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Volume 8, Number 1 – Fall 2007
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Location,
Location, Location: Where do
Commissioners’ Representation
of multiple defendants in Ten Laws you
need to know |
Volume 7, Number 2 – Fall 2006
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HOUSE BILL 1: MORE THAN JUST SCHOOL FINANCE WHAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS (AND SCHOOL LAWYERS) NEED TO
KNOWABOUT HIRING RETIRED EDUCATORS SCHOOL BOARD APPOINTMENTS AND AG OPINION GA-0377:
DOCTRINE’S TRUE INCOMPATIBILITY DISSOLVED A Refresher on |
Volume 7, Number 1 – Winter/Spring 2006
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TEXAS HIGHEST
COURT RULES ENTIRE SCHOOL FUNDING SYSTEM UNCONSTITUTIONAL LIFE GOES ON IN THE FISHBOWL: RELATIONSHIP REPORTING REQUIREMENTS UNDER NEW
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 176 DID CONGRESS HAVE ANY NEW IDEAS? HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2004 REAUTHORIZATION OF
THE IDEA
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Volume 6, Number 3 – Fall 2004
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THE KING HAS BEEN
KNOWN TO ERR: Satterfield & Pontikes Const., Inc. v. PORTABILITY OF PRACTICAL ADVICE
FOR DEALING WITH EVIDENCE — THE
LAW IN EMPLOYMENT CASES LET’S HEAR FROM OUR
HEARING EXAMINERS DEFENDING THE
CRIMINALLY ACCUSED EMPLOYEE/ADMINISTRATOR REASSIGNMENTS AND
DEMOTIONS FOR CERTIFIED EDUCATORS CONTRACTOR,
EXHAUST! CHANGES TO 19 TAC
CHAPTER 157: A AT THE TIME, THE
JUSTICES HAD DOUBTS THAT BROWN WAS RIGHTLY DECIDED HOW FOUR FEDERAL
JUDGES BROUGHT THE RULE OF REASON TO THE SOUTH. |
Volume 6, Number 2 – Summer 2004
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Reflections on Brown v. Board of Education A Guide to
Administrative Law Practice in an SBEC Enforcement Proceeding Strategy for
Tough Financial Times -- Education Foundations The Fifth
Circuit Speaks: Are you Listening? |
Volume 6, Number 1 – Winter 2004
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Sovereign
Immunity in a Breach of Contract Case: "The King Can Do No
Wrong" and School and Community College Districts May Be Crowned
"King for a Day" The Changing
Landscape of the Attorney-Client Relationship: What is the Impact of
the Attorney General's Open Records Decisions Nos. 676 and 677? The Attorney
General's New Release on Nepotism Law Gay Students in
Public Schools: An Analysis of Legal Trends Funding What
Matters: Adequacy, Equity, Excellence |
Volume 5, Number 5 – Fall 2003
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2003 Legislative Update for School Attorneys 2003 Legislative Update - Community Colleges 2003 Legislative Update - Election Bills Do I have to Get Between Mom and Dad? Coggin v. Social Security Update |
Volume 5, Number 4 – Spring 2003
Adobe Acrobat Version
(for ease of printing and viewing)
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Greeting from the Chair of the Section Lisa Brown Officers and Executive Council of the School Law Section Straight from the top:
Answers to FERPA Question as presented by LeRoy S. Rooker, Director/ Family
Compliance Office, U.S. Department of Education Primer on Financing
Options for School Districts in Texas |
Volume 5, Number 3 – Fall 2002
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LIABILITY OF
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES UNDER THE STATE CREATED DANGER DOCTRINE ADMINISTRATOR
CONTRACT PROTECTS MORE THAN A JOB STUDENT DRUG
TESTING: WHERE ARE WE NOW? BASIC GUIDE TO
PROPERTY TAX FORECLOSURES BY |
Volume 5, Number 2 – Spring 2002
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VIEWPOINT NEUTRALITY IN THE COURTROOM AND
THE CLASSROOM: QUESTIONS RAISED BY RETIRE AND
REHIRE–A SCHOOL LAWYER’S PRIMER H-1B VISA OPTION
AND OTHER IMMIGRATION ALTERNATIVES FOR FOREIGN TEACHERS “IF THESE WALLS
COULD TALK” MOLD, ASBESTOS, AND LEAD PAINT: HOW TO RESPOND WHEN THESE
PROBLEMS ARISE IN YOUR BUILDINGS OFF TO SCHOOL WE GO – A LOOK AT THE 77TH
LEGISLATURE’S REVISIONS TO STUDENT TRUANCY |
Volume 5, Number 1 – Fall 2001
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ELECTRICAL POWER
DEREGULATION: IS YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT READY FOR A COMPETITIVE POWER MARKET? CONTRACT ISSUES
RELATED TO CERTIFICATION OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS TOP TEN THINGS I
WANT TO SEE IN EVIDENTIARY HEARINGS POST TOP TEN THINGS I
WANT TO SEE IN EVIDENTIARY HEARINGS LEGISLATIVE
UPDATE: EDUCATION-RELATED LAWS ENACTED
BY THE 77TH LEGISLATURE |
Volume 4, Number 4 – Spring 2001
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FADE TO GRAY -
SUSPICIONLESS DRUG TESTING OF STUDENTS 77TH
LEGISLATIVE SESSION UPDATE A Summary of
Proposed Amendments to the Commissioner’s Rules Pertaining to Special Education
Services A REFRESHER ON
LEGAL ISSUES REGARDING CORPORAL PUNISHMENT |
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“A “Beyond “SELECTED ISSUES IN EXCLUSIVE SCHOOL
VENDING AGREEMENTS” “INVESTIGATING
AND RESPONDING TO COMPLAINTS OF SERIOUS EMPLOYEE MISCONDUCT” “ |
Volume 4, Number 1 -- April 2000
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