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4395
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Higher education legislation that did not pass the 1999 North Carolina General Assembly was of more interest than what did. Legislation authorizing sale of $3 billion in university and community college bonds could not be agreed upon. Items passed dealt with appropriations, salaries, student aid and tuition, and authorization to community colleges to establish a campus police force.
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4396
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Heightened concern about school violence led the 1999 North Carolina General Assembly to make statutory changes in assault, firearm possession, and explosives legislation. Other educational legislation enacted dealt with alternative schools, students with special needs, charter schools, and appropriations. The General Assembly also directed studies to be conducted on violent students, differentiated diplomas, and transportation for students with special needs.
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4397
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Legislation passed by the 1999 North Carolina General Assembly on public school employment dealt with salaries, teacher certification, dismissal provisions, leave, reporting sexual harassment, improper sexual relations, and improving instructional conditions for teachers.
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4503
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A ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of New Jersey v. T.L.O. held that public school students are protected by the Fourth Amendment from school officials' unreasonable searches. The court also ruled that warrants or probable causes were not necessary to conduct a search. However, any search must be reasonable. Shepard examines factors courts feel are important in the application of the T.L.O. standard.
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4504
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School violence is increasing. In 1992, 500 students in North Carolina were suspended because they brought guns to school. Twenty-four used the guns and were arrested. Schill examines court interpretations of the constitutional duty of school personnel to protect students from violent acts of other students.
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5197
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The original purpose of the federal Equal Access Act was \"to ensure that student-initiated religious groups could use public secondary schools during noninstructional time on the same basis as other student groups.\" The act also protects other student groups who wish to discuss a wide range of topics, including homosexuality. Spiggle discusses the Equal Access Act, how it functions in protecting student- initiated groups, and what school officials must consider in determining whether or not their school is covered by the act.
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5302
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North Carolina's General Assembly faced financial problems in the 2001 session. Still the legislators supported \"ongoing and new programs to improve student learning and achievement.\" Mesibov discusses educational legislation including promotion decisions; continuing low-performing schools; and authority to suspend for 365 days for reporting threats of terrorism, bombs, or hoaxes.
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5303
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Legislation passed by the 2001 North Carolina General Assembly on public school employment dealt with licensure and professional development; recruiting, hiring, and leave; grievances and appeals; and sexual harassment.
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5304
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While the 2001 North Carolina General Assembly passed legislation affecting appropriations and salaries, and students and academic programs, the most controversial item was a call to study the thirty-year-old governing structure of the university system. Our former governors spoke against it, but the legislature went ahead and established a commission to conduct the study.
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5466
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The Confederate flag is viewed as heritage by some, a symbol of hate by others. When this symbol appears on school grounds, how should administrators react? Alford discusses the \"legal implications of a school board's decision to prohibit a display of Confederate symbols.\" She also analyzes several federal circuit court Confederate cases and discusses how \"this body of law applies to North Carolina schools.\"
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5480
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In 1994, a group of poor school districts filed a lawsuit against the state, charging failure to provide sufficient funding to educate their students. The North Carolina Supreme Court's ruling recognized that under the state constitution children have a right to a \"sound basic education.\" Coll examines three extensive superior court rulings on this right and how the state's educational future might be affected by them.
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5536
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In order to address pressing problems and issues concerning students, teachers, and schools, the North Carolina Association of Educators has proposed a variety of legislative and policy changes.
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5819
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Mesibov and Joyce discuss educational legislation of the 2002 North Carolina General Assembly, including financial, student testing, and purchasing and contracts. Areas of school employment, including pay, licensure, and conditions of employment, are also discussed.
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5820
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Joyce discusses laws passed by the 2002 North Carolina General Assembly pertaining to higher education, including appropriations and salaries, community college governance, and UNC governance.
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6536
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Mesibov and Joyce discuss educational legislation of the 2003 North Carolina General Assembly, including appropriations, improving student performance and opportunities, volunteer records, charter schools, and purchasing and contracting.
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