The principal's quick-reference guide to school law : reducing liability, litigation, and other potential legal tangles / Dennis R. Dunklee, Robert J. Shoop ; foreword by Charles J. Russo.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preventive law : developing risk and crisis management programs -- The school and the legal environment -- The No Child Left Behind Act : implications of NCLB on local schools -- Constitutional and statutory foundations of staff selection, contracting, and evaluation -- Teachers' constitutional rights, terms, and conditions of employment -- Students' rights -- Student discipline -- The principal's responsibilities in providing special education services -- Academic issues and student records -- Copyright law -- Search and seizure -- The principal's responsibilities in program management -- Sexual harassment -- State-created danger and deliberate indifference -- The principal's tort liability for negligence as applied to expected duty and standards of care.