Week 1 - Introduction

• The Educator’s Guide – Chapter 1
• Schimmel, D. & Militello, M. Legal literacy for teachers: A neglected responsibility. Harvard Educational Review, Fall 2007
   
• Wormeli, R., It's Worth Getting Up to Speed on School Law. Association for Middle Level Education
• MEAD, J. F., PAIGE, M., & ECKES, S. E. (2018). LEGAL MATTERS: 10 Supreme Court Cases Every Principal Should Know About. Principal Leadership, 18(9), 56–58.

Week 2 – Discrimination, Attendance, Instruction

• The Educator’s Guide – Chapter 2
• Wallace, M. (2018, August 26). Six steps for schools to end school violence: What causes a child to walk into a school with an intent to harm. Psychology Today.  
• Driver, J . (2018, November 12). Constitutional Law and Public Schools, Part 1 [Audio podcast].  Click the tab for Transcript
   
• https://www.gregabbott.com/the-end-of-cscope/
   
• Student Immigration Issues in Texas Public Schools, Texas Association of School Boards, TASB Legal Services
  
• Michels, P. (2019, April 20). Officials: Undocumented Children Won't Break Texas' Schools.  
• Student immigration issues in Texas public schools. (Published online in TASB School Law eSource). (2017). Texas Association of School Boards. 

• TEA SY 2021-Attendance and Enrollment FAQ, December 10, 2020

• Immunization Requirements and Exceptions. Texas Association of School Boards, TASB Legal Services (2019). 
  
  
• Mead, J. F., Paige, M.A. (2019). Building a Wall around the Schoolhouse? Education and Immigration in the Trump Age. Journal of Law & Education, 48(4), 449-477. 

Week 3 Special Education

• The Educator’s Guide – Chapter 3
• Decker, J. (2019, April 21). Special Education Legal and Policy Issues [Audio podcast]. Scroll down the page to view the transcription.
• Russo, C. (2019, May 6). Special Education Law in the United States and Beyond [Audio podcast]. Scroll down the page to view the transcription.
• deBettencourt, L. U. (2002). Understanding the Differences Between IDEA and Section 504. Teaching Exceptional Children, 34(3), 16. https://doi.org/10.1177/004005990203400302
• 504 Accommodations in Schools (2016). FindLaw.
• Q&A on Disability Discrimination in Education Under Federal Law. (2016). FindLaw.

Week 4 Employment relationship/ Personnel Issues

• The Educator’s Guide – Chapter 4 and 5
• FindLaw.com. (2019). Sexual Harassment at Work.
• Person. (2019, September 10). Rights Under Types of Contracts. 
• Teacher's Rights. (2019). FindLaw.

Week 5 – Teacher’s rights/Student’s Rights

• The Educator’s Guide – Chapter 6
• Mummolo, R. (2014, November). The First Amendment in the Public School Classroom: A Cognitive Theory Approach.
• McCarthy, M. (2014). Cyberbullying laws and first amendment rulings: Can they be reconciled. Mississippi Law Journal, 83(4), 805-836.

• Eckes, S. (2019). October 21 Transgender Students and Education Law [Audio podcast].   Scroll down the page to view the transcription.
• Gjelten, E. (2019). When Can Schools Limit Students’ Free Speech Rights? Lawyers.com (2019)
   
• Frisco ISD (2020). Board Policy Manual. 
• LoMonte, F. (2018, September 05). What public forum doctrine means for your student publication.
• Walsh, Mark. U.S. Supreme Court to Weigh Whether Schools May Discipline Students for Internet Speech, Education Week, (2021, January 08)

Week 6 – Discipline

• The Educator’s Guide – Chapter 8
• Mulhall, D. M. (2014). Students’ Fourth Amendment Rights Pertaining to Cell Phone Use in Light of G.C. v. Owensboro Public Schools. Journal of Law & Education, 43(2), 279–287.
• StopBullying.com. Texas Anti-Bullying Laws and Policies, Key Components
• Texas.Public.Law, Sec. 37.0832
• Underwood, J. (2017). Under the law: The privacy of a student's backpack. ​Phi Delta Kappan​, ​99​(2),76–77. 
• Legal Issues in Student Searches. Texas Association of School Boards, TASB Legal Services
• Theriot, M. T., & Cuellar, M. J. (2016). School resource officers and students’ rights. Contemporary Justice Review,19(3), 363-379. 

Week 7 – Religion

• The Educator’s Guide – Chapter 7
• Martha McCarthy.  (2019, June 17). Church/State Relations in Public Schools  [Audio podcast]. Scroll down the page to view the transcription.
• Employee Religious Expression. (2019). Texas Association of School Boards.
• Lupu, I. et al. (2019). Religion in the Public Schools. PEW Research Center.

Week 8 – Defamation/Liability

• Attorneys, M. (2019, September 25). In Texas, It's Almost Impossible To Sue a Public School for Your Child's Injury. Here's Why.  Moore Law Firm

• Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 101.021. Casetext.com.

• Martha McCarthy — Cyberbullying Laws and First Amendment Rulings Can They Be Reconciled. 83 Miss. L.J.. 805 (2014).

• Underwood, J. (2017). .Under the law: The privacy of a student's backpack 

• Legal Issues in Student Searches (Links to an external site.).Texas Association of School Boards, TASB Legal Services.
• TEA Educator's Code of Ethics (Links to an external site.)
• Texas Administrative Code 1 and 247.2