D017 School Law - WGU Exam Questions
And Answers
In what state did Horace Mann begin the Common School Movement? - Answer
Massachusetts
Which U.S. Supreme Court decision upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation in
public facilities,
including schools, that infamously came to be known as "separate but equal"? - Answer
Plessy v. Ferguson
Which subgroup of students must schools support when using Title I funding to provide
supplemental
academic programs? - Answer Economically disadvantaged students
Which amendment of the U.S. Constitution limits the practice of religion in schools? -
Answer First Amendment
Which types of meetings are subject to state open meeting laws known as sunshine
laws? - Answer School Board Meetings
What are state legislative bodies responsible for? - Answer Requirements for student
graduation
Which type of educational law has inuenced how a school district develops their
programs for English
learners? - Answer Case law
Which school board practice is often used as a means of ensuring or ignoring the ruling
that "separate but
equal" is unconstitutional? - Answer School attendance zones
Which testing school practice was influenced by Brown v. Board of Education? - Answer
Subgroup data analysis of testing results
What would be the purpose of changing school zone boundaries? - Answer
Desegregation of schools
,Which ruling was violated when students with disabilities were placed in separate
schools? - Answer 14th Amendment
What is the motivation for communities seceding from school districts? - Answer
Circumventing integration
Which amendment does the Lemon test determine violation of? - Answer First
Amendment
Which legal justification is used by some states for the use of public funds to purchase
textbooks for students in parochial schools? - Answer The child benefit theory
Which law provides protection to students who choose to kneel during the Pledge of
Allegiance? - Answer First Amendment
Which law would allow a student worship club to hold after school meetings on a high
school campus, given the school has a limited open forum? - Answer Equal Access Act
A rural elementary school allows a moment of meditation during the first period of the
day. Some students engage in a silent prayer during this period. Teachers express
concern that this period promotes prayer in school.
Based on case law surrounding prayer in schools, how should the administrator
respond? - Answer Continue using the meditation period as is since it is not designed to
promote religion.
Which action do local authorities have the right to take when states maintain control over
curriculum in public schools? - Answer Provide additions to curriculum beyond those
required by the state
What did the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Lau v. Nichols require of public schools? -
Answer That they provide supplemental language instruction to students with limited
English proficiency
Which criterion did Castañeda v. Pickard set for educational programs targeting English
learners? - Answer Programs must be based on research.
Which U.S. Supreme Court case established that schools must provide supplemental
supports to English learners? - Answer Lau v. Nichols
, What is the Tinker test often used for? - Answer To determine a violation of First
Amendment rights
A group of students wore shirts with political messages displayed on them. The principal
received several complaints from parents that evening who demanded they be banned
from wearing clothing with political messages that could be viewed as offensive or
insensitive to specific groups of students at the school.
Which court case ruling should the principal apply in deciding whether to ban students
from wearing clothing with political messages? - Answer Tinker v. Des Moines
Which student rights were found to be violated In the landmark case of T.L.O. v. New
Jersey? - Answer Unreasonable search and seizure
A high school principal gets an anonymous call that several students at the school are
members of rival neighborhood gangs and that tension has severely escalated over the
weekend. The individual is afraid that the conflict will carry into school on Monday
morning and gun violence could ensue. Since the caller did not provide specific names of
students, the principal decided to call the local police department for assistance in
searching every student with metal detectors prior to entering the school for the next
week. Several parents began calling saying that their child was not involved in any of this
and that forcing them to go through a metal detector search was a violation of their
Fourth Amendment rights.
What response should the principal provide in reaction to the parent complaints? -
Answer The use of metal detectors does not violate student Fourth Amendment rights
when the element of danger is adequate and justified.
During lunch, an assistant principal is approached by several students stating that they
saw another student with a knife in his locker. After searching the student's locker, no
knife was found. Considering
that student lockers are explicitly stated as the personal property of students in the
school's handbook, the student's parents were upset that the search took place and
complained that the school violated their child's Fourth Amendment rights. They
continued that they believe the assistant principal only searched his locker due to his
history of discipline issues and his label as a "problem student."
Which assessment of the school's actions is accurate in relation to the student's Fourth
Amendment rights? - Answer The school did not violate the student's Fourth Amendment
rights due to reasonable suspicion.
And Answers
In what state did Horace Mann begin the Common School Movement? - Answer
Massachusetts
Which U.S. Supreme Court decision upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation in
public facilities,
including schools, that infamously came to be known as "separate but equal"? - Answer
Plessy v. Ferguson
Which subgroup of students must schools support when using Title I funding to provide
supplemental
academic programs? - Answer Economically disadvantaged students
Which amendment of the U.S. Constitution limits the practice of religion in schools? -
Answer First Amendment
Which types of meetings are subject to state open meeting laws known as sunshine
laws? - Answer School Board Meetings
What are state legislative bodies responsible for? - Answer Requirements for student
graduation
Which type of educational law has inuenced how a school district develops their
programs for English
learners? - Answer Case law
Which school board practice is often used as a means of ensuring or ignoring the ruling
that "separate but
equal" is unconstitutional? - Answer School attendance zones
Which testing school practice was influenced by Brown v. Board of Education? - Answer
Subgroup data analysis of testing results
What would be the purpose of changing school zone boundaries? - Answer
Desegregation of schools
,Which ruling was violated when students with disabilities were placed in separate
schools? - Answer 14th Amendment
What is the motivation for communities seceding from school districts? - Answer
Circumventing integration
Which amendment does the Lemon test determine violation of? - Answer First
Amendment
Which legal justification is used by some states for the use of public funds to purchase
textbooks for students in parochial schools? - Answer The child benefit theory
Which law provides protection to students who choose to kneel during the Pledge of
Allegiance? - Answer First Amendment
Which law would allow a student worship club to hold after school meetings on a high
school campus, given the school has a limited open forum? - Answer Equal Access Act
A rural elementary school allows a moment of meditation during the first period of the
day. Some students engage in a silent prayer during this period. Teachers express
concern that this period promotes prayer in school.
Based on case law surrounding prayer in schools, how should the administrator
respond? - Answer Continue using the meditation period as is since it is not designed to
promote religion.
Which action do local authorities have the right to take when states maintain control over
curriculum in public schools? - Answer Provide additions to curriculum beyond those
required by the state
What did the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Lau v. Nichols require of public schools? -
Answer That they provide supplemental language instruction to students with limited
English proficiency
Which criterion did Castañeda v. Pickard set for educational programs targeting English
learners? - Answer Programs must be based on research.
Which U.S. Supreme Court case established that schools must provide supplemental
supports to English learners? - Answer Lau v. Nichols
, What is the Tinker test often used for? - Answer To determine a violation of First
Amendment rights
A group of students wore shirts with political messages displayed on them. The principal
received several complaints from parents that evening who demanded they be banned
from wearing clothing with political messages that could be viewed as offensive or
insensitive to specific groups of students at the school.
Which court case ruling should the principal apply in deciding whether to ban students
from wearing clothing with political messages? - Answer Tinker v. Des Moines
Which student rights were found to be violated In the landmark case of T.L.O. v. New
Jersey? - Answer Unreasonable search and seizure
A high school principal gets an anonymous call that several students at the school are
members of rival neighborhood gangs and that tension has severely escalated over the
weekend. The individual is afraid that the conflict will carry into school on Monday
morning and gun violence could ensue. Since the caller did not provide specific names of
students, the principal decided to call the local police department for assistance in
searching every student with metal detectors prior to entering the school for the next
week. Several parents began calling saying that their child was not involved in any of this
and that forcing them to go through a metal detector search was a violation of their
Fourth Amendment rights.
What response should the principal provide in reaction to the parent complaints? -
Answer The use of metal detectors does not violate student Fourth Amendment rights
when the element of danger is adequate and justified.
During lunch, an assistant principal is approached by several students stating that they
saw another student with a knife in his locker. After searching the student's locker, no
knife was found. Considering
that student lockers are explicitly stated as the personal property of students in the
school's handbook, the student's parents were upset that the search took place and
complained that the school violated their child's Fourth Amendment rights. They
continued that they believe the assistant principal only searched his locker due to his
history of discipline issues and his label as a "problem student."
Which assessment of the school's actions is accurate in relation to the student's Fourth
Amendment rights? - Answer The school did not violate the student's Fourth Amendment
rights due to reasonable suspicion.
