School Law Deskbook

Chapter 1 Organization of School Districts

• Section 1.2 State Board of Education
• Section 1.9 Open Meetings Law
• Section 1.11 Charter Schools (New Section)

Chapter 2 Funding and Finances

• Section 2.1 Sources of Revenue
• Section 2.2 Property Taxes
• Section 2.3 State Aid
• Section 2.4 Other Funds
• Section 2.5 Fund Accounting
• Section 2.6 Budgets
• Section 2.7 Collection of Revenue
• Section 2.8 Depositaries and Investment of Surplus Funds
• Section 2.9 Disbursements
• Section 2.10 Financing Obligations
• Section 2.11 Audits

Chapter 3 Contracts

• Section 3.1 Requirements of § 432.070, RSMo
• Section 3.2 Other Requirements

Chapter 4 School Property

• Section 4.1 Purchase or Lease
• Section 4.2 Construction of Facilities
• Section 4.3 Operation of Schools
• Section 4.4 Sale or Lease of Surplus School Property

Chapter 5 Employment Law

• Section 5.1 Hiring
• Section 5.2 Compensation and Terms of Employment
• Section 5.3 Voluntary Leave
• Section 5.4 Involuntary Leave
• Section 5.5 Constitutional Considerations
• Section 5.6 Deprivation of Property or Liberty
• Section 5.7 Personal Freedoms
• Section 5.8 Free Speech Rights
• Section 5.9 Probationary Teachers
• Section 5.10 Permanent Teachers
• Section 5.11 Principals, Assistant Principals, and Other Certificated Employees
• Section 5.12 Non-Certificated Employees
• Section 5.13 Discrimination
• Section 5.14 Federal Statutes
• Section 5.15 Missouri Statutes
• Section 5.16 Employee Organizational Rights
• Section 5.17 Non-Teaching Employees
• Section 5.18 Teachers
• Section 5.19 Strikes and Other Issues
• Section 5.20 Obligation to Bargain in Good Faith (New Section)

Chapter 6 Student and Parent Rights and Responsibilities

• Section 6.1 Free Public School Education
• Section 6.2 Compulsory Attendance Laws
• Section 6.3 Home Schooling
• Section 6.4 Residency Requirements and Tuition
• Section 6.5 Assignment to Particular Schools
• Section 6.6 Desegregation
• Section 6.7 Non-Discrimination Statutes
• Section 6.8 Students With Disabilities
• Section 6.9 Student Records
• Section 6.10 No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (New Section)
• Section 6.11 Every Student Succeeds Act (New Section)

Chapter 7 Control and Discipline

• Section 7.1 General School Authority
• Section 7.2 Corporal Punishment
• Section 7.3 Suspension
• Section 7.4 Expulsion
• Section 7.5 Academic Sanctions
• Section 7.6 First Amendment Speech in Schools
• Section 7.7 Symbolic Speech and Demonstrations
• Section 7.8 Student Newspapers and Other Publications
• Section 7.9 Dress Code
• Section 7.10 Generally
• Section 7.11 Drug Testing

Chapter 8 Liabilities and Immunities

• Section 8.1 In General
• Section 8.2 Qualified Immunity of School Officials
• Section 8.3 No Immunity for School Boards
• Section 8.4 School District (Sovereign Immunity)
• Section 8.5 Board Members and Administrators (Official Immunity)
• Section 8.6 Teachers
• Section 8.7 Principals

Chapter 9 Church and State

• Section 9.1 Federal Law
• Section 9.2 Missouri Law
• Section 9.3 Use of Church Facilities by Public Schools
• Section 9.4 Release Time Programs
• Section 9.5 Prayer
• Section 9.6 Religious Studies
• Section 9.7 Distribution or Use of Religious Materials
• Section 9.8 Christmas Concerts and Celebration of Religious Holidays
• Section 9.9 Generally
• Section 9.10 Use of Facilities by Outside Groups
• Section 9.11 Public Aid to Religious or Sectarian Institutions
• Section 9.12 Textbooks
• Section 9.13 Transportation
• Section 9.14 Teachers
• Section 9.15 Tuition Assistance