Title VI of the Civil Rights Act - ✔✔Protects against discrimination based on race, color, origins etc.
Title VII of TCRA of 1964 - ✔✔Protects against discrimination from employers
Tile IX of Ed Amendments - ✔✔Cannot be excluded from activity club or sport based on gender
Section 504/ Rehabilitation Act - ✔✔Cannot discriminate against someone based on handicap
Age Discrimination Act - ✔✔Cannot discriminate based on age
FERPA - ✔✔Parents have a right to inspect and review all official records, files, data
FERPA: parents need what in order to release identifying information to outside sources - ✔✔Written
consent
FERPA: if external source needs access to record they must provide... - ✔✔A written request
When do parents not have a right to students records? - ✔✔Student is 18 or in college
IDEA - ✔✔Students with disabilities must receive a free and appropriate public education. Also must
have IEP in place.
Equal Access Act - ✔✔Cannot deny opportunity to a meeting with open forum on the basis on religion,
politics, philosophy, or other content of the meeting
, Equal Access Act: meeting must be... - ✔✔Student instigated, voluntary, not sponsored by school,
employees are only present not participating, does not interfere with education activities, non school
people cannot direct the student group meetings
Negligence - ✔✔Failure to exercise ordinary prudence and foresight that results in injury to another
person
In loco parentis - ✔✔Duty of care: educators take the place of parents
Tort - ✔✔Civil wrong
Battery - ✔✔The permitted and unprivileged contact with another person. Actual harm is not
necessary
Assault - ✔✔Placing someone in apprehension of immediate harm. Physical contact is not required
Statutory liability - ✔✔If a person operating for the state violates another person's rights, privileges, or
immunities secured by the law.
Foundation program - ✔✔The state defines the level of funding basic education
Incremental budgeting - ✔✔Begins with budget for current term and examines each item against
expected revenue
Negatives of incremental budgeting - ✔✔Does not see budget as a whole, or as affecting the goals and
needs of children