Dr. Victoria Pettis

Summer Cohort 2006

EDUL 6010

March 8, 2007

EDUL 6010: School Law for Administrators (1 hour)

This course covers the essential legal concepts found in the United States and Georgia constitutions, statutes, regulations, and judicial decisions, with emphasis on mastering essential legal knowledge and on applying the law in educational settings.

NOTE: Because this class was an introductory study of school law, the culminating activity was a final exam. I found the following websites helpful in my study.

Topic/Subject	Website
The United States Constitution	www.findlaw.com http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution.html Articles: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/articles.html Amendments: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendments.html
The Georgia Constitution	http://www.law.emory.edu/GEORGIA/gaconst.html
Due Process	http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=419&invol=565
School searches	http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=+469&page=325
Guidelines for maintaining safety and order in schools	http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/safescho.pdf
Teacher Contracts	http://www.state.ga.us/services/ocode/ocgsearch.htm
Internet law resources	www.findlaw.com www.legis.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/gl_codes_detail.pl?code=1-1-1 www.nolo.com www.public.doe.k12.ga.us/ www.law.cornell.edu www.asbj.com
Un-annotated Georgia Code	http://www.legis.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/gl_codes_detail.pl?code=20-1-1

Significant Court decisions for educators	Website
Tinker v. Des Moines School Dist., 393 U.S. 503 (1969)	http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/comm/free_speech/tinker.html
Goss v. Lopez, 419 U.S. 565 (1975)	http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/goss.html http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?navby=volpage&court=us&vol=419&page=582
Pierce v. Society of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus And, 268 U.S. 510 (1925)	http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/court/pier_v_soci.html http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=268&invol=510
Edwards v. Aguillard, 482 U.S. 578 (1987)	http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=482&invol=578
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, et. al. on writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit No. 86-836:	http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/faclibrary/case.aspx?case=Hazelwood_v_Kuhlmeier http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/printer_friendly.pl?page=us/484/260.html
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896)	http://www.landmarkcases.org/plessy/home.html http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/307/ http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=163&invol=537
Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)	http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=347&invol=483
Brown v. Board of Education, 349 U.S. 294 (1955)	http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=349&invol=294