The Principal’s Quick-Reference Guide to School Law: Reducing Liability, – Ebook PDF Version – Digital Instant Dowload.

Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1483333337
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1483333335
• Author:  Robert F. Hachiya (Author), Robert J. Shoop (Author), Dennis R. Dunklee (Author)

How often does a potential legal issue arise at your school? Now in an expanded third edition, this trusted resource provides clear and helpful guidance from a team of respected school-law experts. Substantive new information shows principals how to:

• Address student use and misuse of technology, on and off campus
• Avoid the pitfalls of zero-tolerance discipline policies
• Lead school safety and violence prevention, including collaboration with school resource officers and other personnel
• Prevent and respond to bullying incidents
• Stay current with special education requirements
• Ensure that employment and evaluation practices reflect the law

Table contents:

1. Preventative law: developing risk and crisis management programs
2. The school and the legal environment
3. Constitutional and statutory foundations of staff selection, contracting, and evaluation
4. Teachers’ rights
5. Students’ rights
6. Student discipline
7. The principal’s role in special education services
8. Academic issues and students records
9. Copyright law
10. Search and seizure
11. Program management
12. Students’ use of technology and social media and other emerging cyber issues
13. Sexual harassment
14. State-created danger and deliberate indifference
15. The principal’s tort liability for negligence as applied to expected duty and standards of care