School Law Bulletin Series
| Bulletin Number | Title | Author |
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| 2006/02 | State and Local Government Relations in Elementary and Secondary Education | Laurie L. Mesibov | 2006 |
Education, one of government’s most important responsibilities, is both the foundation for a viable democratic society and a service the state is obligated to foster and protect. |
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| 2006/03 | The Changing Landscape of Single-Sex Education | John D. Hurst | 2006 |
Single-sex education is receiving renewed attention around the country. |
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| 2006/04 | Clearinghouse | 2006 |
The Clearinghouse digests recent state and federal opinions that affect North Carolina. |
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| 2006/05 | Rehiring “Retired” TSERS Employees Deal or No Deal? | Brian D. Barger | 2006 |
In August 2005, the North Carolina General Assembly enacted several changes to statutes governing the require- ments and limits on individuals covered under the North Carolina Teachers’ and State E |
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| 2006/06 | Changes Affecting Elementary and Secondary Education | Robert P. Joyce, Laurie L. Mesibov | 2006 |
In 2006 the General Assembly rewrote the law regarding public school services for children with special needs, bringing it into closer harmony with federal law on the same subject. |
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| 2006/07 | Clearinghouse | 2006 |
The Clearinghouse digests recent state and federal opinions that affect North Carolina. |
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| 2006/08 | Changes Affecting Higher Education | Robert P. Joyce | 2006 |
After a number of lean years in a row, officials of the University of North Carolina (UNC) and the state’s community college system rejoiced in 2006 over happier fiscal news. |
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| 2006/10 | Selling the Name on the Schoolhouse Gate: The First Amendment and the Sale of Public School Naming Rights | Joseph Blocher | 2006 |
In the past five years, the sale of naming rights to public school events and facilities has grown from fodder for humor columnists into a nationwide, multimillion-dollar enterprise. |
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| 2006/09 | Clearinghouse | 2006 |
The Clearinghouse digests recent state and federal opinions that affect North Carolina. |
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| 2007/01 | Free Appropriate Public Education in the Fourth Circuit | Carie Little Hersh | 2007 |
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a federal law that helps states provide special education and related services to children with disabilities.1 Under IDEA, states receive f |
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| 2007/02 | Clearinghouse | 2007 |
The Clearinghouse digests recent state and federal opinions that affect North Carolina. |
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| 2007/03 | Critical Choices in Superintendents’ Contracts | 2007 |
To familiarize both parties to the contract with options, the article describes many critical choices that should be reflected in the contract. |
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| 2007/04 | Changes Affecting Higher Education | Robert P. Joyce | 2007 |
For the second session in a row, the General Assembly was generous in its appropriations to the University of North Carolina (UNC) and the state’s Community College System. |
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| 2007/05 | Changes Affecting Elementary and Secondary Education | Laurie L. Mesibov, Robert P. Joyce | 2007 |
The General Assembly enacted no major changes in public school law in 2007. |
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| 2007/06 | Clearinghouse | 2007 |
The Clearinghouse digests recent state and federal opinions that affect North Carolina. |
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| 2008/01 | Impact on Local School Administrative Units of the 2007–2008 Legislation to Reform Medicaid Funding  | Kara A. Millonzi | 2008 |
In its 2007 Appropriations Act, the North Carolina General Assembly enacted a series of interrelated measures affecting Medicaid funding, state and local sales and use taxes, and the Public School |
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| 2008/02 | Clearinghouse | 2008 |
The Clearinghouse digests recent state and federal opinions that affect North Carolina. |
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| 2008/03 | Nonrenewal of Probationary Teachers | Ken Soo | 2008 |
Probationary public school teachers in North Carolina hold one-year contracts that school boards may decline to renew for any rational, nondiscriminatory reason. |
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| 2008/04 | Clearinghouse | 2008 |
The Clearinghouse digests recent state and federal opinions that affect North Carolina. |
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| 2008/05 | Independent Contractor or Employee? The Legal Distinction and Its Consequences | Diane M. Juffras | 2008 |
Examines the advantages and risks of government employers using independent contractors to perform work traditionally done by regular employees. |
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| 2008/06 | Changes Affecting Elementary and Secondary Education | Robert P. Joyce, Laurie L. Mesibov | 2008 |
The General Assembly enacted no major school law changes during the 2008 legislative session. It continued to support efforts to help all students learn and achieve. |
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| 2008/07 | Clearinghouse | 2008 |
The Clearinghouse digests recent state and federal opinions that affect North Carolina. |
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| 2008/08 | Changes Related to Higher Education | Robert P. Joyce | 2008 |
This was a quiet year for higher education in the North Carolina General Assembly. |
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| 2008/09 | Clearinghouse | 2008 |
The Clearinghouse digests recent state and federal opinions that affect North Carolina. |
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| 2009/01 | School Board Control of Curricular Speech | Laurie L. Mesibov, Natalie Russell Dunham | 2009 |
Public school teachers in North Carolina have no First Amendment protection for their curricular speech. |
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| 2010/02 | When "Practicable" and "Feasible" May Mean "Mandatory": The Rights of Limited English Proficient Parents | Wade S. Kolb III | 2010 |
This bulletin surveys the key federal and North Carolina laws that affect the rights of Limited English Proficiency parents. |
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| 2012/01 | Quondaries of Employee e-File Searches: City of Ontario v. Quon and Its Progeny | David R. Hostetler | 2012 |
This bulletin reviews the Quon decision, considers subsequent cases interpreting and applying Quon, and offers concluding thoughts and recommendations to school employers regardin |
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| 2012/02 | Sticks, Stones, and Cyberspace: On Cyberbullying and the Limits of Student Speech | Matthew M. Pagett | 2012 |
It is important to understand what cyberbullying is, the circumstances under which it occurs, what laws—if any—exist on the subject, and how courts have traditionally dealt with student speech, bot |
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