The Educator's Guide to Texas School Law |  | Authors: Jim Walsh, Frank Kemerer, Laurie Maniotis
Publisher: University of Texas Press
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Edition: 6th
Pages: 499
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 1.2
ISBN: 0292706634
Dewey Decimal Number: 344.76407
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Publication Date: July 1, 2005
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For over twenty years, The Educator's Guide to Texas School Law has been the preeminent source for information on Texas school law for the state's education community. The sixth edition is the latest in a series of revisions designed to keep the book current, comprehensive, and readable. Readers will find a number of changes in the new edition. First and foremost, the immensely important No Child Left Behind Act has been incorporated at various points in the text, particularly in discussions pertaining to accountability, assessment, and school safety. Other changes include an expanded discussion of charter schools, school uniform policies, and student drug testing programs. Employment issues are now addressed in two chapters, one dealing with contractual matters and the other with personnel management. The new edition includes all legislative developments, relevant federal and state court rulings, and Texas Commissioner of Education decisions to date. In its ten chapters, The Educator's Guide discusses a myriad of topics relating to the legal structure of the Texas school system, attendance law and the instructional program, the education of children with disabilities, employment law, rights of expression and association, the role of religion, student discipline, open meetings and public records, privacy issues, student search and seizure, and legal liability of school districts and employees.
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A must-have for Texas educators December 10, 1999
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5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Authors Frank Kemerer and Jim Walsh have written one of those "must-haves" that belongs in your professional library. If you are an educator in Texas, you need this book. Readable and thorough, the book touches all areas of concern, with emphasis on how the law applies in Texas. Kemerer is Regents Professor of Education Law and Administration at UNT and Walsh is senior partner in the Walsh, Anderson, Underwood, Schulze & Alderidge firm which has been heavily involved with districts across the state for some time now. This one is a needful reference, no matter what you level you teach.
The Educator's Guide to Texas School Law: Sixth Edition September 25, 2005
Bobby Gifford (Texas)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
A must read book, if you're a teacher in Texas or hold an administrator position in Texas. Because, what you don't know can hurt you and your career.
The Educator's Guide to Texas School Law--Sixth Edition January 9, 2007
Dianne Vermillion (Athens, TX USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Every teacher should know school law in his/her state. I recommend this book to all Texas educators. It is concise and provides the reader with the ability to judge the provisions of state law regarding teacher and student rights, to see the simplified version of state legislation as it affects schools, and to understand reasons for the laws enacted by legislators which so affect the education of students in Texas. Any questions an educator might have regarding any part of a law are well explained. The book's author Jim Walsh has done a magnificient job of delineating just what can and cannot be done in the classroom, what can be done by administrators and by teachers, and what effects actions of others have on students and their education. Teachers, after reading the book, can interact intelligently with administrators when dealing with situations which affect education. For so long, teachers have been told what the state law says. Now we can judge for ourselves whether or not those "in the know" really know Texas school law. Finally, we have a revised edition which explains it all!
The Educator's Guide to Texas School Law: Sixth Edition November 16, 2006
janramar (Texas)
Excellent Condition and excellent value. Speedy delivery.
A great resource book March 1, 2008
Janis M. Rooks (Palestine, TX USA)
We have been using this text in our Texas Public School Law class in a chort of SFA in Mabank, and it has proven to be a wonderful resource book, sparking interesting discussion and debate.
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