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The Fed eral Cop yright Law

Intent: To a llow "fair use" but to avoid w holesale c op ying o f com plete wo rks insubstitute o f purchase. 1976 revised law d oes not p rohib it, but does restric tduplicat ing c op yrighte d m aterial for c lassroom use. Certain co nditions must be

1. The c op ying is a t the instance/ inspirat ion o f the teac her

2. There is no t suffic ient time to request permission from p ub lisher

3. The c op ying is only for one c ourse in the schoo l

4. Eac h co py inc lude s a not ice of cop yright a s it ap pe ars in the pub licat ion (Cha rt, pa77)

Extracurricular Activities and the UIL

TEC § 33/031: Sta te Boa rd esta b lishes rules limiting partic ipa tion in extrac urricular ac tivMost d isputes involving p artic ipa tion stop a t the sc hoo l boa rd leve l. Texas Suprem e Cha s advised c ourts to a vo id interfering in UIL eligib ility. (Rob stown ISD: UIL in co nte mptwhen it did not c omp ly with the court's orde r to hold a p layoff ga me b etwe en the tea

and another team that ha d q ualified for the tourname nt. Higher court found tha t thec ourt had ab used its d isc retion).

Ad dressing the Need s of Spec ial Group s

At -Risk ChildrenTEC § 29.081: Each distric t should d eve lop a pp rop riate c om pensatory orac celerate d p rog rams for stud ents not p erforming we ll. Distric ts a re req uired todocument the effectiveness of accelerated instruction in reducing the dropout and increasing student achievement. Bilingua l ChildrenLAU v. Nic hols: Schoo ls a re required to com ply with go vernment regulations issupursuant to the 1964 Civil Rights Ac t requiring steps to rec tifying languagedeficienciesTEC § 29.051: Eng lish is the p rimary langua ge o f Texa s. Each d istric t w ith 20 or mstud ents of LEP in the same grade is to offe r b ilingua l educ ation in eleme nta rygrades, b ilingua l ed uc ation, ESL instruct ion, or o ther transitiona l language instrucin the m idd le grad es, and ESL instruct ion in sec ond ary g rades. Gifted ChildrenEac h d istrict is req uired to ado pt a proc ess for ide ntifying gifted and ta lentedstude nts and to establish a program for those students in ea ch g rad e leve l. Abused and Neglected Children

Fam ily Cod e requires the reporting of suspe c ted child ab use to a pp rop ria teagenc y. Sec tion 261.109 of the Family Co de makes fa ilure to rep ort ab use a Clmisdemeanor.

Pike v . Southwest ISD: Co mm issioner note d tha t the d istric t's policy a nd theprincipal's directive interfered with "a superior duty imposed directly on petitioneunde r provisions of the Fam ily Code ". An em ployer may not p ena lize a n emplowho rep orts child a buse in goo d fa ith.

Family Co de 261.302 sta tes tha t child a buse investiga tions c an take plac e whilec hild ren a re in schoo l. TPIA a llow s acc ess to stud ent rec ords in conne c tion withabuse c ases.

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Web Resources 

The Com pulsory Schoo l Law:

http://www.thsc.org/about_us/texlaws.asp

Absences:

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/home.school/hometec.html

Texa s Educ ation Agenc y Resources:http :// info.sos.sta te.tx.us/ pub / p lsq l/ rea d ta c $ext.Tac Page?

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http :// info.sos.sta te.tx.us/ pub / p lsq l/ rea d ta c $ext.Tac Page?

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 Texas School District Ac countability (TEA):

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/ 

Remova l of Ob jec tionable Library and Study Materials: http://www.iit.edu/departments/csep/PublicWWW/codes/coe/American%20Library%

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Com puters and the Internet:

Copyright informa tionhttp:// www .intel.co m/ educ ation/new totech/ co pyright.htm

http://www.benedict.com/ 

Bilingua l Educ ation:

http://www.tcbee.org/legal.htm

Gifted Children:

 http://www.coe.unt.edu/gifted/Resources/Research_tchr.htm

 

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