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Background History
Educator Rights of Expression
Educator Freedom of Association
Student Rights of Expression
Student Freedom of Association
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Expression issues often surface in disputes over employee contract nonrenewal or termination and student discipline What are two examples of situations where expression issues arise?
Expression issues often surface in disputes over employee contract nonrenewal or termination and student discipline
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What are TWO areas that educators' expression rights are covered?
Expression OUTSIDE the school Expression WITHIN the school
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What has been applied to the states to guarantee the public-school teacher has the freedom to associate?
What is The First Amendment as applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment has been construed to guarantee the public-school teacher the freedom to associate.
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What are two student rights of expression?
What is communicating among STUDENTS on campus, School-sponsored student publications, Non-school-sponsored student publications, and materials Electronic communication
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What is the Texas Code that allows the board of trustees or its representatives to refuse to allow persons having no legitimate business to enter school property. Undesirable persons may be ejected upon refusal to leave peaceably.
What is §37.105
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What is the First Amendment?
“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 to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
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Which case held that an employee's speech is protected when they speak as a citizen on matters of concern but not on matters of personal interest?
What is Connick v. Meyers?
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"Which case found that the 3 year contracts of four public-school teachers were not renewed primarily because of their association with an unsuccessful candidate for the school board?"
What is Guerra v. Roma ISD, 1977
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What is the case in which a federal judge ruled that a middle school student had no constitutional protection when wearing a T-shirt with the message “Somebody went to Hoover Dam and all I got was this Dam shirt!”
What is Mercer v. Harr, 2005
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What is the Texas Code in which it is a crime for a student or nonstudent to be a member of, pledge membership in, or recruit others to join fraternities, sororities, secret societies, and gangs in public elementary and secondary schools. Students who violate this code may be charged with a Class C misdemeanor as well as possible placement in DAEP!
What is §37.121
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What is the First Amendment of the Texas Constitution?
“Every person shall be at liberty to speak, write, or publish his opinions on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that privilege; and no law shall ever be passed curtailing the liberty of speech or of the press.”
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These two groups have the same civil rights outside school as do any other citizens. However, their job may be in jeopardy if the exercise of a right undermines job effectiveness.
What is TEACHERS and ADMINISTRATORS?
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"Which Texas code states: An individual may not be denied public employment because of the individual’s membership or nonmembership in a labor organization?"
What is CHAPTER 617 of the Texas Government Code
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What year did students experience a dramatic expansion of student constitutional rights, both expression and association?
What is 1960s.
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What is the Texas Code that states that trespassing on school property is a crime.
What is §37.107
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What is the title of the chapter from the book of this presentation?
What is Chapter 6: Expression and Associational Rights
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What type of educator rights are: Outside the classroom but on school grounds Academic Freedom and the Texas Whistleblower Act
What is EXPRESSION WITHIN THE SCHOOL?
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What case denied the Arkansas statute requiring teachers to file affidavits listing their membership in organizations for the previous five years
What is Shelton v. Tucker, 1960
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What is the year in which school districts experienced greater decision-making in terms of student rights?
What is the 1970s
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What are the two cases that ensure that high school students have a right to assemble peacefully for expressive purposes in the vicinity of the public school, and students at the collegiate level have a relatively unrestrained right to assemble and to associate. Students at the secondary level also have a right to come together for expressive purposes on the public school campus as long as no material disruption or invasion of the rights of others occurs.
What are *Grayned c. Rockford, 1972 *Healy v. James, 1972
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What are the provisions of the First Amendment?
Provisions of the First Amendment apply to public school districts. The “Due Process Clause” prohibits state & local governments from depriving persons of life, liberty, or property without certain steps being taken to ensure fairness.
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Which case conveys to administrators the burden of documentation when pursuing adverse action against an employee?
What is the Pickering v. Board of Education
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Which case noted that even if the college had not made its mail system a public forum, it could not discriminatorily grant or deny access as a means for advancing or discouraging particular points of view?
What is Professional Association of College Educators v. El Paso County Community College District, 1984
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Which cases decision defined the constitutional rights of students in U.S. public schools. The “Tinker Test” is used in courts today to determine whether a school’s disciplinary actions violate a student’s First Amendment. The majority opinion of the court also emphasized that student expression in or out of class that “materially disrupts classwork or involves substantial disorder or invasion of the rights of others is not immunized by the constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines School District, 1969
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What is the case in which The Gay and Proud Youth Group (GAP Youth) was not allowed to post notices at the high school advertising its off-campus meetings. Lubbock ISD also refused to allow them to use the district’s public address system, as well as not allowing them to meet on campus. The Federal District Court dismissed the case brought by two of the students and their organization, since the Lubbock ISD school board had already disallowed any discussion of sexual activity on campus, whether it was a homosexual or heterosexual group.
What is Caudillo v. Lubbock ISD, 2004