ED 1330 - Legal Issues in Schools and Community Organizations

This course introduces students to a variety of current issues of concern to school and community leaders through an examination of state and federal laws, controlling court cases, and pertinent scholarship. Issues to be examined include: identifying and reporting abuse of neglect of children, freedom of speech, search and seizure, due process, negligence and liability, sexual harassment, and Title IX. Students will be expected to identify the elements of situations under study that lead to actual physical injury or the infringement of basic liberty rights in order to prevent those types of incidents from being repeated in the settings in which they find themselves in their professional lives. (4 Credits)