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School Law Brain Buster

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. The school has no responsibility for students who arrive on campus before the school day begins when parents know that the school will not be open.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

2. The school is not responsible for any injury sustained when children return to school grounds after the school day has ended.

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe

3.

3. School officials are not responsible for hazing incidents after school hours.

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe

4.

4. Schools may be liable for student injury at a bus stop.

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe

5.

5. Since church and state issues must remain separate, a teacher or the principal can disallow a student from passing out religious pamphlets to classmates at school.

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe

6.

6. The school can observe the Christmas season by allowing classes to present pageants, plays and recitals.

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe

7.

7. Student sponsored prayer can legally be offered at graduation ceremonies if the school does not know anything about it.

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe

8.

8. Prayer cannot be offered at governmental meetings.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe

9.

9. Cheerleaders across the country may display religious banners at football games.

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe

10.

10. Students can be prohibited from drawings that depict violence when asked to express themselves through a class activity or assignment.

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe

11.

11. Digitizing student records may violate the confidentiality of students’ personal information.

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe

12.

12. The principal can legally search a student’s vehicle if he/she has been informed that the student has illegal substances in the vehicle.

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe

13.

13. A teacher should never engage in a strip search of a student.

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe

14.

14. The school can legally require drug testing of student athletes.

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe

15.

15. Failure to follow district policies/procedures may form the grounds for insubordination.

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe

16.

16. Students are not necessarily entitled to due process before corporal punishment is administered.

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe

17.

17. A teacher may not be held liable for damaging statements made about a student to another party which are true.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

18. Since teachers have First Amendment rights, they can express themselves on social media without any restrictions.

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe

19.

19. The school is not responsible if a student goes into the chemistry lab, unauthorized, mixes chemicals and sustains serious injury.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

20. A teacher can be dismissed when there is evidence of homosexual behavior.

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe

21.

21. A teacher can only be dismissed for “unfitness” if he/she is convicted of a criminal activity.

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe

22.

22. A single teacher may not necessarily be dismissed for dating a student.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

23. Insubordination is only established when there is a pattern involving failure to follow a reasonable administrative directive.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

24. A teacher can speak out on any issue he/she wishes to speak on outside of the school day without penalty by the district.

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe

25.

25. A male and female teacher may not live together if they wish to retain their employment position with a school district.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

26. Harassment can only occur between persons of the opposite sex.

a)

True

b)

False