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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED208520 AUTHOR: Kehoe, E.; And Others
TITLE: The Impact of Legal-Administrative Processes on Local
Schools.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1981
NOTE: 52 p.
AVAILABILITY: Center for Educational Policy and Management,
College of Education, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403
($1.75).
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this paper is to set forth the
rationale for attempting research on the impact of legal
administrative processes on human resource management in
schools. The term "legal-administrative processes" refers
both to laws affecting schools and to the administration of
those laws. Laws, standards, and funded programs generated
by state legislatures, the courts, and administrative
agencies are examined. The paper discusses legal
administrative processes affecting three areas: the
composition of the educator labor force (affected by laws
concerning certification, affirmative action, and teacher
and administrator training programs); employer-employee
relationships (affected by collective bargaining and laws
governing fair dismissal and tenure); and interaction of
school personnel, citizens, and local governmental agencies
(affected by laws concerning alternative school programs,
attendance, open meetings or parent-citizen involvement in
school-site councils). The authors are especially concerned
with the way the laws, guidelines, and funded programs in
each area influence decisions about the mix of personnel in
the district; working relationships among school personnel;
the hiring, firing, transfer, and utilization of personnel;
and the classroom agenda and use of resources and incentives
to improve student achievement. (Author/JM)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Collective-Bargaining; Elementary-Secondary
Education; Employer-Employee-Relationship; Government-Role;
Personnel-Management; School-Community-Relationship; School
Law; Teacher-Certification; Teacher-Characteristics; Teacher
Selection
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Educational-Legislation; *Government
School-Relationship; *Research-Needs; *School
Administration; *State-Legislation; *State-School-District
Relationship
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