EDSA 560 - Legal Aspects Admin of Schools

Credit(s): 3
3 hours lecture, 3 hours contact
This course explores the legal framework (National and New York State) within which public education operates. Areas considered are church-state relations, state agencies, local school boards, financing education, tort liability, teacher-personnel administration, the Taylor Law, tenure, desegregation, and the constitutional and civil rights and freedoms of students.
Eighteen hours of focused field experience required.