School Law Bulletin Series
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| 2000/02 | Clearinghouse | 2000 |
The Clearinghouse digests recent state and federal opinions that affect North Carolina. |
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| 2000/03 | The School Board Chair: “Meeting” Expectations | Susan Leigh Flinspach, Jason Bradley Kay | 2000 |
The article comprises three main sections. The first section presents a statistical picture of school board chairpersons in North Carolina from the 1999 survey data. |
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| 1999/15 | Clearinghouse | 1999 |
The Clearinghouse digests recent state and federal opinions that affect North Carolina. |
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| 1999/16 | Property Interests and Due Process in Public University and Community College Student Disciplinary Proceedings | Tonya Robinson | 1999 |
IN NORTH CAROLINA’S PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES AND COM- MUNITY COLLEGES, allegations of student misconduct can put in motion a variety of administrative and disciplinary proceedings. |
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| 1999/14 | The Uncertain Constitutionality of Prayers that Open School Board Meetings | Chad Ford | 1999 |
IS IT A VIOLATION of the United States Constitution for a North Carolina school board to open its meetings with a prayer? |
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| 1999/10 | Changes Affecting Employment in the Public Schools | Robert P. Joyce | 1999 |
AFTER THREE VERY ACTIVE SESSIONS in 1996, 1997, and 1998, the North Carolina General Assembly in 1999 took a break from enacting major legislation affecting employment in the public schools. |
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| 1999/11 | Changes Affecting Higher Education | Robert P. Joyce | 1999 |
THE BIGGEST STORY in higher education legislation in the 1999 session of the North Carolina General Assembly was a bill that did not pass—S 912—which, in its original form, would have authorized th |
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| 1999/12 | Additional Limitations on Noninstructional and Extracurricular Duties | 1999 |
THE 1999 NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY passed SL 1999-96 (S 898), which adds to the list of local board duties spelled out in Section 115C-47 of the North Carolina General Statutes (hereinafter G |
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| 1999/13 | Changes Affecting Elementary and Secondary Education | Laurie L. Mesibov | 1999 |
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY enacted no bold new initiatives to improve public education in 2000. |
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| 1999/07 | Clearinghouse | 1999 |
The Clearinghouse digests recent state and federal opinions that affect North Carolina. |
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| 1999/08 | 1998 Licensure Decisions of the North Carolina State Board of Education | 1999 |
THE EXCELLENT SCHOOLS ACT OF 1997 addressed issues related to every phase of employment in North Carolina’s public schools, from teacher education to professional development, contract renewals, an |
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| 1999/09 | Subpoenas and School Records: A School Employee’s Guide | John Rubin | 1999 |
Public schools, like most public entities, accumulate a lot of personal information about the people they serve and employ. |
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| 1999/01 | Changes Affecting Elementary and Secondary Education | Laurie L. Mesibov | 1999 |
THE 1990S HAVE SEEN ENORMOUS CHANGES in public school law. |
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| 1999/02 | Public Schools and Vehicles Forfeited for Drunk Driving | James C. Drennan | 1999 |
THE BASIC OPERATION of the 1997 driving while im- paired (DWI) amendments on forfeiture of motor ve- hicles in DWI cases was fairly clear.1 A vehicle was subject to forfeiture if it was driven by a |
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| 1999/03 | Statutory Changes Related to Higher Education | Robert P. Joyce | 1999 |
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN 1998 enacted no sweeping changes in statutes affecting the sixteen constituent institutions that make up The University of North Carolina (UNC) or the state’s community coll |
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| 1999/04 | Modifications to Laws Affecting Employment in the Public Schools | Robert P. Joyce | 1999 |
IN 1997 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, in passing the Excellent Schools Act, made significant changes in all aspects of public school employment: teacher prepara- tion and certification, performance evaluat |
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| 1999/05 | New Procedures for School and College Construction, Purchasing, and Sales | Frayda S. Bluestein | 1999 |
THE 1998 GENERAL ASSEMBLY enacted laws affecting single- and separate-prime bidding for local school administrative unit building projects, increasing the purchasing flexibility of school units and |
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| 1999/06 | 1998 Legislation Affecting Public Education in North Carolina | 1999 |
This is the editors note on 1998 Legislation Affecting Public Education in North Carolina. |
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| 1998/05 | New Kid on the Block: The School Boards Program | Susan Leigh Flinspach | 1998 |
Ever since the first wave of state-initiated educational reforms began to be felt in the early 1980s, state responsibility for education has increasingly impinged on the local control of schools. |
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| 1998/06 | The North Carolina State Board of Education: Its Constitutional Authority and Rule-Making Procedures | 1998 |
The State Board of Education (hereinafter the State Board or the board) is the only state agency that derives its powers directly from the North Carolina Constitution. |
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| 1998/02 | School Funding Disputes: Mediate, Don't Litigate | John B. Stephens, Matthew J. Michel | 1998 |
This article looks at mediating school budget disputes. |
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| 1998/03 | School Funding Disputes: Development of the Law | C. Thomas Powell | 1998 |
This article looks at the development of school budget dispute laws overtime. |
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| 1998/04 | Legal Issues in School Volunteer Programs Part IV: Policies for Minimizing Risk in School Volunteer Programs | 1998 |
Part IV is the final installment of this series on legal issues in school volunteer programs. The first three parts dis- cussed liability issues in public school volunteer programs. |
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| 1998/01 | Legal Issues in School Volunteer Programs Part III: Vicarious School Board Liability | 1998 |
This is Part III of a four-part series discussing issues of liability in school volunteer programs. |
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| 1997/03 | 1997 North Carolina Legislation Affecting Elementary and Secondary Education | Laurie L. Mesibov | 1997 |
The article reviews the North Carolina legislation from 1997 affecting elementary and secondary education. |
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| 1997/04 | 1997 North Carolina Legislation Affecting Employment in the Public Schools | Robert P. Joyce | 1997 |
This article looks at North Carolina legislation from 1997 affecting employment in the public schools. |
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| 1997/02 | Legal Issues in School Volunteer Programs Part II: Direct School Board Liability | 1997 |
This is Part II of the four-part series discussing issues of liability in school volunteer programs. |
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| 1997/01 | Legal Issues in School Volunteer Programs Part I: Liability for Volunteers Themselves | 1997 |
This article begins a four-part series discussing issues of liability in school volunteer programs and mechanisms for keeping harmful situations to a minimum. |
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