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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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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%
20Assoc iation%20%20restric ted%20ac c ess%20to%20libra ry%20ma teria ls.htm l
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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