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Chapter 9
Terms and Conceprs
Question | Answer |
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Assumption of risk | one can demonstrate that the plaintiff voluntarily and knowingly assumed the risks and agreed to do the dangerous activity in which he was participating at the time of his injury |
Bilingual Act of 1974 | This act call for parental involvement in the planning of appropriate educational programs for children with limited English-speaking ability. |
Buckley Amendment | Part of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act which prohibits schools from releasing information about a student to third parties without student or parental permission. |
Civil Rights Act of 1964 | (Title VI) law that specifies that no one, regardless of race, color, or origin can be discriminated against or denied participation in programs receiving federal assistance. |
Comparative negligence | situation in which teacher and student are both held liable for an injury. |
Contributory negligence | failure of a person who is injured to exercise the required standard of care for his or her own safety. |
Dismissal | removal of a probationary or tenured teacher before the completion of his or her contract. |
Due process of law | mandated legal procedures designed to protect the rights of individuals. |
Equal Access Act (E.A.A.) | 1984 law passed by Congress that recognizes that secondary school students are mature enough to understand that a school does not condone religion by merely allowing prayer clubs on public property |
Equal protection clause | Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment, which prevents states from making or enforcing laws that abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; deprive people of life, liberty or property without due process of law; pr deny equal pr |
Establishment cause | Clause in the First Amendment prohibiting Congress from making laws respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise of religion. |
Free exercise clause | Clause in the First Amendment prohibiting Congress from making laws abridging the freedom of speech or of press or the right to peacefully assemble or to petition the government for a redress of grievances. |
In Loco parentis | term meaning “in place of the parent” that suggests that educators possess a portion of a parent’s rights, duties and responsibilities. |
Lemon test | tripartite test used to decide whether specific practices or policies are an establishment of religion. |
Negligence | failure to exercise reasonable care to protect students from injury |