Questions tagged [school]
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Could it be illegal to register ones child at state school when one has no intention of sending them?
It is in the news that a "parent action group" on Facebook is encouraging members to register at state schools even if they don't want to take up a place. This is a protest against Labour ...
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What is the legal justification for education staff and/or accompanying police forcing entry to dwellings in the case of truancy?
There is a news article about the crackdown on non-attendance at school. It includes the statement:
Parents have told us about very strict schools actually forcing entry to their homes. Schools are ...
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Is a New York State public school required to provide additional classes for a student who exhausts the school curriculum?
Let's say a student was to complete all of the classes in a particular subject before graduating from a New York public high school. Would said school be required to provide some way for the student ...
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Which law criminalises suspended/former teachers having sex with 16-year old pupils?
A UK school teacher is about to be put in jail for having sex with schoolboys, 15 and 16 years old.
This question is only about the 16-year old part of the story:
The jury was told that it was a ...
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Can your school ban you from sending e-mails? [closed]
My school has banned every student from sending e-mails to each other. I'm not sure if this is a thing that schools are allowed to do or not, but I feel that they shouldn't be able to. Our school is ...
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What are the supply duties of the government for mandatory schooling?
I'm mostly interested in the German jurisdiction but other countries are interesting as well. For all children attending school is mandatory, in Germany this is regulated by states (here is an example ...
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Is it cruel and unusual punishment for animal control to remove a student from a school?
A bill has been introduced in the Oklahoma legislature, aiming to penalize public school students who participate in the therian and otherkin subcultures (people who identify as animals or as ...
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Parents working abroad
Alice and Bob are working abroad in a foreign country. They have a child named Charlie. All three are US citizens with valid US passports. Charlie is 16 years old.
If they decide to sent Charlie back ...
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Is the bus driver forced to break a law when allocated more students than the maximum capacity of the bus?
At the high school I go to, our school district's transportation department (likely due to budget reasons) has allocated more students onto one bus than its maximum capacity, resulting in kids sitting ...
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Adding Previous Tenant's Name to PSEG Bill for School Enrollment
The previous tenant wants me to add her name to my PSEG bill so her daughter can stay in the neighborhood school. It seemed a bit odd to me, any legal red flags I should be aware of?
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Can the school force me to log into my social media accounts?
I live in the UK and go to a public school. Sometimes the school will force students to log into the social media account because there might be some cyberbullying. Is this legal if they have a reason?...
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Can a school district take club funds in New York State?
Consider a high school in New York, with a variety of clubs for different after-school activities. Clubs that need additional funds, such as Theater and Robotics, conduct fundraisers to raise such ...
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Is performing another's duty a valid form of consideration?
Under state law parents have a legal duty to among other things educate minor children until they graduate from high school or an approved equivalent. The state also provides for public schools which ...
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Who has ultimate responsibility for a child who forged their permission slip and is then injured on a school trip?
A school is going on an excursion. The child is given the permission slip to take home and get signed by his legal guardian, but he forges the signature instead. On the excursion, he gets injured. Who ...
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Does any state legislature explicitly prohibit the use of playing cards in school?
I am a Math teacher in a private school in the US. A majority of students consider probability and statistics a very boring topic and tend to focus significantly less compared to other topics. So last ...
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