Deck 2: Legal Considerations for Public Schools

Question 1

What is a "manifestation determination?"

Answer 1

not answered

Question 2

Records about the effectiveness of disciplinary procedures need only be kept infrequently.
Short Answer

Answer 2

False

Question 3

A manifestation determination is a review of .

A) Possible interim alternative educational settings for a student
B) The effectiveness of an intervention in correcting a target behavior
C) The relationship between a student's disability and misconduct
D) The danger posed by a given child to the school community

Answer 3

C

Question 4

In general, what are rules for suspending students with disabilities?

Question 5

In Goss v. Lopez, the Supreme Court held that students .

A) Have due process rights when disciplinary procedures such as suspension are used
B) Do not have constitutional rights under any circumstance
C) Are not entitled to share their side of the story when suspensions are used
D) May or may not have due process rights in the event of suspension depending on state laws

Question 6

Prior to IDEA '97, the discipline of students with disabilities was governed by rulings in numerous lower court cases concerned with that issue.

Question 7

When students are suspended for more than 10 days, the school must:

A) Provide a free public education for the student in an IAES.
B) Arrange a formal hearing (with advance notice of time, place, and procedure).
C) Give an oral or written notice of charges and an opportunity to respond to charges.
D) The school has no particular obligations in this situation.
True/False

Question 8

A student with disabilities who brings a weapon to school may be placed in an interim alternative educational setting for up to ??days.

A) 15
B) 25
C) 35
D) 45

Question 9

Students have a right to due process even if their liberties and property interests are not threatened.

Question 10

Formal notices and hearings are required for suspensions of days or longer.

A) 5
B) 10
C) 12
D) 20

Question 11

Under the concept of in loco parentis, teachers are permitted to discipline students in addition to teaching them.

Question 12

What were the main disciplinary provisions of IDEA 2004?

Question 13

In schools, procedural due process entails basic protections such as notice and hearing.

Question 14

Under IDEA 2004, teachers may use procedures such as time-out and detention whenever they wish, regardless of students' IEP goals.