GRIEVANCES
POTPOURRI
RELIGION
SPEECH
WHAT I LEARNED TODAY
100
This process used to make a formal complaint to the district.
What is a grievance?
100
We founded UEA in 1992.
Who are Larry Shaw and Judy Luttrell?
100
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
What is the First Amendment?
100
My son is a famous actor and I am a former DA in New Orleans.
What is Connick?
100
The Federal Rule that protects privacy.
What is FERPA?
200
You can appeal to me if the grievance involves a contractual matter or violates the Education Laws of the State of Texas.
Who is the Commissioner of Education?
200
450 minutes every two weeks and the principal cannot schedule Team Meetings or ARD's.
What is a planning period?
200
To pass this test a law must have 1. a secular purpose 2. a primary effect that neither advances nor inhibits religion 3. does not foster an excessive government entanglement with religion.
What is The Lemon Test?
200
The place where some believe students and teachers shed their constitutional rights.
What is the School House Door?
200
OPS and your supervisor.
What is to whom do I have to report an arrest?
300
you must file a level one, level 2, level 3, and then go to the commissioner before suing in court.
What is exhaustion of administrative remedies?
300
30 minutes every day no other duties, and you may leave campus during this time.
What is duty free lunch?
300
This provision of the Texas Education Code specifically requires that the study of religious literature and its impact on history and literature be included as part of the required curriculum.
What is 28.002?
300
I was written on a banner held up during the running of the Olympic Flame.
What is Bong Hits for Jesus?
300
48 Hours
What is How long do I have to report child abuse?
400
The U.S. Constitution, The Texas Constitution, and Board Policy.
What are the rules that give you the right to file grievances?
400
Only Board of Trustee's can change this and only if it is erroneous, arbitrary, or capricious.
What is a teacher's grade given to a student?
400
The district may have to make accommodations for this?
What is a sincerely held religious belief?
400
1. Whether the speech was made as a private citizen speaking on a matter of public concern and if so. 2. Whether the employee's interest in First Amendment expression outweighs the public employer's interest in what the employer has determined to be the appropriate operation of the workplace.
What is How do courts analyze free speech claims by employees of governmental entities?
400
A provision that allows a teacher to remove a student who is so disruptive that the teacher cannot teach, or the student is a danger to himself or someone else.
What is chapter 37 removal?
500
The amount of time you have to file a grievance.
What is 15 days from the day you knew or should have known?
500
A$7,000,000.
What is the amount of liability insurance a member has with UEA?
500
This school was my elementary school and the site of the famous Peck case.
What is Catherine M. McNamara?
500
Free Speech Trumps this other constitutional provision.
What is the prohibition against the establishment of religion?
500
Your favorite thing you did this morning (at UEA)
What is jeopardy?
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