WGU D017 School Law Exam Questions
and answers latest edition 100% PASS
2025/2026
In what state did Horace Mann begin the Common School Movement? - Correct Answers
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
Massachusetts
II!
II! Which U.S. Supreme Court decision upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation in public
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! facilities,
including schools, that infamously came to be known as "separate but equal"? - Correct Answers
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
Plessy v. Ferguson
II! II! II! II!
II! Which subgroup of students must schools support when using Title I funding to provide
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! supplemental
academic programs? - Correct Answers Economically disadvantaged students
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Which amendment of the U.S. Constitution limits the practice of religion in schools? - Correct
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Answers First Amendment II! II! II! II! II!
II! Which types of meetings are subject to state open meeting laws known as sunshine laws? -
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Correct Answers School Board Meetings
II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! What are state legislative bodies responsible for? - Correct Answers Requirements for student
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! graduation
II! Which type of educational law has inuenced how a school district develops their programs for
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! English
learners? - Correct Answers Case law II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
,II! Which school board practice is often used as a means of ensuring or ignoring the ruling that
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! "separate but II!
equal" is unconstitutional? - Correct Answers School attendance zones
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Which testing school practice was influenced by Brown v. Board of Education? - Correct Answers
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
Subgroup data analysis of testing results
II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! What would be the purpose of changing school zone boundaries? - Correct Answers
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Desegregation of schools II! II!
II! Which ruling was violated when students with disabilities were placed in separate schools? -
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Correct Answers 14th Amendment II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! What is the motivation for communities seceding from school districts? - Correct Answers
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Circumventing integration II!
II! Which amendment does the Lemon test determine violation of? - Correct Answers First
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Amendment
II! Which legal justification is used by some states for the use of public funds to purchase textbooks
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! for students in parochial schools? - Correct Answers The child benefit theory
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Which law provides protection to students who choose to kneel during the Pledge of Allegiance?
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! - Correct Answers First Amendment
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Which law would allow a student worship club to hold after school meetings on a high school
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! campus, given the school has a limited open forum? - Correct Answers Equal Access Act
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! A rural elementary school allows a moment of meditation during the first period of the day. Some
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! students engage in a silent prayer during this period. Teachers express concern that this period
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! promotes prayer in school. II! II! II!
,Based on case law surrounding prayer in schools, how should the administrator respond? -
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
Correct Answers Continue using the meditation period as is since it is not designed to promote
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
religion.
II!
II! Which action do local authorities have the right to take when states maintain control over
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! curriculum in public schools? - Correct Answers Provide additions to curriculum beyond those
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! required by the state II! II! II!
II! What did the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Lau v. Nichols require of public schools? - Correct
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Answers That they provide supplemental language instruction to students with limited English
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! proficiency
II! Which criterion did Castañeda v. Pickard set for educational programs targeting English learners?
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! - Correct Answers Programs must be based on research.
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Which U.S. Supreme Court case established that schools must provide supplemental supports to
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! English learners? - Correct Answers Lau v. Nichols
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! What is the Tinker test often used for? - Correct Answers To determine a violation of First
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Amendment rights II!
II! A group of students wore shirts with political messages displayed on them. The principal received
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! several complaints from parents that evening who demanded they be banned from wearing
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! clothing with political messages that could be viewed as offensive or insensitive to specific groups
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! of students at the school.
II! II! II! II!
Which court case ruling should the principal apply in deciding whether to ban students from
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
wearing clothing with political messages? - Correct Answers Tinker v. Des Moines
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Which student rights were found to be violated In the landmark case of T.L.O. v. New Jersey? -
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Correct Answers Unreasonable search and seizure
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! A high school principal gets an anonymous call that several students at the school are members
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! of rival neighborhood gangs and that tension has severely escalated over the weekend. The
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
, II! individual is afraid that the conflict will carry into school on Monday morning and gun violence
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! could ensue. Since the caller did not provide specific names of students, the principal decided to
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! call the local police department for assistance in searching every student with metal detectors
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! prior to entering the school for the next week. Several parents began calling saying that their
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! child was not involved in any of this and that forcing them to go through a metal detector search
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! was a violation of their Fourth Amendment rights.
II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
What response should the principal provide in reaction to the parent complaints? - Correct
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
Answers The use of metal detectors does not violate student Fourth Amendment rights when
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
the element of danger is adequate and justified.
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! During lunch, an assistant principal is approached by several students stating that they saw
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! another student with a knife in his locker. After searching the student's locker, no knife was found.
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Considering
that student lockers are explicitly stated as the personal property of students in the school's
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
handbook, the student's parents were upset that the search took place and complained that the
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
school violated their child's Fourth Amendment rights. They continued that they believe the
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
assistant principal only searched his locker due to his history of discipline issues and his label as a
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
"problem student."
II! II!
Which assessment of the school's actions is accurate in relation to the student's Fourth
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
Amendment rights? - Correct Answers The school did not violate the student's Fourth
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
Amendment rights due to reasonable suspicion.
II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! When is procedural due process applied during student discipline? - Correct Answers When the
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! student is made aware of charges II! II! II! II! II!
II! During a high-stakes, state mathematics exam, a classroom teacher observed a student looking at
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! the answers of another student. The student glanced back and forth at the screen and changed
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! several
answers on the test. II! II! II!
What must the school administrator do prior to suspending the student? - Correct Answers
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
Conduct a thorough investigation of the alleged incident
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! A hearing is scheduled to determine disciplinary action for a student. A notice of the hearing is
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! sent to the student with a description of the charges and the implications of those charges.
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
and answers latest edition 100% PASS
2025/2026
In what state did Horace Mann begin the Common School Movement? - Correct Answers
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
Massachusetts
II!
II! Which U.S. Supreme Court decision upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation in public
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! facilities,
including schools, that infamously came to be known as "separate but equal"? - Correct Answers
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
Plessy v. Ferguson
II! II! II! II!
II! Which subgroup of students must schools support when using Title I funding to provide
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! supplemental
academic programs? - Correct Answers Economically disadvantaged students
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Which amendment of the U.S. Constitution limits the practice of religion in schools? - Correct
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Answers First Amendment II! II! II! II! II!
II! Which types of meetings are subject to state open meeting laws known as sunshine laws? -
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Correct Answers School Board Meetings
II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! What are state legislative bodies responsible for? - Correct Answers Requirements for student
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! graduation
II! Which type of educational law has inuenced how a school district develops their programs for
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! English
learners? - Correct Answers Case law II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
,II! Which school board practice is often used as a means of ensuring or ignoring the ruling that
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! "separate but II!
equal" is unconstitutional? - Correct Answers School attendance zones
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Which testing school practice was influenced by Brown v. Board of Education? - Correct Answers
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
Subgroup data analysis of testing results
II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! What would be the purpose of changing school zone boundaries? - Correct Answers
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Desegregation of schools II! II!
II! Which ruling was violated when students with disabilities were placed in separate schools? -
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Correct Answers 14th Amendment II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! What is the motivation for communities seceding from school districts? - Correct Answers
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Circumventing integration II!
II! Which amendment does the Lemon test determine violation of? - Correct Answers First
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Amendment
II! Which legal justification is used by some states for the use of public funds to purchase textbooks
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! for students in parochial schools? - Correct Answers The child benefit theory
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Which law provides protection to students who choose to kneel during the Pledge of Allegiance?
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! - Correct Answers First Amendment
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Which law would allow a student worship club to hold after school meetings on a high school
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! campus, given the school has a limited open forum? - Correct Answers Equal Access Act
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! A rural elementary school allows a moment of meditation during the first period of the day. Some
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! students engage in a silent prayer during this period. Teachers express concern that this period
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! promotes prayer in school. II! II! II!
,Based on case law surrounding prayer in schools, how should the administrator respond? -
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
Correct Answers Continue using the meditation period as is since it is not designed to promote
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
religion.
II!
II! Which action do local authorities have the right to take when states maintain control over
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! curriculum in public schools? - Correct Answers Provide additions to curriculum beyond those
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! required by the state II! II! II!
II! What did the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Lau v. Nichols require of public schools? - Correct
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Answers That they provide supplemental language instruction to students with limited English
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! proficiency
II! Which criterion did Castañeda v. Pickard set for educational programs targeting English learners?
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! - Correct Answers Programs must be based on research.
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Which U.S. Supreme Court case established that schools must provide supplemental supports to
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! English learners? - Correct Answers Lau v. Nichols
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! What is the Tinker test often used for? - Correct Answers To determine a violation of First
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Amendment rights II!
II! A group of students wore shirts with political messages displayed on them. The principal received
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! several complaints from parents that evening who demanded they be banned from wearing
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! clothing with political messages that could be viewed as offensive or insensitive to specific groups
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! of students at the school.
II! II! II! II!
Which court case ruling should the principal apply in deciding whether to ban students from
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
wearing clothing with political messages? - Correct Answers Tinker v. Des Moines
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Which student rights were found to be violated In the landmark case of T.L.O. v. New Jersey? -
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Correct Answers Unreasonable search and seizure
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! A high school principal gets an anonymous call that several students at the school are members
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! of rival neighborhood gangs and that tension has severely escalated over the weekend. The
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
, II! individual is afraid that the conflict will carry into school on Monday morning and gun violence
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! could ensue. Since the caller did not provide specific names of students, the principal decided to
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! call the local police department for assistance in searching every student with metal detectors
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! prior to entering the school for the next week. Several parents began calling saying that their
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! child was not involved in any of this and that forcing them to go through a metal detector search
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! was a violation of their Fourth Amendment rights.
II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
What response should the principal provide in reaction to the parent complaints? - Correct
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
Answers The use of metal detectors does not violate student Fourth Amendment rights when
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
the element of danger is adequate and justified.
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! During lunch, an assistant principal is approached by several students stating that they saw
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! another student with a knife in his locker. After searching the student's locker, no knife was found.
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Considering
that student lockers are explicitly stated as the personal property of students in the school's
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
handbook, the student's parents were upset that the search took place and complained that the
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
school violated their child's Fourth Amendment rights. They continued that they believe the
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
assistant principal only searched his locker due to his history of discipline issues and his label as a
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
"problem student."
II! II!
Which assessment of the school's actions is accurate in relation to the student's Fourth
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
Amendment rights? - Correct Answers The school did not violate the student's Fourth
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
Amendment rights due to reasonable suspicion.
II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! When is procedural due process applied during student discipline? - Correct Answers When the
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! student is made aware of charges II! II! II! II! II!
II! During a high-stakes, state mathematics exam, a classroom teacher observed a student looking at
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! the answers of another student. The student glanced back and forth at the screen and changed
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! several
answers on the test. II! II! II!
What must the school administrator do prior to suspending the student? - Correct Answers
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
Conduct a thorough investigation of the alleged incident
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! A hearing is scheduled to determine disciplinary action for a student. A notice of the hearing is
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! sent to the student with a description of the charges and the implications of those charges.
II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
