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The Repudiation Of Plato: A Lawyer's Guide To The Educational Rights Of Handicapped Children, Robert E. Shepherd Jr. Jan 1979

The Repudiation Of Plato: A Lawyer's Guide To The Educational Rights Of Handicapped Children, Robert E. Shepherd Jr.

University of Richmond Law Review

Plato's solution for the handicapped children of Athens advanced some 2400 years ago was rejected by the Supreme Court of the United States in famous dictum in Meyer v. Nebraska as being "ideas. . . wholly different from those upon which our institutions rest .... " However, it took about half a century for the ultimate repudiation of the ideas espoused by the great philosopher as the Supreme Court's 1923 dictum finally bore fruit in federal court decisions establishing a constitutional right to education for handicapped children and in a congressional definition of such a right in the Education for …

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The Family Educational Rights And Privacy Act Two Years Later, Katherine Cudlipp Jan 1976

The Family Educational Rights And Privacy Act Two Years Later, Katherine Cudlipp

University of Richmond Law Review

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, the so called Buckley Amendment, grants parents the right to inspect all records that schools maintain on their children and to challenge any contents they believe are inaccurate or misleading. The Act also requires that parents consent before information from school records is released to those outside specified educational categories. Once a student reaches eighteen years of age or enters a postsecondary educational institution, he assumes these rights in his parents' stead. The penalty for failure of an educational system or institution to comply with the law is loss of all …

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Tax Reform And The Voluntary Support Of Higher Education, Sheldon Elliot Steinbach Jan 1974

Tax Reform And The Voluntary Support Of Higher Education, Sheldon Elliot Steinbach

University of Richmond Law Review

Since colonial times voluntary support has been a major factor in the financing of American higher education. It is estimated by the Council for Financial Aid to Education that the total voluntary support of institutions of higher education in 1971-72 was slightly over $2 billion. This represents an increase of $160 million or 8.6% over the $1.8 billion received in 1970-71.2 Private philanthropy is not limited to private colleges but is increasingly being extended to state-controlled institutions so that in 1971-72 such state-controlled institutions received over 21% of the total voluntary support to higher education. The financial plight of colleges …

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Teacher Malpractice, Richard S. Vacca Jan 1974

Teacher Malpractice, Richard S. Vacca

University of Richmond Law Review

Over the years, many classroom teachers in public schools have assumed'that as employees of local school boards, they were not subject to tort liability for injuries suffered by their students. Only those teachers who have found themselves a party to litigation involving an injured student ever fully recognized just how legally vulnerable teachers are to such actions.

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Disparity In Financing Public Education: Is There An Alternative To Rodriguez? Jan 1973

Disparity In Financing Public Education: Is There An Alternative To Rodriguez?

University of Richmond Law Review

Revenues necessary to fund public education are generated by a system of school financing in general use throughout the United States. Basically, funds are derived from three sources: federal aid, state aid, and some form of local ad valorem tax on property, as determined by assessed values. Even though the percentages supplied by each source vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, each system appears to have one common denominator- a major portion of its operating fund is supplied by taxation of property situated within the school district or local unit of government. Obviously, a district with high property values can generate …

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Recent Legislation, J. Rodney Johnson Jan 1972

Recent Legislation, J. Rodney Johnson

University of Richmond Law Review

The 1972 session of the General Assembly was especially active in the areas of wills, trusts, and estates. Much of this legislation deals with fine points not affecting the average lawyer in his practice. However, the following items of legislation should be of general interest to the attorney whose practice involves probate work or estate planning, even though he does not hold himself out as a specialist in these areas.

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In Aid Of Public Education: An Analysis Of The Education Article Of The Virginia Constitution Of 1971, Hullihen W. Moore Jan 1971

In Aid Of Public Education: An Analysis Of The Education Article Of The Virginia Constitution Of 1971, Hullihen W. Moore

University of Richmond Law Review

Thomas Jefferson recognized the need for promoting adequate public education in Virginia's constitution in the late eighteenth century. Since 1867 education has been a significant part of Virginia's fundamental law, and, as such, the constitutional provisions relating to education have required much time and thought throughout their development. It is the purpose of this article not only to analyze the Education Article of the Virginia Constitution of 1971, but also to ascertain if these provisions provide the needed impetus for quality public education in Virginia.

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Taxation- Deductibility Of Contributions To Segregated Private School Jan 1970

Taxation- Deductibility Of Contributions To Segregated Private School

University of Richmond Law Review

Brown v. Board of Education set the stage for an extensive series of activities designed to circumvent the Court's intention to abolish segregated public education. However legally futile many of these endeavors have become, there remains one instrument of education over which the fourteenth amendment is powerless: the private school. Since tuition alone inevitably fails to generate sufficient revenue to fund the necessary expenses of construction and operation, private charitable contributions are needed, and are encouraged by their deductibility for federal income, as well as estate and gift tax purposes.

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Recent Legislation Jan 1970