WGU School Law D017 Complete Question and answers 100%
correct 2026
1. Common
School (1820-1865)
Movement
Horace Mann, Mass.
Ettort to fund schools in every community with public dollars - start of
systematic public schooling.
2. A Nation at Risk 1983 National Commission report calling for extensive educational reforms,
including more academic course requirements, more stringent college
entrance requirements, upgraded and updated textbooks, and longer
school days and year. Content, expectations, time, teaching.
3. Role of Feder- Can influence education thorough funding powers and enforcement
al Government of consti-tutional rights.
in Schools
4. Federal
Legisla-tion Law at the highest or national level of a federal government, consisting of
a constitution, enacted laws and court decisions pertaining to them. In
education compliance is usually attached to funding.
5. State Legislation States pass laws on issues. Example: compulsory attendance laws. Must be
constitutional.
6. What are Supplements to the law that are legally binding. Help explain how the
Federal and
State Regula- law should be interpreted and implemented.
tions?
7. Case or The body of law made up of judicial opinions and precedents
Common Law
8. State Court
Struc-ture Varies by state but general includes trial court, state courts of appeal,
and a state supreme court. Any federal question would go to the US
District Court instead of the Trial court.
,
, WGU School Law D017
Complete
Separate but Established in Plessy v. Ferguson that African Americans
Equal Doctrine
could constitutionally be kept in separate but equal
Unitary System facilities.
The status a school system achieves "when it no longer
discriminates between school children on the basis of race,"
11. ReZoning Because of a long history of gerrymandering boundary lines with the
of Schools
intent to segregate, many school boundaries during the 1950s and
1960s had little to do with geographic barriers (e.g., rivers, hills);
safety issues (e.g., location of busy roads, factories); or the size,
location, or dispersion of the student population. When the schools
were rezoned with good faith the schools were better integrated.
12. 1st Amendment Religion, speech, press, assembly, petition. Freedom of Expression.
13. Constitutional Students have a free exercise right to engage in private devotional
limits of
religious activities in public schools as long as they do not interfere with regular
expression for school activities.
students.
14. Church and
State Relations
Students and teachers are not required to pledge allegiance to the flag
and can sit or stand during this part of the day.
States clearly have the authority to require vaccination against
communicable diseases as a prerequisite to school attendance.
Religious exemptions can be made for components to the state
prescribed curriculum. teachers cannot assert a free exercise right to
15. 4th Amendment disregard aspects of the state-prescribed curriculum but students
can.
Evolution can be taught because it is science and creationism can not be
because it is religious and has no scientific backing.
, WGU School Law D017 Complete
Search and Seizure
School personnel can search students' lockers or personal
belongings based on reasonable suspicion that the student
possesses contraband that is either illegal or in violation of school
policy. -Lockers are school property and subject to inspection.
Under the probable cause standard, a governmental oflcial must
have reason-able grounds of suspicion, supported by suflcient
evidence, to cause a cautious person to believe that the suspected
individual is guilty of the alleged ottense and that the search will
produce evidence of the crime committed.
The search must be justified and the scope of the search must be
reasonable.
16. 5th Amendment In part, the Fifth Amendment provides that no person shall be "compelled
in any
criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life,
liberty, or property without due process of law; nor shall private property
be taken for public use, without just compensation."
The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due process
17. 14th Amendment Due process, equal protection
Protects students from being treated ditterently based solely on a
single distin-guishing characteristic and from illegal search and
seizure.
18. Compulsory At- 1852
tendance Act
1st law requiring students to participate in school, mandatory 8-14 years
old
correct 2026
1. Common
School (1820-1865)
Movement
Horace Mann, Mass.
Ettort to fund schools in every community with public dollars - start of
systematic public schooling.
2. A Nation at Risk 1983 National Commission report calling for extensive educational reforms,
including more academic course requirements, more stringent college
entrance requirements, upgraded and updated textbooks, and longer
school days and year. Content, expectations, time, teaching.
3. Role of Feder- Can influence education thorough funding powers and enforcement
al Government of consti-tutional rights.
in Schools
4. Federal
Legisla-tion Law at the highest or national level of a federal government, consisting of
a constitution, enacted laws and court decisions pertaining to them. In
education compliance is usually attached to funding.
5. State Legislation States pass laws on issues. Example: compulsory attendance laws. Must be
constitutional.
6. What are Supplements to the law that are legally binding. Help explain how the
Federal and
State Regula- law should be interpreted and implemented.
tions?
7. Case or The body of law made up of judicial opinions and precedents
Common Law
8. State Court
Struc-ture Varies by state but general includes trial court, state courts of appeal,
and a state supreme court. Any federal question would go to the US
District Court instead of the Trial court.
,
, WGU School Law D017
Complete
Separate but Established in Plessy v. Ferguson that African Americans
Equal Doctrine
could constitutionally be kept in separate but equal
Unitary System facilities.
The status a school system achieves "when it no longer
discriminates between school children on the basis of race,"
11. ReZoning Because of a long history of gerrymandering boundary lines with the
of Schools
intent to segregate, many school boundaries during the 1950s and
1960s had little to do with geographic barriers (e.g., rivers, hills);
safety issues (e.g., location of busy roads, factories); or the size,
location, or dispersion of the student population. When the schools
were rezoned with good faith the schools were better integrated.
12. 1st Amendment Religion, speech, press, assembly, petition. Freedom of Expression.
13. Constitutional Students have a free exercise right to engage in private devotional
limits of
religious activities in public schools as long as they do not interfere with regular
expression for school activities.
students.
14. Church and
State Relations
Students and teachers are not required to pledge allegiance to the flag
and can sit or stand during this part of the day.
States clearly have the authority to require vaccination against
communicable diseases as a prerequisite to school attendance.
Religious exemptions can be made for components to the state
prescribed curriculum. teachers cannot assert a free exercise right to
15. 4th Amendment disregard aspects of the state-prescribed curriculum but students
can.
Evolution can be taught because it is science and creationism can not be
because it is religious and has no scientific backing.
, WGU School Law D017 Complete
Search and Seizure
School personnel can search students' lockers or personal
belongings based on reasonable suspicion that the student
possesses contraband that is either illegal or in violation of school
policy. -Lockers are school property and subject to inspection.
Under the probable cause standard, a governmental oflcial must
have reason-able grounds of suspicion, supported by suflcient
evidence, to cause a cautious person to believe that the suspected
individual is guilty of the alleged ottense and that the search will
produce evidence of the crime committed.
The search must be justified and the scope of the search must be
reasonable.
16. 5th Amendment In part, the Fifth Amendment provides that no person shall be "compelled
in any
criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life,
liberty, or property without due process of law; nor shall private property
be taken for public use, without just compensation."
The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due process
17. 14th Amendment Due process, equal protection
Protects students from being treated ditterently based solely on a
single distin-guishing characteristic and from illegal search and
seizure.
18. Compulsory At- 1852
tendance Act
1st law requiring students to participate in school, mandatory 8-14 years
old
