D017 School Law - WGU Test
Questions and Correct Answers
In what state did Horace Mann begin the Common School Movement? - Answer: Massachusetts
Which U.S. Supreme Court decision upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation in public
facilities,
including schools, that infamously came to be known as "separate but equal"? - Answer: Plessy v.
Ferguson
Which subgroup of students must schools support when using Title I funding to provide
supplemental
academic programs? - Answer: Economically disadvantaged students
Which amendment of the U.S. Constitution limits the practice of religion in schools? - Answer: First
Amendment
Which types of meetings are subject to state open meeting laws known as sunshine laws? - Answer:
School Board Meetings
What are state legislative bodies responsible for? - Answer: Requirements for student graduation
Which type of educational law has inuenced how a school district develops their programs for
English
learners? - Answer: Case law
Which school board practice is often used as a means of ensuring or ignoring the ruling that
"separate but
equal" is unconstitutional? - Answer: School attendance zones
Which testing school practice was influenced by Brown v. Board of Education? - Answer: Subgroup
data analysis of testing results
,What would be the purpose of changing school zone boundaries? - Answer: Desegregation of
schools
Which ruling was violated when students with disabilities were placed in separate schools? - Answer:
14th Amendment
What is the motivation for communities seceding from school districts? - Answer: Circumventing
integration
Which amendment does the Lemon test determine violation of? - Answer: First Amendment
Which legal justification is used by some states for the use of public funds to purchase textbooks for
students in parochial schools? - Answer: The child benefit theory
Which law provides protection to students who choose to kneel during the Pledge of Allegiance? -
Answer: First Amendment
Which law would allow a student worship club to hold after school meetings on a high school
campus, given the school has a limited open forum? - Answer: Equal Access Act
A rural elementary school allows a moment of meditation during the first period of the day. Some
students engage in a silent prayer during this period. Teachers express concern that this period
promotes prayer in school.
Based on case law surrounding prayer in schools, how should the administrator respond? - Answer:
Continue using the meditation period as is since it is not designed to promote religion.
Which action do local authorities have the right to take when states maintain control over
curriculum in public schools? - Answer: Provide additions to curriculum beyond those required by
the state
What did the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Lau v. Nichols require of public schools? - Answer: That
they provide supplemental language instruction to students with limited English proficiency
Which criterion did Castañeda v. Pickard set for educational programs targeting English learners? -
Answer: Programs must be based on research.
, Which U.S. Supreme Court case established that schools must provide supplemental supports to
English learners? - Answer: Lau v. Nichols
What is the Tinker test often used for? - Answer: To determine a violation of First Amendment rights
A group of students wore shirts with political messages displayed on them. The principal received
several complaints from parents that evening who demanded they be banned from wearing clothing
with political messages that could be viewed as offensive or insensitive to specific groups of students
at the school.
Which court case ruling should the principal apply in deciding whether to ban students from wearing
clothing with political messages? - Answer: Tinker v. Des Moines
Which student rights were found to be violated In the landmark case of T.L.O. v. New Jersey? -
Answer: Unreasonable search and seizure
A high school principal gets an anonymous call that several students at the school are members of
rival neighborhood gangs and that tension has severely escalated over the weekend. The individual
is afraid that the conflict will carry into school on Monday morning and gun violence could ensue.
Since the caller did not provide specific names of students, the principal decided to call the local
police department for assistance in searching every student with metal detectors prior to entering
the school for the next week. Several parents began calling saying that their child was not involved in
any of this and that forcing them to go through a metal detector search was a violation of their
Fourth Amendment rights.
What response should the principal provide in reaction to the parent complaints? - Answer: The use
of metal detectors does not violate student Fourth Amendment rights when the element of danger
is adequate and justified.
During lunch, an assistant principal is approached by several students stating that they saw another
student with a knife in his locker. After searching the student's locker, no knife was found.
Considering
that student lockers are explicitly stated as the personal property of students in the school's
handbook, the student's parents were upset that the search took place and complained that the
school violated their child's Fourth Amendment rights. They continued that they believe the
assistant principal only searched his locker due to his history of discipline issues and his label as a
"problem student."
Which assessment of the school's actions is accurate in relation to the student's Fourth Amendment
rights? - Answer: The school did not violate the student's Fourth Amendment rights due to
reasonable suspicion.
Questions and Correct Answers
In what state did Horace Mann begin the Common School Movement? - Answer: Massachusetts
Which U.S. Supreme Court decision upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation in public
facilities,
including schools, that infamously came to be known as "separate but equal"? - Answer: Plessy v.
Ferguson
Which subgroup of students must schools support when using Title I funding to provide
supplemental
academic programs? - Answer: Economically disadvantaged students
Which amendment of the U.S. Constitution limits the practice of religion in schools? - Answer: First
Amendment
Which types of meetings are subject to state open meeting laws known as sunshine laws? - Answer:
School Board Meetings
What are state legislative bodies responsible for? - Answer: Requirements for student graduation
Which type of educational law has inuenced how a school district develops their programs for
English
learners? - Answer: Case law
Which school board practice is often used as a means of ensuring or ignoring the ruling that
"separate but
equal" is unconstitutional? - Answer: School attendance zones
Which testing school practice was influenced by Brown v. Board of Education? - Answer: Subgroup
data analysis of testing results
,What would be the purpose of changing school zone boundaries? - Answer: Desegregation of
schools
Which ruling was violated when students with disabilities were placed in separate schools? - Answer:
14th Amendment
What is the motivation for communities seceding from school districts? - Answer: Circumventing
integration
Which amendment does the Lemon test determine violation of? - Answer: First Amendment
Which legal justification is used by some states for the use of public funds to purchase textbooks for
students in parochial schools? - Answer: The child benefit theory
Which law provides protection to students who choose to kneel during the Pledge of Allegiance? -
Answer: First Amendment
Which law would allow a student worship club to hold after school meetings on a high school
campus, given the school has a limited open forum? - Answer: Equal Access Act
A rural elementary school allows a moment of meditation during the first period of the day. Some
students engage in a silent prayer during this period. Teachers express concern that this period
promotes prayer in school.
Based on case law surrounding prayer in schools, how should the administrator respond? - Answer:
Continue using the meditation period as is since it is not designed to promote religion.
Which action do local authorities have the right to take when states maintain control over
curriculum in public schools? - Answer: Provide additions to curriculum beyond those required by
the state
What did the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Lau v. Nichols require of public schools? - Answer: That
they provide supplemental language instruction to students with limited English proficiency
Which criterion did Castañeda v. Pickard set for educational programs targeting English learners? -
Answer: Programs must be based on research.
, Which U.S. Supreme Court case established that schools must provide supplemental supports to
English learners? - Answer: Lau v. Nichols
What is the Tinker test often used for? - Answer: To determine a violation of First Amendment rights
A group of students wore shirts with political messages displayed on them. The principal received
several complaints from parents that evening who demanded they be banned from wearing clothing
with political messages that could be viewed as offensive or insensitive to specific groups of students
at the school.
Which court case ruling should the principal apply in deciding whether to ban students from wearing
clothing with political messages? - Answer: Tinker v. Des Moines
Which student rights were found to be violated In the landmark case of T.L.O. v. New Jersey? -
Answer: Unreasonable search and seizure
A high school principal gets an anonymous call that several students at the school are members of
rival neighborhood gangs and that tension has severely escalated over the weekend. The individual
is afraid that the conflict will carry into school on Monday morning and gun violence could ensue.
Since the caller did not provide specific names of students, the principal decided to call the local
police department for assistance in searching every student with metal detectors prior to entering
the school for the next week. Several parents began calling saying that their child was not involved in
any of this and that forcing them to go through a metal detector search was a violation of their
Fourth Amendment rights.
What response should the principal provide in reaction to the parent complaints? - Answer: The use
of metal detectors does not violate student Fourth Amendment rights when the element of danger
is adequate and justified.
During lunch, an assistant principal is approached by several students stating that they saw another
student with a knife in his locker. After searching the student's locker, no knife was found.
Considering
that student lockers are explicitly stated as the personal property of students in the school's
handbook, the student's parents were upset that the search took place and complained that the
school violated their child's Fourth Amendment rights. They continued that they believe the
assistant principal only searched his locker due to his history of discipline issues and his label as a
"problem student."
Which assessment of the school's actions is accurate in relation to the student's Fourth Amendment
rights? - Answer: The school did not violate the student's Fourth Amendment rights due to
reasonable suspicion.
