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Performance appraisals, contract disputes, campus transfers, student discipline, parent complaints, duty-free lunch, leave policies, salary concerns, child abuse, and many other day-to-day challenges are all examples of the issues that TCTA staff attorney’s have successfully managed for members.

TCTA’s A-Z is a quick reference member resource that answers teachers most commonly asked questions regarding legal issues.

 

About TCTA's Legal staff

Appraisals

Ask-A-Lawyer

Assaults by students

Child abuse

Class Size

Confidentiality issues: FERPA, tests, student files

Contracts

Copyright pitfalls

Corporal punishment

Downloadable legal documents
(student discipline)

Duty-free lunch

Electronic devices in the classroom

Expulsions; removal of students

First Amendment Rights

FLSA for paraprofessionals

Grievances

Job Postings

Leave
(assault, military, personal, sick) 

Legal advice columns

Length of school year/day

Nepotism

Paperwork Reduction

Parental Rights

PDAS

Planning and preparation time

Professional liability insurance

Reduction in force

Required notices to teachers

Restraint of students

Single-Sex education

Students who harm their peers

Staff development

Students grading papers

Talking to school board members

Teacher grading authority

Teacher liability for textbooks, technology

Transfers, reassignments

 

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