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What are many of the most important legal issues that affect the lives of teachers?
Many of the most important legal issues that affect the lives of teachers relate directly to students and their rights.
What is in-school suspension for?
Minor offenses
What is out-of-school suspensions for?
More serious actions
What is expulsion?
Complete separation from the school.
Which massacre did you think was the most interesting? Why?
Anything is right
Which massacre had 13 people die?
Columbine High School
Are in-school suspensions short or long?
Short
Are out-of-school suspensions long or short?
Longer than in-school suspensions
How do you get expelled?
More serious actions than what you would do for both in-school and out-of-school suspensions.
What are the three disciplinary alternatives?
In-school suspension
Out-of-school suspension
Expulsion
What are some common forms of school infractions today?
Stealing, vandalizing school property or someone's private property; bringing a weapon to school, possessing, using, or selling drugs or alcohol; fighting; and repeatedly disobeying the reasonable directives of teachers and other school personnel.
Which of the following would be an in-school suspension example?
A. getting sent out of class
B. getting sent home
C. getting kicked out of school
A. getting sent out of class
Which of the following would be an out-of-school suspension example?
A. getting sent out of class
B. getting sent home
C. getting kicked out of school
B. getting sent home
For expulsion, do schools have to use due process?
Yes, they must demonstrate careful due process.
What has made disciplinary problems within schools escalate?
As schools have tried harder to keep older youth from dropping out, and as use of drugs and violence have increased in society as a whole, disciplinary problems within schools have escalated.
What is the due process?
Due process is a formal way to resolve disputes with a school about your child's education.
For short term suspension, do schools have to use due process?
Yes, they must use some measure of due process.
Define out-of-school suspension
Removal of a child from school for breaking certain rules, disrupting class, or causing danger.
Which of the following would be an expulsion example?
A. getting sent out of class
B. getting sent home
C. getting kicked out of school
C. getting kicked out of school
What areas do school administrators frequently become entangled in lawsuits?
In the prevention of disruptions and violence and in the administration of suspension and expulsion.
What is the mos important aspect of due process?
The most important aspect of due process remains the spirit of fair and even handed justice with which teachers respond to the daily events of the classroom.
Define in-school suspension
Temporary removal of a student from his or her regular educational setting for a violation of school policies or rules.
For long-term suspension, do schools have to use due process?
Yes, they must demonstrate careful due process.
Many schools have developed clear statements governing procedures for expulsion, suspension, student privacy, freedom of speech and publication, and various breaches of discipline. Are these things a major step toward providing due process rights?
Yes.
What are the 3 massacres that I talked about?
Columbine High chool
Virginia Tech
Sandy Hook Elementary School