desegregation/Affirmative Action

• Personnel

• Students

• Federal Regulations

        State Legislation

• Boards of Education

• Personnel

• School Finance

• School Safety and Health

• State Board of Education

• Students

 

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Volume 26:

 

Volume 26, No. 6, 2006
Developments in the Courts

• No Child Left Behind

• Religion

• Students’ Rights

• School Choice

• Technology

• Discrimination

• Personnel

• Federal Regulations

Volume 26, No. 5, 2006
Developments in the Courts

• Special Education

• Religion

• Students’ Rights

• No Child Left Behind

• Teachers

Volume 26, No. 4, 2006

Developments in the Courts

• No Child Left Behind

• Tort Liability

• Employee’s Rights

• Special Education

• School Finance

• Students’ Rights

Recently Passed Legislation

• Resolution

• Public Act

• Bill awaiting signature

• Bill awaiting to be sent for signature

Volume 26, No. 3, 2006

Developments in the Courts

• Student Issues

  • Exit Exams
  • Search and Seizure
  • Student Speech
• Religion
• Desegregation
• No Child Left Behind
• Employment
• Finance

Recently Passed Legislation

Volume 26, No. 2, 2006

Supervision of Teachers: Guidelines for Appropriate and Accountable Supervision, as Derived from Recent Law Cases
- Ronald T. Hyman

Developments in the Courts

• No Child Left Behind
• School Finance
• Special Education
• Student Rights
• Religion and Education
• Employment

Volume 26, No. 1, 2006

Developments in the Courts

• Finance
• Special Education
• Employment
• Vouchers
• Students’ Rights
• Religion
• No Child Left Behind
• Charter Schools

New Laws for 2006

 

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Volume 25:

 

Volume 25, No. 6, 2005

• Supreme Court News
• Developments in the Courts
• No Child Left Behind
• Special Education
• School Finance
• Students’ Rights
• Religion
• Teachers’ Rights page 64

 

Volume 25, No. 5, 2005

• Supreme Court News
• Developments in the Courts
• No Child Left Behind
• Special Education/IDEA
• Students’ Rights
• Legal Liability
• Federal Regulations
• Religion

 

Volume 25, No. 4, 2005

• Developments in the Courts
• School Finance
• NCLB
• Special Education
• Student Rights
• Religion
• Curriculum
• Teachers

 

Volume 25, No. 3, 2005

• Is Title IX an Effective Remedy Against Higher Education Institutions for Sexual Harassment Plaintiffs? By Jamie M. Thomas
• Developments in the Courts
• Religion page 35
• Student Rights page 36
• Teachers’ Rights
• Parental Rights
• Federal Government and Education
• Legislation to Watch
• Bills That Did Not Pass

 

Volume 25, No. 2, 2005

• Developments in the Courts
• Discrimination
• Student Discipline
• No Child Left Behind – Status Report
• Special Education
• Religion
• Teacher to Student Sexual Harassment
• New Laws – On or After January 1, 2005
• Bills to Watch as of March 11, 2005

 

Volume 25, No. 1, 2005

• Developments in the Courts
• Curriculum
• No Child Left Behind
• District Liability for Administration Terminology
• Employment
• Religion
• Special Education
• Student Rights
• New Federal Legislation

 

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Volume 24

 

Volume 24 No. 6, November 2004

Developments in the Courts

 

Volume 24 No. 5, September 2004

Developments in the Courts

 

Volume 24 No. 4, July 2004

Developments in the Courts

Test Bias: The SAT in the College Admissions Process by Susan Woollen

 

Volume 24, No. 3, May 2004

No Child Left Behind

The New National Determinants for the Use of Race in Collegiate Admissions by Robert M. Hendrickson, M. Christopher Brown II, Jason E. Lane

Search and Seizure in Public Schools: 2003 Update of Fourth Amendment Cases by Jacqueline A. Stefkovich Lawrence F. Rossow

A Teacher's Constitutional Right to be Free from Unreasonable Searches Seizures in the School Workplace: What Standard Should be Applied? by Nathan M. Roberts

The three articles above were presented at the 49th Annual Conference of the Education Law Association, held November 13 - 15, 2003 in Savannah, Georgia. They are being reprinted with the permission of the Education Law Association. The Education Law Association is the premier source of information on education and may be accessed through their web site: http://www.educationlaw.org/

 

Volume 24, No. 2, 2004 [html page]

Currently pending Illinois General Assembly bills which affect local school districtsn

 

Volume 24, No. 1, 2004

Investigation of School Employee Misconduct Involving the Misuse of Technology By Jeffrey J. Horner

 

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Volume 23

 

Volume 23, No. 6, 2003

Internet Use Policies and Student Expression: What Should Administrators Know? By Mark A. Gooden

 

Volume 23, No. 5, 2003

Education Finance Litigation in the 21st Century An Analysis of Recent State Supreme Court Decisions B

By Christine Rienstra-Kiracofe, Anne Dupre, John Dayton

The above article was presented at the 49th Annual Conference of the Education Law Association, held November 13 - 15, 2003 in Savannah, Georgia. It is being reprinted with the permission of the Education Law Association. The Education Law Association is the premier source of information on education and may be accessed through their web site http://www.educationlaw.org/

 

Volume 23, No 4, 2003

State Legislation

 

Volume 23, No 3, 2003

Student Rights in Modern America: A Review of Supreme Court Cases from 1962 to Today and Their Impact on Public School Administrators

 

Volume 23, No 2, 2003

Protected Classroom Speech of Public School Teachers: Pickering, Its Progeny, Its Conflicts and Policy Issues

 

Volume 23, No 1, 2003

A Case of First Impression: A Student Death Threat

 

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Volume 22

Volume 22, No 1, 2002

Corporal Punishment and Substantive Due Process: Recent Rarities Signal Favorable Change

 

Volume 21

Volume 21, No 1, 2001

The First Amendment and Religious Discrimination: Who Won? What Precedents Emerged?

 

Volume 20

 

Volume 20, No 3 and 4, 2000

• Santa Fe Independent School District v Doe, The "Student Speech is not Public Speech" Loophole has been Closed
• Attendance Policies: Is the use of Academic Penalties Appropriate?
• Rush v Board of Education of Crete-Monee Community: Trading
• Detention Time for Electric Shocks is Not an Acceptable Form of Discipline
• Board of Education of Oak Park and River Forest High School District No
• 200 v Kelly, E and T.H., a minor, and L.H. and S.H. v Board of Education of Palatine Community Consolidated School

 

Volume 20, No 2, 2000

• A Circuitous Route to Teacher Dismissal: Sexual Harassment and Teacher Dismissal
• Lessons from Decatur: What Happened and What It Means for Schools

 

Volume 20, No 1, 2000

• Legal Implications of Home School Instruction in Illinois
• A More Clear Picture of Liability; A Still Cloudy Picture of the Interaction Between the Illinois School Code and other State Statutes
• Taxes and the Continuing Rockford Desegregation Crises
• The Best Interests of the Child: Providing a Free and Appropriate Public Education in the Least Restrictive Environment

 

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Volume 19

 

Volume 19, No 4, 1999

• Who Bears the Cost of Health Services?
• Who is Actually Behind the Posting of the Ten Commandments in the Public Schools?
• Update on Student-to-Student Sexual Harassment
• The Changing Definition of Expulsion Crime and Appropriate Punishment
• Early Retirement Incentives Can be Early -- but They Must be Late, Too
• Employee or Contractor? A Critical Question
• A Cloudy Question of Liability

 

Volume 19, No 3, 1999

• The Law and Sound Supervision: Two Sources to Guide Teacher Evaluation
• Illinois Tenure: Intent, Standards, and Reality

 

Volume 19, No 2, 1999

• A Primer on Illinois School Boundaries and District Reorganization Due Process
• An Analysis of Recent Case Law Regarding Academic Freedom in Higher Education

 

Volume 19, No 1, 1999

• Title IX Sexual Harassment: "Should Have Known" is no Longer Sufficient
• Proof: Two Cases Holding Actual Knowledge by the School District are Required Doe v University of Illinois Gebser et al. v Lago Vista Independend School District
• Must Public School District Provide Sign-Language Interpreteres to Students at Private Religious Schools?
• Who is Responsible for Ensuring a Least Restrictive Environment under the IDEA?
• When are Assistant Principals Managerial Employees?
• Sherrard Community Unit School v IELRB 231 Ill. Dec. 537, 696 N.E. 2d 833 (Ill. App. 4 Dist. 1998)

 

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Volume 18

 

Volume 18, No 4, 1998

• Constitutional Use of the Illinois Waiver of Educational Mandates Act: A Legal Overview
• Application of Du Page County Collector, 229, Ill. Dec. 295, 691 N.E.2d 405 (Ill. App. 2 Dist. 1998):
• Legality of a Tax Lev
• Drug Testing After Todd v Rush County Schools : Suspicionless Searches Allowed for all Extracurricular Activities
• Prayer at Graduation: A Violation of the Establishment Clause

 

Volume 18, No 3, 1998

• School Administrator Performance-Based Employment Contracts: Don't Worry, Be Careful
• Torts Potpourri: Negligence Review, Reference and Update
• School Funding and Reform Bill of 1997 PA 90-0548 (HB 452) Implications for School Administrators
• Superintendent Power, Immunity, and Workplace Harmony
• Discrimination, Harassment, and Intercourse: Putting the X in Sex
• Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: Reasonable Suspicion?

 

Volume 18, No 2, 1998

• Mandated Community Service: Update and Recommendations
• Textbook Rentals and School Fees: Legal Implications for Local School Districts
• The New IDEA: Can Students Who are Discipline Problems Claim Special Education Status to Avoid Suspension/Expulsion?
• Court Lip Syncs to Goss v. Lopez For Whom the Statue Tolls: Indecent Liberties with School Children

 

Volume 18, No 1, 1998

• The Search for Contraband: Illinois School Districts' Encounter with Fourth Amendment Search and Seizure.
• The ABCs of Administration: Tenured Teacher Termination
• Rejecting the Lowest Bidder: Good Faith is Not Enough
• Non-certified Personnel in District Dissolution
• Short Briefs: Recent Cases of Interest
• Residency and Tuition Free Education: History, Update, and Commentary

 

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