Allan G. G. Osborne & Charles Russo 
Discipline in Special Education [EPUB ebook] 

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. Education and the American Legal System
Introduction
Sources of Law
Court Systems
Legal Resources and References
Understanding Legal Citations
Summary
References
2. Discipline in the Public Schools
Introduction
Student Rights and School Punishments
Due Process
The Fourth Amendment Rights of Students
Summary
References
3. Laws Affecting Discipline for Students With Disabilities
Introduction
Statutes Relevant to Students With Disabilities
Early Case Law
Amendments to the IDEA
Summary
References
4. Removal of Students From General Educational Settings
Introduction
Authority of School Personnel
Functional Behavioral Assessments and Behavior Intervention Plans
Expulsions of Students With Disabilities
Suspensions of Students With Disabilities
Manifestation Determinations
Hearings to Challenge Manifestation Determinations
Summary
References
5. Transfers to More Restrictive Settings
Introduction
Changes in Placement to More Restrictive Environments
Transfers to Interim Alternative Placements for Weapon or Drug Violations or Infliction of Serious Bodily Injuries
Injunctions to Remove Dangerous and/or Disruptive Students
Summary
References
6. Other Disciplinary Considerations
Minor Disciplinary Sanctions
Rights of Students Not Yet Identified as Having Disabilities
Rights of Former Special Education Students
Effect on the Juvenile Court and Law Enforcement Agencies
Summary
References
7. Conclusions and Recommendations for Practice
Introduction
Required Due Process
Manifestation Determination
Emergency Removals
Summary
References
Resource A: Provisions of the IDEA Relevant to Discipline
Resource B: IDEA Regulations Relevant to Discipline
Resource C: Honig v. Doe
Resource D: Useful Education Law Web Sites
Resource E: Glossary of Terms, Acronyms, and Abbreviations
Index

Charles J. Russo, JD, Ed D, is the Joseph Panzer Chair in Education in the School of Education and Allied Professions and adjunct professor in the School of Law at the University of Dayton. He was the 1998–1999 president of the Education Law Association and 2002 recipient of its Mc Ghehey (Achievement) Award. He has authored or coauthored more than 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals; has authored, coauthored, edited, or coedited 40 books; and has in excess of 800 publications. Russo also speaks extensively on issues in education law in the United States and abroad.Along with having spoken in 33 states and 25 nations on 6 continents, Russo has taught summer courses in England, Spain, and Thailand; he also has served as a visiting professor at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane and the University of Newcastle, Australia; the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; South East European University, Macedonia; the Potchefstroom Campus of North-West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa; the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and the University of São Paulo, Brazil. He regularly serves as a visiting professor at the Potchefstroom Campus of North-West University.Before joining the faculty at the University of Dayton as professor and chair of the Department of Educational Administration in July 1996, Russo taught at the University of Kentucky in Lexington from August 1992 to July 1996 and at Fordham University in his native New York City from September 1989 to July 1992. He taught high school for 8½ years before and after graduation from law school. He received a BA (classical civilization) in 1972, a JD in 1983, and an Ed D (educational administration and supervision) in 1989 from St. John’s University in New York City. He also received a master of divinity degree from the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Huntington, New York, in 1978, as well as a Ph D Honoris Causa from the Potchefstroom Campus of North-West University, South Africa, in May 2004 for his contributions to the field of education law.