| Course ID: | JURI 5781E/7781E. 2-3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Education Law |
Course
Description: | Examination of a variety of issues affecting educational
institutions. Discussion of the constitutional rights afforded
students and teachers and exploration of how various federal and
state statutes affect the community of learning in schools in
the United States. |
| Oasis Title: | Education Law |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in JURI 5781 or JURI 7781 |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Students will learn the range of issues affecting educational
institutions and how legal rights and restraints affect
education policy. |
| Topical Outline: | I. Overview of rights of parents and students and the power of
the state regarding education
II. Compulsory education and home schooling
III. First Amendment speech rights of students and teachers
IV. Religion in the schools
V. Due process and school discipline
VI. Fourth Amendment search and seizure/drugs and violence in
school
VII. Bullying and harassment (racial and sexual harassment)
VIII. The disabled student |