Key Legal Issues for Schools: The Ultimate Resource for School Business Officials.Key Legal Issues for Schools: The Ultimate Resource for School Business Officials Edited by Charles Russo, Rowman & Littlefield Education, Lanham, Md., 2006, 226 pp., $49.95 hardcover, $27.95 softcover soft·cov·er adj. Not bound between hard covers: softcover books; a softcover edition. Key Legal Issues for Schools, edited by Charles Russo, is full of legal information pertinent to all current administrators. Russo is the Panzer chair in education and adjunct professor of law at the University of Dayton The University of Dayton is one of the ten largest Catholic schools in the United States and is the largest of the three Marianist universities in the nation. It is also home to one of the largest campus ministry programs in the world. . This book would be highly useful as a textbook for administrative law administrative law, law governing the powers and processes of administrative agencies. The term is sometimes used also of law (i.e., rules, regulations) developed by agencies in the course of their operation. classes because it is written in language that is easily understood and it provides examples or recommendations for complex subjects. While no chapter goes into great detail on any topic, a broad overview addresses the most frequent legal issues faced by superintendents, their deputies and building principals. Written by individuals with extensive knowledge and experience in educational administration or school law, each chapter serves as an excellent resource on these topics: policy formation, accounting and budgeting, school board contracting and privatization privatization: see nationalization. privatization Transfer of government services or assets to the private sector. State-owned assets may be sold to private owners, or statutory restrictions on competition between privately and publicly owned , supervision and evaluation of staff, employee rights, student rights, special education and religion in public schools. Superintendents will find particular value in chapters 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6, which contain information that can be used to inform school board members of their appropriate functions and responsibilities to the public as well as how to steer clear of litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. . Campus administrators will find several other chapters beneficial in regard to responsibilities to students and their parents. Other sections provide guidelines for treating employees fairly and legally. Reviewed by Lylia King, principal, Cleburne Intermediate School, Cleburne, Texas Cleburne is a city in Johnson County, Texas, United States. The population was 29,050, as of the 2007 census. It is the county seat of Johnson CountyGR6. Cleburne is named for a Confederate General, Patrick Cleburne. |
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