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| Selected Provisions--Constitution of the United States | |
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| Education Under the American Legal System: an Overview | |
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| The Relation of Law, Politics, and Education | |
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| The Legal Interests of Participant Parties | |
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| Law Sources in the American Legal System | |
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| Constitutions | |
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| Statutes--The Role of Legislatures | |
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| Administrative Law--The Role of Administrators | |
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| Judicial Decisions--The Role of Courts | |
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| Cases | |
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| Mullen v. Board of School Directors of DuBois Area School District, 259 A.2d 877 (Pa. 1969) | |
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| Conover v. Board of Education of Nebo School District, 267 P.2d 768 (Utah 1954) | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| The Law Governing Public Education | |
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| Traditional and Emerging Forms of Public Education | |
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| Attendance and Admission | |
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| Attendance under Compulsory Education Laws | |
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| Admission Standards | |
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| School Assignments | |
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| Studies Program | |
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| Curriculum | |
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| Extracurricular Activities | |
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| Placement, Grading, Promotion, Graduation | |
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| Special Education | |
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| Student Transportation | |
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| State and Local Regulations | |
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| Cases | |
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| Board of Education v. Pico, 457 U.S. 853 (1982) | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Religion and Public Education | |
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| Constitutional Constraints | |
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| The First and Fourteenth Amendments | |
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| State Constitutional Constraints | |
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| Religion-Related Controversies | |
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| School Prayer | |
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| Religion-Related Excusals | |
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| Religion-Related Displays and Commemorations | |
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| Religion-Related Studies and Activities | |
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| School Conduct Requirements | |
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| Services to Church-School Students | |
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| School-Church Dealings | |
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| Cases | |
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| Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board v. Pinette, 115 S.Ct. 2440 (1995) | |
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| Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, 115 S.Ct. 2510 (1995) | |
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| Lee v. Weisman, 505 U.S. 577 (1992) | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Employment Rights and Obligations of Professional Employees | |
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| Employment Prerequisites | |
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| Certification | |
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| Personal Requirements | |
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| Employment Rights and Duties | |
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| Legislative and Contract Status | |
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| Probationary Teachers | |
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| Tenured Teachers | |
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| Suspension and Termination of Employment | |
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| Resignation and Abandonment | |
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| Nonrenewal of Probationer Contracts | |
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| Reductions in Force (RIF) | |
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| Discharge for Cause | |
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| Remedies for Wrongful Discharge | |
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| Collective Bargaining | |
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| History and Forms of Collective Bargaining | |
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| Union Representation | |
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| Scope of Statutory Bargaining | |
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| Dispute Resolution | |
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| Collective Expression under the First Amendment | |
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| Cases | |
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| Poole v. Little Valley Central School District | |
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| Perry Education Assn. v. Perry Local Educators Assn | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Civil Rights of Teachers | |
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| Procedural Rights | |
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| Due Process under Federal Law | |
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| Due Process under State Law | |
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| Substantive Rights | |
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| Federal Constitutional Rights | |
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| Substantive Rights under State Law | |
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| Cases | |
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| O'Connor v. Ortega, 480 U.S. 709 (1987) | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Student Rights and Discipline | |
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| Procedural Rights | |
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| Due Process under Federal Law | |
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| Due Process under State Law | |
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| Substantive Rights | |
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| Federal Constitutional Rights | |
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| Substantive Rights under State Law | |
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| Rights of Separated Parents | |
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| Cases | |
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| Goss v. Lopez, 419 U.S. 565 (1975) | |
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| Gonzales v. McEuen, 435 F.Supp. 460 (1977) | |
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| Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser, 478 U.S. 675 (1986) | |
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| Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, 484 U.S. 260 (1988) | |
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| New Jersey v. T.L.O., 469 U.S. 325 (1985) | |
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| Vernonia School District v. Acton, 115 S.Ct. 2386 (1995) | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Tort Liability Under State Law | |
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| General Principles of State Tort Law | |
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| Duty of Care Requirement | |
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| The Causation Requirement | |
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| General Defense | |
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| Common Tort Situations | |
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| Corporal Punishment | |
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| Premises Liability | |
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| Student Supervision Liability | |
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| Defamation | |
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| Educational Malpractice | |
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| Limitations on Tort Recovery | |
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| Governmental Immunity | |
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| Individual Immunity | |
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| Time and Dollar Limitations | |
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| Cases | |
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| Cirillo v. City of Milwaukee, 150 N.W.2d 460 (Wis. 1967) | |
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| Grant v. Lake Oswego School District No. 7, 515 P.2d 947 (Or. 1973) | |
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| Ayala v. Philadelphia Board of Public Education 305 A.2d 877 (Pa. 1973) | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Equal Opportunity and Antidiscrimination Laws | |
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| Overview of Antidiscrimination Laws | |
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| Constitutional Prohibitions | |
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| Statutory Prohibitions | |
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| Affirmative Action Issues | |
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| Racial and Ethnic Discrimination | |
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| School Segregation | |
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| Student Discrimination | |
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| Teacher Discrimination | |
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| Gender Discrimination | |
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| Defining Gender-Based Discrimination | |
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| Student Discrimination | |
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| Teacher Discrimination | |
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| Persons with Disabilities | |
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| Overview of Pertinent Statutes | |
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| Students with Disabilities | |
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| Teachers with Disabilities | |
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| Aliens | |
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| Alien Children | |
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| Alien Teachers and Employees | |
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| Other Classified Groups | |
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| Language-Deficient Minorities | |
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| Age | |
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| Religion | |
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| Poverty | |
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| General Remedial Statute for Deprivation of Federal Rights, 42 U.S.C. [section] 1983 | |
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| Elements of [section] 1983 Liability | |
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| Liable Parties | |
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| Constitutional and Statutory Remedies for Discrimination | |
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| Background Note--Overlapping Laws | |
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| Availability of Alternative Remedies | |
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| Remedies under State Civil Rights Statutes | |
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| Cases | |
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| Missouri v. Jenkins, 115 S.Ct. 2038 (1995) | |
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| Debra P. by Irene P. v. Turlington, 730 F.2d 1405 (11th Cir. 1984) | |
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| Hendrick Hudson Dist. Bd. of Education v. Rowley 458 U.S. 176 (1982) | |
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| Principal Federal Laws on Equal Opportunity | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Private Education | |
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| Private Schools in American Education | |
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| State Regulation of Private Education | |
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| Teacher Status and Rights | |
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| Contract Rights and Duties | |
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| Student Status and Rights | |
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| Contract Rights | |
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| Student Discipline | |
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| Student Records and Confidentiality | |
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| Antidiscrimination Law in Private Schools | |
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| Background Note | |
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| Statutory Remedies for Private School Discrimination | |
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| State Antidiscrimination Laws | |
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| Tort Liability | |
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| Introductory Note | |
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| Immunity and Dollar Recovery Defenses | |
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| Topical Tort Situations | |
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| Private School Finance | |
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| Background Note | |
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| Forms of Aid to Nonpublic Schools | |
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| Cases | |
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| Geraci v. St. Xavier High School, 3 Ohio Op. 3d 146 (1978) | |
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| Central Catholic Educ. Assn. v. Archdiocese of Portland (1995) | |
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| Agostini v. Felton, 117 S.Ct. (1997) | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Charter Schools | |
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| Legal Status of Charter Schools | |
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| Charter School Legislation | |
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| Charter Grants | |
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| Funding | |
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| Special Issues Raised by Charter School Legislation | |
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| Admissions Criteria | |
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| Curriculum and Teacher Qualifications | |
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| Transportation | |
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| Charter School States | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Table of Cases | |
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| Index | |