EDL 830 School Law
This course will equip school leaders to anticipate and recognize legal issues involved in public and private education, in order to better understand the potential risks in education management and possible strategies to reduce those risks. Additionally, participants will be prepared to use methods of legal analysis to make sound leadership decisions in areas such as students’ rights, academic freedom, religion and education, discipline, and discrimination. By providing an overview of relevant legislation, regulations, and case law concerning the education of students, the course examines general principles of law and applies judicial decisions to educational environments. Implications of legal issues for public versus private schools, and legal provisions for special needs students will also be addressed, as will analysis of how a biblical worldview interacts with legal principles and precedents. (3 credits)