Texas Teacher Law
"Practical legal advice for classroom teachers. Discussion of current law, court cases, proposed legislation, and commentary on stories in the news."
Author: Pamela Parker is a solo in Austin, Texas. She also writes After Writing.
Blawg Related Categories: Education Law • Intellectual Property Law • Copyright Law • Labor & Employment • States • Texas • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Texas Teacher Law
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Internet Filters At School
We Trust You WIth The Children But Not the Internet, writes the blog Dangerously Irrelevant today. Are filters now a help or a hindrance to teachers. Certainly many schools filter out material that could be…
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The Flu
Seasonal flu hits every year, but this year the concern over the H1N1 flu virus is prompting stronger than usual calls for people to stay home when they are sick, and to stay there until…
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And we thought copy machines were a problem
Okay, copy machines are a problem because they are apparently manufactured with built-in paper jamming software. My reference, though, was to the rampant illegal copyright infringement that occurred when copy machines made it cheap and…
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Elementary Class Size Waivers
State law limits the size of all public k-4 classrooms to no more than 22 students per teacher. So how come so many of these classrooms are larger than that? State law also allows the…
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Health Insurance
Teachers in Texas are veterans at fighting for good health insurance. See what is going on at the federal level right now, in plain language as reported by the Washington Post. 8 Questions About Health…
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Minimum Wage Rises at end of Month
The final increase in the minimum wage, passed into law two years ago, occurs on July 24. The federal minimum wage is set to increase from $6.55 per hour to $7.25 per hour. Hourly school…
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Fundamental Friday - Erasing An Old Criminal Charge
You got arrested. You accepted a deferred adjudication and successfully completed it. And now you’re either about to apply for a job in a new school district, or you’re about to apply for your teaching…
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Tuesday Tasks – Responding to Student Fights
We have fire drills and bus drills and tornado drills for a reason – in an emergency situation, quick, proper response is the key to safety. But emergencies often cause us to panic, which is…
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Arrests and Your Future in Teaching
An arrest or criminal conviction does not automatically knock you out of the teaching field. Although each decision is made individually, if your conviction was many years ago, you’ve been a model citizen since then,…
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Fundamental Friday - Sick Leave
I've been sick with flu most of the last two weeks, and the days I wasn't sick one or more of my kids were sick. So I figured the only possible topic for today is…