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Education Law

Legal Research Subject Guide
November 2007

While the encumbrances of the manifold laws and regulations that flow down upon the public schools from both state and federal governments are sometimes excessive and not always necessary, by-in-large these laws have worked to vastly benefit both the children who partake of education and teachers who are the purveyors of a vast store of knowledge and skills. The network of these laws ultimately works to bestow upon the next generation abilities and capacities that enable each fledgling citizen to obtain personal autonomy and to understand, value and defend our basic liberties and freedoms.

Kern Alexander & M. David Alexander

Reference Books

KF 70 .A3
Code of Federal Regulations. Vol. 34 Education.

KF 4117 .G32 (Reference)
Gatti, Richard D. and Gatti, Daniel J. New encyclopedic dictionary of school law. West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co., c1983.

KF 4117 .T39 1996
Taylor, Bonnie B. Education and the law: a dictionary. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, c1996. Contemporary legal issues series.

KF 4150 .Z9 P75 1993
Camp, William E. ed., et. al. The principal's legal handbook. Topeka, Kan.: National Organization on Legal Problems of Education, 1993.


Case Reporters and Digests

KF 4119 .C357 2002
Carleton, David. Landmark congressional laws on education. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2002. From series called Students guide to landmark congressional laws on education.

KF 4210 .A6 E38
Individuals with Disabilities Education Law Report. LRP Publishing Co., 1991-. Supplemented 24 times a year. Contains statutes, regulations, and court cases.

KF 4210 .A1 L36 1992
Lantzy, Louise M. Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: An Annotated Guide To Its Literature and Resources, 1980-1991. Rothman, 1992.


Treatises

KF 241 .E38 P46
Pepe, Thomas J. A guide for understanding school law. Danville, Ill.: Interstate Printers & Publishers, c1976.

KF 4118 .I43 2004 (Watson Library Stacks)
Imber, Michael. Education Law. 3rd ed. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000.

KF 4119 .C357 2002
Carleton, David. Landmark congressional laws on education. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2002.

KF 4119 .D39 1994
Day, Reed B. Legal issues surrounding safe schools. Topeka, Kan.: National Organization on Legal Problems of Education, c1994.

KF 4119 .H83 1995
Hudgins, H. C. & Vacca, Richard S. Law and education: contemporary issues and court decisions. 4th ed. Charlottesville, Va.: Michie, c1995.

KF 4119 .V27
Valente, William D. Education law: public and private. St. Paul, Minn.: West Pub. Co., 1985. 2 vols. Pocket parts.

KF 4119 .V28 1987
Valente, William D. Law in the schools. 2nd ed. Columbus: Merrill Pub. Co., c1987.

KF 4119.3 .A43 2003 (Reserve)
Alexander, Kern & Alexander, M. David. The law of schools, students, and teachers in a nutshell. St. Paul, MN: Thomson/West, c2003.

KF 4119.6 .R37 1996
Schimmel, David. Research that makes a difference : complementary methods for examining legal issues in education. Topeka, Kan.: NOLPE. c1996. NOLPE Monograph series (1993) vol. 56. National Organization on Legal Problems of Education.

KF 4119.8 .E3 I48 2000 online
Imber, Michael & Van Geel, Tyll. A teacher's guide to education law [electronic resource]. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000. Electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web. Licensed for all KU students, faculty, and staff connecting to the Internet. Off-campus access may require a log-in.

KF 4150 .S28 1987
Schimmel, David & Fischer, Louis. Parents, schools, and the law. Columbia, MD: National Committee for Citizens in Education, c1987.

KF 4166 .Z9 L44 1997
Chidester, Margaret A. Legal handbook on school athletics. Alexandria, Va.: NSBA, c1997.

KF 4175 .Z9 F55 1991
Fischer, Louis, Schimmel, David and Kelly, Cynthia. Teachers and the law. 3rd ed. New York: Longman, c1991. The 4th edition from 1995 is available at Watson Library.

KF 4210 .A316 A15 1994
Reams, Bernard D. A legislative history of the individuals with disabilities education act: public law 102-119. Buffalo, NY: W.S. Hein, 1994. From the series called Federal legislative histories of the law of disabled persons.

KF 4210 .G84 1993
Guernsey, Thomas F. and Klare, Kathe. Special education law. Durham, NC. Carolina Academic Press, c1993.

KF 4210 .R68 1988
Rothstein, Laura F. Special education law. White Plains, N.Y.: Longman, c1988. The 2nd edition from 1995 is available at Watson Library.

KF 4209.3 .L38 2008
Latham, Peter S., Latham, Particia Horan and Mandlawitz, Myrna R. Special Education Law. Boston: Pearson/Allyn & Bacon, c2008.

KF 4210 .W42 1992
Weber, Mark C. Special education law and litigation treatise. Horsham, Pa: LRP Publications, c1992. From the series, Special education series (Horsham, Pa.). 1 vol. Loose-leaf.

KF 4210 .Z44 1993
Zelin, Gerald M. The Constitutional foundations of special education law. Horsham, Pa.: LRP Publications, c1993.

KF 4221 .K62 1998
Klicka, Christopher J. The right to home school: a guide to the law on parents' rights in education. 2nd ed. Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, c1998.

KF 4221 .Z9 G67 1994
Gordon, William MacGuire; Russo, Charles J. & Miles, Albert S. The law of home schooling. Topeka, Kan.: National Organization on Legal Problems of Education, c1994.

LB 2805 .S814 2002 (Watson Library Stacks)
Streshly, William A. Avoiding legal hassles: what school administrators really need to know. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Corwin Press, c2002.

LB 3013.3 .K68 1997 (Watson Library Stacks)
Kopka, Deborah L. School violence: a reference handbook. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, c1997. Also available online. Licensed for all KU students, faculty, and staff connecting to the Internet. Off-campus access may require a log-in.


Kansas Materials

KFK 390 .Z9 S36 2004
Bezek, Robert L.; Foster, Randall & Goheen, Gregory P. School law issues in Kansas. Eau Claire, WI: National Business Institute, c2004.

KFK 390.5 .Z9 S56 1983 (Watson Library Stacks)
Shoop, Robert J. & Sparkman, William E. Kansas school law: a principal's survival guide. Dubuque, Iowa: E. Bowers, c1983.

KFK 395.9 .H3 A35 2004 (also in Reference Faculty Publications Collection)
Adkins, David; Passer, Steven L. & Mead, Robert A. Kansas special education law. Eau Claire, WI.: National Business Institute, 2004.

RH D6969 (Spencer Library Kansas Collection)
Kansas school law index. Topeka, Kan.: Kansas State Board of Education, 1994.


Missouri Materials

KFM 8190 .M57 2003
Missouri school law. Jefferson City, Mo. (326 Monroe, Jefferson City 65101): Missouri Bar, c2003-.

KFM 8190 .Z9 S36 1997
Copeland, Douglas A. [et al.]. School law issues in Missouri. Eau Claire, WI: National Business Institute, c1997.


Periodicals

KF 4102 .C44
Newsnotes. Harvard Center for Law and Education. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University. Beginning with July 1979.

KF 4102.5 .N19
Yearbook of education law. National Organization on Legal Problems of Education. Annual. (Formally called Yearbook of Education Law). Updated regularly starting with 1997-.

KF 4114 .S685
Journal of law and education. Washington, D.C. Bureau of National Affairs. Holdings start in Sept. 1982.

Government Documents

Y 4 .ED 8/1 -12:
A compilation of federal education laws. prepared for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives. Washington, DC. U.S. G.P.O. Began in 1969.

Subject Classification

Church and Education
School Boards
Right to Education/Discrimination
School Discipline/Tort Liability
Religious Observances
Physically Handicapped
Mentally Handicapped
Private Education
Higher Education

KF4124
KF4131
KF4151-KF4155
KF4159
KF4162
KF4210-KF4212
KF4216
KF4220
KF4225-KF4257

Internet

General Education Law Sites

Hieros Gamos Guide to Education Law
http://www.hg.org/edu.html -

U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml

U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/Policy/IDEA/index.html
Page dedicated to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

Catalaw Education Law site
http://www.catalaw.com/topics/Education.shtml

Cornell's Legal Information Institute's overview of education law
http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Education

ERIC (Educational Resource Information Center)
http://www.eric.ed.gov/
free, web-based access to the database

Education Advocacy Groups

Wrightslaw Special Education
http://www.wrightslaw.com/
Attorney's web site

Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates
http://www.copaa.net/

Home School Legal Defense Association
http://www.hslda.org/Default.asp?bhcp=1

National Association of College and University Attorneys
http://www.nacua.org/

National School Boards Association - Council of School Attorneys
http://www.nsba.org/site/page_cosa.asp?TRACKID=&CID=81&DID=213

Center for Education Reform
http://www.edreform.com/


Organizations

Education Law Association. http://www.educationlaw.org.
Founded in 1954. Dayton, OH. "Provides for exchange of information on school law seeks to stimulate research and publication in the field." Formerly (1997) called National Organization on Legal Problems of Education. Publications: Case Citation Series, ELA Notes, School Law Reporter, Yearbook of Education Law.

Center for Law and Education. http://www.cleweb.org.
Founded in 1969. Washington DC. "Provides support services on education issues to advocates working on behalf of low-income students and parents." Publications: CAPS Newsletter, School Improvement Catalog.