Questions tagged [education]
Laws and rights associated with schools, teachers, students, and the provision of and payment for educational services.
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A student slipped a drug into my coffee — what are the legal ramifications of this situation?
I am a high school Chemistry teacher. This morning, while my back was turned to write on the board, one of my students (age 17) slipped a pill into my coffee mug. This is a thermos-style mug that has ...
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Can a public school in the USA force a 14yr old to create a Twitter account for a passing grade?
My youngest is a freshman & signed up for a program the school refers to as "co-lab". At my insistence.
2yrs ago, I attended a board meeting where the formation of the program was introduced. At ...
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Can a university make rules about students' lives outside campus?
I recently noticed that my university has a Covid-related policy stating that students are not permitted to attend public gatherings off-campus. Today, they officially stated that students breaking ...
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US: Is there any subject that it is unlawful to teach in schools?
In the US, are there any laws that restrict certain subjects or topics, or parts thereof, from being taught in schools?
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is it illegal to falsely use an unrelated act to block/ban things?
My school blocks many random things (like duckduckgo and drifthunters) swearing that they did it because of the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA), but that only really says to ban obsene ...
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School tricking/forcing students to create content for school's website
A Computer Engineer school (which shall remain anonymous) has issued an assignment to almost every student, which is to produce a short (3-5min) tutorial of a given student-specific subject.
The ...
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Do US public school students have a First Amendment right to be able to perform sacred music?
I believe that in the US, public schools are allowed to perform music with religious texts, and that this has been upheld by the Supreme Court on the grounds that the music program is teaching music, ...
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Student Rights In India
I am a college student in Rajasthan, and I want to know what step we can take against:
teachers scoring us according to some personal vendetta,
extremely rude language/behavior,
unnecessary targeting....
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Can high schools legally withhold transcripts when a student tries to apply to college?
I graduated a year ago (June 2014) and took a year off to explore the world. Having finished my year, I went to apply to colleges, but my high school refuses to provide the transcript. In my best ...
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Can universities require computer science students to develop software for free?
At my university (it is a public Florida university), one of the core computer science courses required for the degree involves a group project, and the class is divided up into a dozen or so teams, ...
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What are the legal boundaries of a parent's right to direct their children's education in terms of a private school or homeschooling curriculum?
All states in the US have some form of compulsory education law with allowances for private schools and homeschooling for children roughly between the ages of 5 and 17. There are some existing ...
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Do public schools have the authority to fine parents money for being late?
My friend has a child in elementary school, and he goes to a public school. Apparently, at the end of the school day, if the parents are late picking up their kids, the school charges them $10/minute ...
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Is profanity a form of protected speech on college campuses?
I am currently attending college in Oklahoma and have run into a confusing policy. We have been warned that anyone living on campus who uses profanity in the dormitory lobby will be written up for a ...
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Is it legal to swear at school?
First, is it legal to use profane language in school (specifically a high school in California, United States)?
Also, what is the maximum punishment allowed for a student using profanity (assume the ...
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Is it legal to walk out of school, unexcused in Colorado
There are several school walkouts coming up in Colorado and nationwide that I plan to participate in, most likely without my parent's permission/knowledge. I am 16. Is this legal?
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Can a university in EU refuse to grant me a degree after I completed studies?
I have completed a 120 ECTS Master program in a research university in the Netherlands. However, to get a diploma, I need to make a separate application. I did not apply for the diploma in time before ...
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Could the federal government mandate state universities to not discriminate against out-of-state students?
I can't see any way to do so through the constitution, but I am consistently surprised by the kinds of laws that the federal government can make, so I'm obviously not well-versed in the possibilities.
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Could a high school teacher require their students to register to vote in New York?
Suppose that I'm a social studies teacher in a high school in New York state. Odds are good that I'm teaching high school seniors about American history and politics. I want my students to get ...
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What regulations govern suspension of students?
Where students are violent, suspensions may be justified, in order to ensure the safety of other students.
However, for non-violent behaviour, what regulations are in place with regards to suspension,...
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Can a school punish you for appearing in court?
My friend missed an assignment in school because of a mandatory court summons. The teacher gave him a failing grade, and overall his grade dropped 3 letters for something he couldn't control.
I'm ...
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Is it legal to force a atheist student to read a prayer in a Church of England UK academy?
At my school, which is a Church of England academy, instead of assemblies, we do "Collective Worship" (although everyone still calls them assemblies). With whole-school assemblies, each class takes ...
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Employer Tuition Repayment
1 year ago, I accepted a new job with an education budget included. I turned down their initial job offer. When they asked if there was anything that could entice me to reconsider, I countered with ...
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Is This A Legal Abuse of Teaching Power?
From this question on Academia Stack Exchange, a professor is requiring students to submit support for a law as an assignment. It's possible that the question misrepresents this, in that this is a ...
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Have there ever been examples of public school's restriction of community service being unlawful?
My school's community service policy (while ambiguous throughout the whole thing) Seems to me to discriminate against not only religions, but my religion specifically. The particular clause I'm ...
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Changing California residency status for school
I moved to California a little under a year ago after falling in love with the state, and don't see myself ever moving back to my native New York. I work as a software engineer, and I'm also a full-...
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Is it legal to lie about race on college applications
This question is talking about the US btw
On reddit (reliable source I know), in a life tips thread, someone mentioned that if you're Asian/White, you can put yourself down as white/POC on college ...
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What level of knowledge about Law should every person have? And how to get that knowledge (either free or paid)?
As we go through the education system, we all learn a little bit of literature, history, biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics. In my experience, I have not come across any education about law,...
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Can a college force you to use their health center?
I am a Junior in college and I have a history of mental health hospitalizations while in college. I went to the hospital earlier this semester because I didn't realize I was having a panic attack. ...
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How can I get past a ban on energy drinks at my school?
Whenever I enter my school I'm forbidden to drink energy drinks. I asked them why and they listed lots of reasons why I wasn't allowed.
I asked "why is smoking not forbidden but something so simple ...
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Can someone legally withhold showing their arms to a school counselor?
Here's a scenario I've always been curious about.
Suppose that a 15-year-old high school student in Oregon, USA, is called into the counselor's office because he was reported for having scars on his ...
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Is it permitted to work as a freelancer on Upwork while studying in Germany?
Next April I am going to start a master program in Germany living on a student visa.
Currently I am working as a freelancer on Upwork. I know that in Germany it is not permitted for people on student ...
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Do universities have (fiduciary?) duty to provide enough classes for their students?
My niece, a college junior, told that most students at her university are unable to register for classes they need to graduate because there aren't enough classes offered, and because of that huge ...
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What protections exist in the European Union against discrimination in an educational institution?
For those who aren't familiar with it, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act ("504" for short) is the U.S. law that protects the civil rights of students with disabilities at institutions that receive ...
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Is it legal to refuse to let a student test out of classes in Michigan?
I am an aspiring mathematics student at a public high school in Midland, Michigan.
I have studied over the summer 8 AP courses, and filled out a variety of paperwork in advance to test out of these AP ...
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Taking my child's school to court
I am a special educator with a child who is in her second ear of preschool right now. She has a language delay and struggles socially (due in large part to the language delay.) She is doing extremely ...
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Can a private school refuse admission despite the student having the requisite cut-off?
My brother is being refused admission to a school that I attended for 9 years. This is because when I was in school, the teachers traumatised me and we complained about it in a feedback form. The ...
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How can universities legally discriminate against a sex when filling dorms?
Landlords are not allowed to discrimate against a sex when renting to tenants as this is one of the protected classes.
How do universities get away with discriminating against a sex when filling ...
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What jurisdiction is responsible for firearms regulation in United States education institutions?
Which legislation level and body governs the ability of students and teachers to carry firearms on a campus? Where does this body derive said authority?
Is it at the city, state, or federal level or ...
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Are there any legal requirements or regulations for a private university to prohibit sexual relationships between faculty and students?
Hypothetically speaking, could a private university in the USA not prohibit consensual sexual relations between students and faculty because their policy did not include it or the wording in said ...
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Stateless in Australia — how to obtain legal residency, education and citizenship without being detained?
Let us say that we have a person who is undocumented, born to parents who were also undocumented, and whose ancestors were all also undocumented. For all intents and purposes they were all born in ...
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My college changed my major without my consent, can I sue them?
I am a college student at a new University located in Mauritius.
Before I applied, I checked on their website the list of major offered. I saw: "Electrical Engineering" which was one of the main ...
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Does SB-1341 prohibit educational research entirely?
The text of SB-1341 bill (just introduce to the US Senate) is available here.
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As far as I understand it, if this bill were to pass, researchers would be unable to connect student-level data to ...
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What is apostille attestation?
I was looking for higher education in Europe, I got to know that I need to legalize my documents by doing apostille. I'm from India, what is the process of getting such attestation?
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Are schools required to disclose accurate results of random drug searches?
I go to a school which has a serious problem with underage vape usage. The police sometimes conducts random drug searches, and after every search, parents are informed via email. Each email has ...
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Is this a legitimate Title IX investigation or is this an abuse of power by the Title IX coordinator?
I used to be a student at a certain NYC public college, I graduated, and after graduation, I still had access to the school because I was a "research assistant". However I never was paid, nor did I ...
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What type of lawyer would I need to help me deal with issues of academic misconduct?
What can stop a university from doing whatever they want and screwing students over in terms of accusing them of cheating, plagiarism, or a misunderstanding of professor authorization of essay re-...
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Does obscuring personally identifiable and directory information avoid potential FERPA violations?
Say I have a database of students, each with a unique ID, GPA, placement test scores, and some demographic information (nothing personally identifiable). The ID is generated using a one-way ...
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Is it legal for a student to share a PDF version of textbook with other students that don't own the same one?
In Australia, teachers are permitted to photocopy 10% or one chapter of a textbook, whichever is largest, for educational purposes without permission from the publisher.
In the Copyright Act 1986[1], ...
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What does it mean for a statute such as § 2 (1) 7 AGG to "apply" but have no legal consequences?
I am in the process of finding out the legal framework surrounding anti-discrimination statutes in German public universities as it pertains to students (not employees of the university as they are ...
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Can schools legally withhold transcripts of a student that violates the honor code?
I just think of this problem because I finished some independent study course in BYU and I am a coffee-addict (I am not Mormon for sure).
By common sense it shouldn't happen while I know that not ...
