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Law & Education: Advanced School Law

B658 is taught by Darden, Miller, Richardson

This course analyzes current school legal, ethical, and policy issues from a district-level perspective. School leaders and policy makers need an in-depth understanding of several legal and ethical issues that impact schools. The Prerequisite for this course is: Legal Perspectives in Education (B658 Education Law/A608) or equivalent with consent from instructor. In Legal Perspectives in Education (B658/A608), students explore legal issues from a building-level perspective. Specifically within B658/A608, students discussed legal scenarios focused on teachers and principals. Advanced School Law (B658/A615) goes beyond Legal Perspectives in Education to examine other complex school legal issues at the district-level, including public employment contracts; collective bargaining and unions; conditions of employment; school choice, governance, and employment discrimination.This is a School of Education course (EDUC-A615) which will be taught entirely online. Students are responsible for ascertaining applicable rules of relevant jurisdictions for bar exams/admission. Some jurisdictions limit the number of online hours. The course also qualifies as one of the School of Education cross-listed courses that is required for the J.D. Minor in Education Policy (see https://law.indiana.edu/academics/jd-degrees/joint-degrees/jd-minor-education-9-19.pdf). Only Education Policy Minor students are eligible to enroll in this course. Please contact the Student Affairs office if you plan to pursue the Minor in Education Policy and Dr. Janet Decker (deckerjr@indiana.edu) for further information about the course or the Education Policy minor.

Note: This course meets according to School of Ed regulations and calendar.