School board's duties include hiring a superintendent and levying taxes and purchasing property for future school buildings.

• True
• False

One of the most common requirements for certification and re-certification is that the teacher must be of good moral character.

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False

Courts generally have held that grades may be reduced as a disciplinary measure in order to maintain discipline within the school.

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False

Student searches conducted by school administrative staff must have probable cause to begin the search.

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False

If a school board enacted a residency requirement that out-of-state residents who moved into the district had to wait one year before enrolling their children in public schools, its policy would be likely pass constitutional muster.

True

False

A school board can approve a parents right to home instruct their children..

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False

It is permissible for a school district to transfer a child with a disability to a school other than the school closest to home if the transfer school provides for the child's needs, per the lEP.

True

False

Voluntary student-initiated and led prayers considered private speech at school during non-instructional time is not allowed

True

False

For purposes of defamation lawsuits most courts have held that public school teachers are not public officials.

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False

A school cannot be held liable for one student's sexual harassment of another student.

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False

As part of voucher programs, states have the option of providing salary supplements for teachers of specified subjects that are in high demand (such as mathematics and science) in religiously affiliated non-public schools.

O True

False

School staff may be required to provide catheterization services to a special education student during the school day.

True

False

A reduction in force caused by a lack of school revenues is a valid reason to dismiss a tenured teacher.

True

False

Tax credit scholarships benefitting private or religious schools is unconstitutional.

True

False

In Epperson v. State of Arkansas, the Supreme Court ruled that the state statute banning the teaching of evolution was unconstitutional because the statute was based on religious tenets.

True

O False

Students over 18 years of age and parents and guardians of students under age 18 have the right, under FERPA, to inspect all school records concerning them.

• True
• False

A student who changes guardianship or completes a schoo choice option may attend a different public school.

• True
• False

States that do not provide public funds for transportation of children to parochial schools are in violation of the U.S.

Constitution.

True

False

Requiring all students who participate in competitive extracurricular programs to be drug tested is unconstitutional.

True

False

It is legal for school systems to institute random, suspicionless drug testing policies and practices for all students regardless of whether they participate in athletic activities.

True

False

A public school is required by the IDEA to provide special education services on site of a private religious school.

• True
• False

If a high school senior submits a grammatically well-written article on topics that could cause controversy in a school community because of lewd and personal information about other students/staff that was approved by student editors for publication, the principal of the school can forbid the piece from being published.

True

False

Teachers can refuse to teach portions of curriculum that may be inconsistent with their personal religious beliefs.

• True
• False

School board policies may not permit a reduction in student grades for disciplinary purposes unrelated to academics.

• True
• False

Non-public schools are free to integrate religious instruction into all of the courses in their curricula, regardless of state curricular standards.

True

False

School officials are free, under the Equal Access Act, to prohibit a student sponsored branch of the National Rifle Association from forming in their public high school on the basis that the discussions about guns (they have no plans of bringing any to school) would be disruptive to the school environment, which is deigned to "promote peace, love, and joy for all in the world."

• True
• False

A state that requires all teachers to take a standardized examination violates the impairment of a contract provision of the U.S. Constitution for those already certified.

• True
• False

An informal discussion of a student's offense is never sufficient to satisfy procedural due process.

True

False

A teacher can not be liable for a deliberate act that causes an injury to a student.

True

False

A home-schooled child can not participate in the school athletic programs of the local public high school.

• True
• False

Pursuant to Section 504, school officials could probably refuse to permit a student who is significantly visually impaired, but not qualified for services under the IDEA, from participating in the dissection of animals in a biology class because the child's presence would present a health or safety risk.

True

False

Intentional interference can result from an intended act whether accompanied by enmity, antagonism, maliciousness, or by no more than a good-natured practical joke.

True

False

Contributory negligence involves some fault or breach of duty on the part of the injured person for failure to exercise the required standard of care for his or her own safety.

True

False

If a student who was sexually harassed by peers at a mall while shopping on a Saturday informed a teacher three weeks later, but the teacher did not notify the principal or the district's Title IX coordinator, the board is probably still liable if the student files a lawsuit.

True

False

A probationary teacher has no legal expectation of re-employment that vests him or her with a property interest.

True

False

A negative recommendation for employment is protected by conditional privilege if no proof of malice can be found.

• True
• False

Providing federal funds to sectarian schools for purchase of instructional and educational materials does not violate the Establishment Clause.

True

False

Payment of Title I teachers in Catholic schools does not violate the Establishment Clause.

True

False

Teachers may be dismissed for their employment as a teacher if their lifestyles or choices interfere with their classroom effectiveness.

• True
• False

a"limited open forum" is established whenever a public
school grants an opportunity for one or more non-curriculum related student groups to meet on school premises during non-instructional time.

• True
• False

Before a student with disabilities can receive an extended school year, an IEP meeting to determine the student's rate of regression and recoupment must be made.

True

False

An enthusiastic young high school teacher who briefly compliments a student's attire, after having complimented many others in the same fashion over the course of a school year, is likely to be liable for sexual harassment.

O True

False