A guide for school committees, administrators, and teachers concerning their legal rights and duties in public education in Massachusetts

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston UniversityPLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.DEFINITION OF THE PROBLEM: A. To examine the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and other jurisdictions concerning education through the wording of the statutes and through a study of any factors of common law and/or appellate court decisions which might have an effect upon the interpretation of the statute and/or common law in Massachusetts. B. To synthesize these statutory and/or common law rights or duties, illustrated by court decisions, into a work which will assist school committees and their employees to make on-the-job decisions concerning matters which arise in the course of their daily work and which carry such immediate urgency that they cannot be referred to a legal advisor for an opinion. [TRUNCATED]2031-01-0