Exploration of Legal and Ethical Principles for School Counselors by Hallie Deschamps https://padlet.com/hdeschamps/9kpsgyprcp02 Hallie Deschamps, EDG 6305- Legal and Ethical Practices, Module 1 en-us 2019-01-14 16:19:10 UTC 2025-11-24 16:39:35 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png Professional Perspective hdeschamps https://padlet.com/hdeschamps/9kpsgyprcp02/wish/320376198 After completing the Masters of Education in Guidance and Counseling, I hope to be employed as a school counselor in a classical charter school catering to the needs of a small K-12 campus.

("ASU," 2012).]]> 2019-01-14 16:26:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hdeschamps/9kpsgyprcp02/wish/320376198 References hdeschamps https://padlet.com/hdeschamps/9kpsgyprcp02/wish/320385639 ASU [Digital image]. 2012. Retrieved from http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/103kkcn.com/files/2012/05/asu.jpg
Bosher, W. C., Kaminski, K. R., Vacca, R. S. (2004). The School Law Handbook: What Every Leader Needs to Know. Alexandria, Va: Assoc. for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Plecnik, J. T. (2007). Equal access to public education: An examination of the state constitutional & statutory rights of nonpublic students to participate in public school programs on a part-time basis in North Carolina & across the nation. Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights, 13(1), 1. Retrieved from https://easydb.angelo.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=tih&AN=31852841&site=eds-live
Sawchuk, S. (2018, December 11). Is the time right to make education a constitutional right? Education Week. Retrieved from https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/12/12/is-the-time-right-to-make-education.html?print=1
Schmidt, T. (2014, May 5). Part-time enrollment policies. Retrieved from https://hslda.org/content/hs/state/in/201405050.asp
Walsh, M. (2018, July 17). Trump rescinds Obama-era guidance on diversity at schools. Education Week. Retrieved from https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/07/18/trump-rescinds-obama-era-guidance-on-diversity-at.html
]]> 2019-01-14 16:40:19 UTC https://padlet.com/hdeschamps/9kpsgyprcp02/wish/320385639 Exploration Option 4, Slide 1 - The School Law Handbook: What Every Leader Needs to Know (Bosher, Kaminski, & Vacca, 2004.) hdeschamps https://padlet.com/hdeschamps/9kpsgyprcp02/wish/321311983 The first issue explored school safety and the use of searches by administration and school resource officers (SRO). As described by Bosher, Kaminski, & Vacca (2004), in the case of New Jersey v. T. L. O., the legal standard was set for administrators to rightly search students based on reasonable suspicion. Importantly, SRO retain police standards of needing probable cause in order to search students. In all instances, both administrators and SRO may search students without either reasonable suspicion or probable cause if given personal permission.]]> 2019-01-16 16:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hdeschamps/9kpsgyprcp02/wish/321311983 Research Interest: Part-Time Admission of Students hdeschamps https://padlet.com/hdeschamps/9kpsgyprcp02/wish/321325957 As a former homeschooler who experienced turmoil involving part-time admission, researching the legality behind this issue proved of great personal interest. I am interested to see what monetary, ethical, and legal issues persist in an age of growing school choice. ]]> 2019-01-16 16:51:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hdeschamps/9kpsgyprcp02/wish/321325957 Exploration Option 3, Slide 1 - Education Week hdeschamps https://padlet.com/hdeschamps/9kpsgyprcp02/wish/321744701 A news article in Education Week (Walsh, 2018) describes the current president's decision to abrogate a set of guidance documents created by the Obama administration. Trump's Departments of Justice and Education declare the documents, which support the accounting of race in school and college placement, to go above the requirements of the Constitution and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Walsh, 2018). The president of the Center for Equal Opportunity, Roger Clegg, supports the rescinding of the documents which, in his opinion, support bad law and policy (Walsh, 2018). Others, such as John B. King, the former second education secretary for Obama, believes that the guidance documents helped support the promise of Brown v. Board of Education with it's innovative suggestions for the advancement of diversity (Walsh, 2018).]]> 2019-01-17 15:55:08 UTC https://padlet.com/hdeschamps/9kpsgyprcp02/wish/321744701 Exploration Option 4, Slide 2 - The School Law Handbook: What Every Leader Needs to Know (Bosher, Kaminski, & Vacca, 2004). hdeschamps https://padlet.com/hdeschamps/9kpsgyprcp02/wish/321769004 The second issue evolved around part-time admission of students in public schools. At times, families elect for private or homeschool education and later find a lack of activities in these environments. For this reason, they may look to public schools to fill gaps. In most cases, the decision of whether to admit part-time admission falls on the shoulders of local school boards instead of state lawmakers (Bosher, Kaminski, & Vacca, 2004).]]> 2019-01-17 16:32:32 UTC https://padlet.com/hdeschamps/9kpsgyprcp02/wish/321769004 Exploration Option 3, Slide 2 - Education Week hdeschamps https://padlet.com/hdeschamps/9kpsgyprcp02/wish/321770203 Sawchuk (2018), questions the timing of the lawsuit, a class action against Rhode Island, which argues the Constitutional right of education given that it is prerequisite to other Constitutional provisions such as voting, free speech, and jury service. Though the U.S. Supreme Court may not be politically aligned to favorably look upon the case, Sawchuk (2018) believes that the social context of today's political atmosphere may bring positive outcomes. The trending public outcry for deeper civic education mimics the lawsuit, providing a public force behind the case.]]> 2019-01-17 16:34:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hdeschamps/9kpsgyprcp02/wish/321770203 Researching Part-Time Admission of Students hdeschamps https://padlet.com/hdeschamps/9kpsgyprcp02/wish/322404627 Within the Angelo State University Library, a search of the topic brought the following peer-reviewed article in which the author, John T. Plecknik, explores the rights of of nonpublic students to participate in public school programs (.]]> 2019-01-19 15:44:51 UTC https://padlet.com/hdeschamps/9kpsgyprcp02/wish/322404627 Researching Part-Time Admission of Students hdeschamps https://padlet.com/hdeschamps/9kpsgyprcp02/wish/322405053 From the Home School Legal and Defense Association, the attorney, TJ Schmidt, discusses Indiana law and a change of bylaws by the Indiana High School Athletic Association that permits home school students to participate in public school programs (Schmidt, 2014).]]> 2019-01-19 15:50:08 UTC https://padlet.com/hdeschamps/9kpsgyprcp02/wish/322405053 Part-Time Admission of Students hdeschamps https://padlet.com/hdeschamps/9kpsgyprcp02/wish/322408646 No longer a minor fringe group, the number of nonpublic students continues to rise as school choice remains a hot-topic among families of school-age children (Plecnik, 2007). Many nonpublic students look to public schools to fill in gaps that exist in their choice of academic setting. Some of these gaps may include AP courses and extracurricular activities such as musical programs or athletics. The decision of whether to allow part-time admission to nonpublic school students stirs up “financial, educational, political, and philosophical issues” (Bosher, Kaminski, & Vacca, 2004, p.137). 

The decision of part-time admission is localized, often falling to school administrators and school boards. Local educators must engage in the discussions of part-time admittance and take in consideration the positive and negative ramifications of allowing additions of nonpublic students to public programming. In Indiana, the debate surges as Indiana law allows part-time admission to public schools upon the schools local permission (Schmidt, 2014). In North Carolina, Plecnik (2007) explains “there is a strong legal argument that [part-time admittance] exclusion is not only inequitable, but impermissible under the constitutional and statutory schemes in North Carolina” (p. 9). The localization of decision-making allows educators to be a large voice in their school corporations. As leaders in equity and morality, educators must think deeply on this issue and its effects.

For administrators and school counselors, the admittance of part-time students also raises questions about what services will be delivered to them as part of the student-body. Will they be included in the formation of GPA and class-rank? Will they be held to behavior and discipline expectations? What administrative burden is realistic with addition of part-time students? How do they fit into the comprehensive guidance curriculum? These questions give a sample of what considerations must be made upon allowing part-time admittance.
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