Free Speech Rights Court Cases
Due Process
Students with Disabilities
Detentions
Suspensions
Expulsions
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This Amendment to the United States Constitution is the basis for many school related court cases such as Tinker v. Des Moines and Bethel School District v. Faser.
What is The First Amendment?
100
This Amendment to the United States Constitution gives U.S. citizens the right to a fair warning and speedy trial.
What is the 6th Amendment of the United States Constitution?
100
Punishments of students with disabilities are governed by these two groups.
What is federal and state governments?
100
This is defined as a temporary detainment of students after school or during lunch.
What is detention?
100
This is defined as temporary dismissal from school.
What is suspension?
200
This Supreme Court Case occurred when students were suspended for wearing black armbands to school to protest the Vietnam War.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District?
200
School policies and these must follow substantive due process.
What are rules and regulations?
200
This disability is frequent in children, and the students with this disability frequent the office because of their behavior.
What is ADHD?
200
This is an important clause for students' safety when detained afterschool for a detention.
What is a safe way home?
200
This is defined as permanent dismissal from the school.
What is expulsion?
300
This Supreme Court Case ruled in favor of the School when a student made a speech at an assembly that was full of obscenities and sexual innuendoes.
What is Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser?
300
Giving students their rights and a written statement of charges is part of this in due process.
What is a fair warning?
300
This court case ruled that students with disabilities can not be unilaterally suspended for more than 10 days without due process.
What is Honig v. Doe?
300
All detentions must be this.
What is reasonable?
300
This time limit is mandated by law for all suspensions.
What is 10 days?
400
The Supreme Court Case, Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, occurred over a school sponsored newspaper about these two issues written by students.
What is pregnancy and students with divorced parents?
400
School rules, policies, and regulations must be legal according to this United States document.
What is the Constitution?
400
Although this punishment is prohibited in most states, it is not recommended for children with disabilities in any state.
What is corporal punishment?
400
This may be claimed by the student or parent if the principal or a teacher either wrongfully detains a student or detains a student for an unreasonable amount of time as a punishment.
What is false imprisonment?
400
This Court Case determined the 10-day limit for suspension due to the unlawful suspensions of students over racial disruptions and damage of school property in Ohio.
What is Goss v. Lopez?
500
This court case was the first ruling over students' freedom of speech and is infamous for this quote..."Free speech meant...the right not to say something."
What is West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)?
500
This type of due process is guided by the following questions: Is the rule, regulation, or policy legal?; Are the conditions of the policy detailed and clear in writing?; and Are the punishments appropriate?
What is substantive due process?
500
This must be considered when taking disciplinary actions for students in special education or with disabilities.
What is manifest determination?
500
School officials must act in good faith and this.
What is fairly?
500
This type of suspension is being used to help decrease the disruption to instruction.
What is in-school suspensions?