Education Law Newsletter Archives
CEPI’s Education Law Newsletter was typically published monthly during each school year (September to June) from 2002 to 2017. The newsletter was edited by Richard S. Vacca, Ed.D., a senior fellow at the institute, who brought decades of teaching experience in educational law to explaining emerging issues and crucial legal topics in the education sector. Some issues drew on authors from among experts in the education law field, but Dr. Vacca both wrote and edited each edition from 2002 to 2015 and again in the 2016-17 school year. May 2017 marked the last planned issue of the Education Law newsletter, though Dr. Vacca continues work on an edited volume of the newsletters for potential publication as a book. The full set of newsletters are preserved in this archive for access and use by any interested persons.
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2016-17
May 2017: Issues to Watch in 2017-18
March 2017: The Religion/Public Education Controversy 2017: Emerging Issues
January 2017: Public School Finance Issues 2016 - The Texas Case
November 2016: Teacher Classroom Effectiveness and Student Learning Outcomes - by Richard Vacca
September 2016: Teacher Tenure Challenged - The California Case - by Richard Vacca
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2015-16
May 2016: Issues to Watch in 2016-2017 - by Richard Vacca
February 2016: Age Discrimination in Employment - Policy Implications - by Richard Vacca
January 2016: Student School Bus Safety - Policy Implications - by Richard Vacca
December 2015: Mandatory Immunizations - Legal and Policy Issues - by Richard Vacca
October 2015: Cyber-bullying in Higher Education - Policy Implications - by Kathleen Conn
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2014-15
May 2015 - Potential Issues to Watch in the 2015-16 School Year
April 2015 - Bullying and Students with Educational Disabilities - Policy Implications
March 2015: The First Amendment and Public Employee Speech
February 2015: Teacher Employment Contracts - Potential Policy Issues
January 2015: Student Admission & School Assignment - Policy Implications
December 2014: Student Off-School Grounds Communications: Policy Implications
November 2014: Reporting Suspected Child Abuse: Policy Implications
October 2014 - Teacher Methods and Classroom Discussions: Policy Issues
September 2014: Mandatory School Uniforms and the First Amendment
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2013-14
June 2014: Potential Issues to Watch in 2014-2015
May 2014: The Duty of Care and Deliberate Indifference: Policy Implications for Special Education
April 2014: Search and Seizure 2014 - Legal and Policy Issues
March 2014: Negligent Hiring, Supervision, and Retention Revisited
November 2013: Administrator Reassignment - Policy Implications
October 2013: Prayer and Local Government: Policy Implications for School Boards
September 2013: Student speech and electronic communication: cyberbullying and school policy
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2012-13
June 2013: Potential issues to watch in the 2013-2014 school year
May 2013: The Americans with Disabilities Act: policy implications
April 2013: Strip search of students and 42 U.S.C. 1983 liability
March 2013: Use of school facilities by outside groups: policy implication
February 2013: Local School Board Residency Requirements
January 2013: Teacher-Student Relationships: Legal and Policy Issues
December 2012: Teachers and First Amendment Speech 2012: Policy Implications
November 2012: Search and Seizure 2012: Involvement of School Resources Officers
October 2012: Student Discipline 2012: Procedural Due Process
September 2012: Released Time and Transfer Credit: Policy Implication
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2011-12
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2010-11
June 2011: Potential Issues to Watch in the 2011-2012 School Year
May 2011: Teacher Protections from Student Assaultive Speech
April 2011: Search and Seizure 2011: Involvement of Resource Officers
March 2011: Student Expression and Assaultive Speech: Tinker Revisited
February 2011: Student Safety: Standard of Care Revisited
January 2011: Teacher Dismissal for Unprofessional Conduct
December 2010: Equal Educational Opportunities: Emerging Issues
November 2010: Teacher Dismissal 2010-2011: Emerging Policy Implications
October 2010: Teacher Liability for Student Injury: Implications for Policy
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2009-10
June 2010: Potential Issues to Watch in the 2010-2011 School Year
May 2010: Local School Board Meetings: Limiting Public Comment
April 2010: Search and Seizure 2010: Student Drug Testing Revisited
March 2010: Student Discipline 2010: How Much Process is Due?
February 2010: Religion in Public Schools 2010: The Classroom and Free Speech
January 2010: Title IX and Student Injury: Legal and Policy Implications
December 2009: Procedural Fairness in Employment Decision-Making
November 2009: School Board Curricular Decision-Making: 2009-2010
October 2009: Student Expression 2009-2010: The Confederate Flag Issue
September 2009: The United States Supreme Court 2009-2010: Is Change Coming
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2008-09
June 2009: Potential Issues to Watch in the 2009-2010 School Year
May 2009: Negligent Tort Liability and Student Extra-Curricular Activities
April 2009: Student Strip Searches: What Will the Supreme Court Say?
March 2009: Teacher-Student Sexual Relations: Liability Issues
February 2009: Student-Peer Sexual Harassment 2009: The Fitzgerald Case
December 2008: NCLB: The Highly Qualified Teacher and Certification Requirement
November 2008: The Flag Salute Controversy: 2008-2009: Policy Implication
October 2008: Parent Rights and Child Abuse Issues: Prior Notice and Mandatory Reporting
September 2008: Student Expression and Electronic Communication
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2007-08
June 2008: Potential Issues to Watch in the 2008-2009 School Year
May 2008: Graduation Prayer Revisited
April 2008: The ADA, Section 504, and IDEA: Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies
March 2008: Student Search and Seizure 2008: Video Camera Surveillance
February 2008: Student Speech and Expression 2008 - A New Standard Applied
December 2007: Teacher Evaluation 2008: Accountability for Results
November 2007: The Supreme Court and Parent Rights in Special Education: Narrowing the Scope of IDEA
October 2007: Garcetti v. Ceballos (2006): Limits of Public Employee Speech
September 2007: The Roberts Court: Student Speech and Expression (2007)
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2006-07
June 2007: Potential Issues to Watch in the 2007-2008 School Year
May 2007: The First Amendment and Classroom Bulletin Boards
April 2007: Student Expression 2007: What Will the Supreme Court Say?
March 2007: The Winkleman Case: Pro Se Parents in Court
February 2007: School Desegregation 2007: What Will the Supreme Court Say?
January 2007: Alternative Dispute Resolution in Special Education: 2007
December 2006: Violence in Schools
November 2006: Free Exercise of Religion in Public Schools: Policy Issues
October 2006: Public School Teachers: Contracts, Law, and Policy
September 2006: Student-on-Student Harassment 2006: Policy Implications
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2005-06
June 2006: Potential Issues to Watch in the 2006-2007 School Year
May 2006: Attorneys’ Fees in Special Education Disputes: 2006
April 2006: Public School Finance 2006: The Cost of Basic Education
March 2006: The Burden of Proof Under IDEA: Schaffer v. Weast
February 2006: Student Procedural Due Process 2006
January 2006: Teacher First Amendment Speech 2006: Policy Implications
December 2005: Ability Grouping and Student Assignment: Legal and Policy Issues 2005-2006
November 2005: Parents, School Officials, and the Curriculum
October 2005: Student T-Shirts: Legal and Policy Issues
September 2005: The United States Supreme Court and Public Education
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2004-05
June 2005: Potential Legal and Policy Issues to Watch in 2005-2006
May 2005: Resurgence of the Evolution Debate: Policy Implications
April 2005: Public School Finance 2005: The Quest for Adequacy
March 2005: Public Trust and the Role of Classroom Teachers
February 2005: Bullying in Schools: A Search for Meaning and Policy
January 2005: Student Strip Searches 2005: Legal and Policy Issues
December 2004: Student Publications 2004-2005: Policy Issues
November 2004: School System Personnel and Tort Liability
October 2004: Student Discipline and Special Education Law
September 2004: Employee Privacy in the Workplace: Emerging Issues
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2003-04
June 2004: Potential Issues to Watch in the 2004-2005 School Year
May 2004: Student Records 2004: Issues and Policy Considerations
April 2004: Student Failure to Learn/Academic Damages Actions
March 2004: Student Search and Seizure 2004: A Balancing of Interests
February 2004: Student Speech and Expression 2004
January 2004: The Fiftieth Anniversary of Brown: Desegregation 1954-2004
December 2003: Teacher Evaluation and The Courts
November 2003: Educational Malpractice and Academic Damages
October 2003: Student Religious Clubs in Public Schools
September 2003: No Child Left Behind: Issues and Policy Implications
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2002-03
June 2003: Student Drug Testing: Issues and Policy Implications
April 2003: Academic Freedom: A Resurgence of Controversy
March 2003: IDEA’s Medical Services Exemption
February 2003: Teacher Tenure Under Fire
January 2003: Educational Accountability and Malpractice
December 2002: The Supreme Court Speaks on School Vouchers
November 2002: The Duty to Protect Students From Harm