American Public School Law

M. David Alexander, Virginia Tech

Klint Alexander, University of Wyoming College of Law

Kern Alexander, Illinois

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The tenth edition of this book explains and updates the main legal precedents and developments in American K-12 education, incorporating a thorough analysis of the principals and rules that govern the operation of America’s schools. It is authoritative and multi-layered, examining the wealth of case law impacting public school systems and the roles that school administrators, teachers, and students play in public education. Some of the major topics covered in the previous edition of this book have been revised and updated given the substantial changes in the law handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court, federal appellate courts, and various state supreme courts in recent years. Those topics include school choice, student and faculty speech and expression, school liability, curriculum control and development, search and seizure, employment discrimination, the rights of students with disabilities, religion in public schools, race and discrimination, and school finance, to name just a few. The tenth edition captures the essence of the ideological and directional shift by the U.S. Supreme Court during the past two decades and highlights the major changes that have taken place in the area of public school law since the publication of the previous edition of this book in 2019.

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