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2. Define "Affirmative Action"
3. Define Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972.
TERMS:
De jure segregation: separation of individuals or groups and esp. racial groups
Summary Judgment: a formal decision or determination on a matter or case by a court
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Chapter EIGHT Questions
1. How are public schools in Nebraska financed?
3. School Boards are responsible for administration and management of annual budgets for the public school districts.
6. Funds for capital expenditures (major building, school plant improvement) are obtained from Bond Issues.
TERMS:
Block grant: an unrestricted federal grant
Equity: justice according to fairness esp. as distinguished from mechanical application of rules
Fiscal: of or relating to taxation, public revenues, or public debt or relating to financial matters
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Chapter NINE Questions
2. Within the State of Nebraska, can a public school employee be a member of a board of education? Be sure to cite the source to support your argument.
1 Haskins v. State ex rel. Harrington, 516 P.2d 1171 (Wyo. 1973)
6. Teachers who practice their religion at a school create difficult Constitutional problems? WHY?
7. Are there any age restrictions on a teacher's desire to continue teaching beyond their 85th birthday?
TERMS:
License a right or permission granted by a competent authority (as of a government or a business) to engage in some business or occupation, do some act, or engage in some transaction which would be unlawful without such right or permission
Liability:accountability and responsibility to another enforceable by civil remedies or criminal sanctions
Ex post facto: after the fact: "retroactively"
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Chapter TEN Questions
3. Define contract:
6. Who is responsible for assignment of employees?
7. Define tenure.
Chapter ELEVEN Questions
1. Define "collective bargaining"
7. What happens when "collective bargaining" fails?
8. Define arbitration
TERMS:
Fiat justitia: is a Latin legal phrase, translating to "let justice be done, though the heavens fall."
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Corpus juris:a comprehensive collection of the law of a judicial system or of a country or jurisdiction
Quid pro quo: something (as consideration) given or received for something else
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