School law: WGU D017 Test Questions
and Complete Detailed Answers
Due Process - Answer: No evidence may be admitted when it is obtained through illegal methods
Morse v. Frederick - 2007 - Answer: School officials can prohibit students from displaying messages
that promote illegal drug use
Chandler - Answer: Particularized suspicion is required before government can intrude on an
Individuals right of privacy
Plessy v. Ferguson - Answer: 1896 ruling that separate but equal facilities for different races were
not unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education - Answer: 1954 case that overturned Separate but Equal standard of
discrimination in education.
Brown II, 1995 - Answer: Outcome was to mandate to desegregate schools with all deliberate speed
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) - Answer: Symbolic speech or students have freedom of speech as long
as it is not a disruption
Bethel School District v. Fraser - Answer: Schools may punish students for using vulgar language
during a school assembly.
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier - Answer: 1988 SuCo: Censorship of school newspapers is
constitutional.
New Jersey v. TLO - 1980 - Answer: students may be searched without a warrant if there is
"reasonable ground" for doing so.
Lemon v. Kurtzman - 1971 - Answer: Three tests are described for deciding whether the government
is improperly involved with religion
, Lemon Test - Answer: 3-part test for Establishment Clause cases a law must pass to be
constitutional. (Lemon v Kurtzman
IDEA 1990 - Answer: normalization principle
1. FAPE
2. Notification and procedural rights for parents
3. Identification and services to all children
4. Necessary related services
5. Individualized assessments
6. IEP's
7. LRE
Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - Answer: The act requiring certain federal contractors to take
affirmative action for disabled persons.
Section 504 - Answer: Temporary affected by an illness, drug abuse, psychological trauma, or special
modifications
Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 - Answer: Established right of all children to free
and appropriate education
Free and Appropriate Public Education - Answer: the provision of IDEA that guarantees special
education and related services to children with disabilities at public cost
PICS v. Seattle School District - Answer: 2007, school districts cannot use race as a factor for
acceptance
Common School Movement - Answer: movement to have all children, regardless of background,
taught in a common place
parens patriae - Answer: power of the state to act on behalf of the child and provide care and
protection equivalent to that of a parent
and Complete Detailed Answers
Due Process - Answer: No evidence may be admitted when it is obtained through illegal methods
Morse v. Frederick - 2007 - Answer: School officials can prohibit students from displaying messages
that promote illegal drug use
Chandler - Answer: Particularized suspicion is required before government can intrude on an
Individuals right of privacy
Plessy v. Ferguson - Answer: 1896 ruling that separate but equal facilities for different races were
not unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education - Answer: 1954 case that overturned Separate but Equal standard of
discrimination in education.
Brown II, 1995 - Answer: Outcome was to mandate to desegregate schools with all deliberate speed
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) - Answer: Symbolic speech or students have freedom of speech as long
as it is not a disruption
Bethel School District v. Fraser - Answer: Schools may punish students for using vulgar language
during a school assembly.
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier - Answer: 1988 SuCo: Censorship of school newspapers is
constitutional.
New Jersey v. TLO - 1980 - Answer: students may be searched without a warrant if there is
"reasonable ground" for doing so.
Lemon v. Kurtzman - 1971 - Answer: Three tests are described for deciding whether the government
is improperly involved with religion
, Lemon Test - Answer: 3-part test for Establishment Clause cases a law must pass to be
constitutional. (Lemon v Kurtzman
IDEA 1990 - Answer: normalization principle
1. FAPE
2. Notification and procedural rights for parents
3. Identification and services to all children
4. Necessary related services
5. Individualized assessments
6. IEP's
7. LRE
Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - Answer: The act requiring certain federal contractors to take
affirmative action for disabled persons.
Section 504 - Answer: Temporary affected by an illness, drug abuse, psychological trauma, or special
modifications
Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 - Answer: Established right of all children to free
and appropriate education
Free and Appropriate Public Education - Answer: the provision of IDEA that guarantees special
education and related services to children with disabilities at public cost
PICS v. Seattle School District - Answer: 2007, school districts cannot use race as a factor for
acceptance
Common School Movement - Answer: movement to have all children, regardless of background,
taught in a common place
parens patriae - Answer: power of the state to act on behalf of the child and provide care and
protection equivalent to that of a parent
