Description
This course addresses legal principles applicable to practioners through the study of legal context, trends and generalizations. The course provides a basic overview of school law involving governance and legal structures; student rights and supervision; and personnel management. Students will examine the types of laws that affect public schools. Students will examine landmark Supreme Court decisions, federal and state constitutions, statutes and regulations and their implications for daily decision making by school leaders. Students will also evaluate the ethics surrounding legal decisions.
Prerequisite: Open only to students participating in the MSA cohort program.