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                | EDUC 2050 - Legal Issues in Education Credits: 3Hours/Week: Lecture 3Lab None
 Course Description: This course presents an overview of the legal environment and legal issues in education. The course will contrast sources of regulations from federal, state, and local authorities. In addition, students will examine a variety of issues relating to the rights and obligations of both students and educators, circumstances in the education environment, and their legal consequences.
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 Prerequisite(s): None
 Corequisite(s): None
 Recommendation: Assessment score placement in RDNG 1000  or completion of RDNG 0900  or RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher.
 
 Major Content
 
 
	Legal framework within which public schools operateInstruction and curriculum issues School vouchers Charter schoolsReligion in public schoolsConstitutional rights of students in public schoolsDue process rights of studentsPrivacy rights of public school students and their parentsLegal requirements for individuals with disabilitiesSchool liability and teachers duty of careDiscrimination in employment issuesRights and freedoms of public school teachersTeacher employment issues involving tenure, dismissal, etc. Learning Outcomes
 At the end of this course students will be able to:
 
	identify the sources of law which regulate education.describe conduct and circumstances which have the potential to create legal action.describe the legal rights of students. 
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