School business officials (SBOs) must, in many respects, serve as all
things to all people in their workplaces. Put another way, SBOs must be
knowledgeable about a wide range of legal issues ranging from contracts
to setting policy to state biding laws let alone constitutional matters
involving the rights of students and teachers. Aware of the fact that
issues involving the law are at the heart of many of a SBO's duties, the
chapters in this edited book have been written by a diverse array of
individuals with experience as educational leaders in schools and/ or
who possess significant expertise in the School Law. In light of the
need to keep SBOs up-to-date on many issues in the ever changing world
of Education Law, this volume is divided into two parts. The first
section deals with issues that primarily impact on the management of
schools while the second deals with the rights of students and teachers.
More specifically, each of the chapters is designed to examine a
specific area about which SBOs need information. While no single book
can ever hope to cover all of the myriad of legal topics that SBOs and
other educational leaders must master in their professional lives, this
book will serve as an up-to-date and ready source of information to help
keep them abreast of the many changes in the ever evolving area of
School Law.
