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Volumes I - X Index
Volumes I - X Index	This is a combined index for all issues of Volumes I - X

Published 4 times each year �
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Volume X - 2009-10 School Year
Volume X, Issue 1 - Fall 2009	What to Do When Divorced or Separated Parents Cannot Agree, Did You Know? - Legal Department Changes, Beware of Copyright Infringements, Change in Student Records Law
Volume X, Issue 3 - Spring 2010	Social Networking Sites, Status of Mediation - Bradley Desegregation Case, E-mail and the Public Records Law, New School Board Policy Manual


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Volume X, Issue 2 - Winter 2009	More About When Parents Cannot Agree, The Establishment Clause - Religion in Public Schools, Contract Provisions - Must Haves, Parental Releases in Question, Did You Know? Confidential Student Information
Volume X, Issue 4 - School Year End 2010	Differentiated Accountability In a Nutshell, Student Restraint and Secured Seclusion - Federal and State Update


Volume IX, 2008-09 School Year
Volume IX, Issue 1 - Fall 2008	Reporting Arrests, Anti-bullying Policy in Development, Off-Campus Student Misconduct via the Internet, Presence of School Officials at Child Protective Investigations, It's Election Time, Standing for the Pledge - Update
Volume IX, Issue 3 - Spring 2009	Confidentiality of Criminal History Reports, School-based Decision-making, Communicating by e-mail and Use of Electronic Resources, Are my Personal E-mails Private? Free Tax Preparations and Information on EITC


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Volume IX Issue 2 - Winter 2008	Amendments to American with Disabilities Act, Board Policy Rewrite - Update, Holiday Displays, Interscholastic Extracurricular Activities, Bullying Policy Adopted
Volume IX, Issue 4 - School Year End 2009	Posting Student Information on School Websites, Brass Knuckles, Fair Debt Collection Practices, Teacher's Authority and Responsibility for the Control of Their Students


Volume VIII, 2007-08 School Year
Volume VIII, Issue 1 - Fall 2007	Yikes, I've Been served with a subpoena!, Bus Videos and School Surveillance Tapes - Student Records or Law Enforcement Record? Or Both?, Charter Schools - A Primer, School Board Adpots New Policy Governing Access to High School Students Regarding Postsecondary Opportunities
Volume VIII, Issue 3 - Spring 2008	Another Exception to Tinker - Disciplining Threats of Mass Violence, Expanded Benefits Under Family and Medical Leave Act, Social Security Numbers - Collection and Disclosure, I refuse to answer on the grounds that it might tend to incriminate me


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Volume VIII, Issue 2 - Winter 2007	ESE Rules Updated, Free Speech, Free Speech Rights of Public Employees, Free Speech Rights of Public School Students, Employee Responsibility for Retaining E-mails
Volume VIII, Issue 4 - School Year End 2008	Reporting of Absences by All Employees, The Problem With Airsoft Guns, Employee Responsibility for Lost or Stolen Equipment, How to Handle the Absent Parent, Raffles and Games of Chance


Volume VII, 2006-07 School Year
Volume VII, Issue 1 - Fall 2006	Investigation of School Board Employees for Child Abuse, Abandonment or Neglect, Handling Custody Disputes at School, Focus on the Supreme Court, Student Searches and Seizures
Volume VII, Issue 3 - Spring 2007	School Board Liability for Injury or Death Resulting from Accidents at Dangerous Locations, Violations on School Property and Trespassing, Contracts with the School Disctrict Part I - The Basics, Legal Department At Your Service


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Volume VII, Issue 2 - Winter 2006	Standing for the Pledge, Tis the Season, Student Non-Curriculum Clubs and the Equal Access Act - Overview of the Law, Posting and Distribution of Non-School Materials
Volume VII, Issue 4 - School Year End 2007	Contracts with the School District - Part II: Who has the Authority to Enter into Contracts for the School Board?, Disposal of Surplus Property, Protection from Disclosure of Certain Confidential and Exempt Information in Personnel Files, Changes to Jessica Lunsford Act


Volume VI, 2005-06 School Year
Volume VI, Issue 1 - Fall 2005	Student Records - Right to Privacy, Family Matters - Communicating With Parents, Confidentiality of Student Matters, Jessica Lunsford Act - New Screening of Vendors
Volume VI, Issue 3 - Spring 2006	Retention of E-mails as Public Record, Student-Related Public Record Exemptions, Truancy Magistrate Program, Release of Student Records to DCF Agents, Florida Voucher Program - Unconstitutional, McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act


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Volume VI, Issue 2 - Winter 2005	Student Records -Right to Challenge and Hearing, Powers and Duties of School Principals, Releasing Bus or Hall Videotapes to Parents, Teacher Authority and Responsibility for Control of Students, Students dropped Off Early or Picked Up Late - Limited Duty of Supervision, Greetings from the New School Board Attorney
Volume VI, Issue 4 - School Year End - 2006	Non-renewal, Suspension and Dismissal of Annual Contract Instructional Personnel, Emergency Shelter Duty, Are You Providing a FAPE?, Removal of Disruptive Students From Class, Moment of Silence


Volume V, 2004-05 School Year
Volume V, Issue 1 - Fall 2004	Public Records Part IV - Social Security numbers as public records?, Access to Student Records Through Subpoena, E-mail/FAX - disclaimer, She's a Grand Old Flag, Dear John - Inroduction to NCLBA
Volume V, Issue 3 - Spring 2005	Personnel Files and Public Records, Legal Department Personnel Changes, Prosecutions for Truancy, Change in Interpretation - Parental Access to Student's Address, Dear John - Attorney Present at School Meeting


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Volume V, Issue 2 - Winter 2004	Introduction to No Child Left Behind, Computing Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), Highly Qualified Teachers
Volume V, Issue 4 - School Year End 2005	Student Records - Right of Access and What Constitutes a Student Record, Rites of Initiation - Part Two, Sexual Offenders: Parents want to Know


Volume IV, 2003-04 School Year
Volume IV, Issue 1 - Fall 2003	Videos in the Classroom, How Much Time Do I Have to Respond to a Public Records Request?, What's So Special About Special Ed (Due Process Hearings), Dear John - Signing the IEP, Out With the Old - In with The New - Florida School Code Numbers
Volume IV, Issue 3 - Spring 2004	Public Records - Continuing Requests, Policy Alerts: New Policy on Fraud, Teacher Removal of Student from Class, Personnel Changes, Workplace Pranks, Dear John - Parent's Access to FCAT Information - Update


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Volume IV, Issue 2 - Winter 2003	Public Records Part II - Is e-mail a public record?, How Are Policies Adopted?, Whistle Blower Policy, Progressive Discipline, Volunteer Service Hours
Volume IV, Issue 4 - School Year End 2004	School Volunteers - Register or lose the benefit, Policy Alert - New Software Policy, ESOL Certification, Here Comes da Quasi Judge, Dear John - Politics at Work


Volume III, 2002-03 School Year
Volume III, Issue 1 - Fall 2002	What Happens If I Do This?, What's So Special About Special Ed? (Opportunity Scholarships), Removal of District Equipment by Employees and Students
Volume III, Issue 3 - Spring 2003	Military Recruiters, Discrimination in the Workplace, What's So Special About Special Ed? (The IEP), "What do you do when?" (Trespassing On School Grounds), Dear John - Parent's Access to FCAT information


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Volume III, Issue 2 - Winter 2002	Using Electronic Resources, What's So Special About Special Ed? (Eligibility), Caveat Emptor - Spring Break and Graduation Trips
Volume III, Issue 4 - School Year End 2003	Politics in the Classroom and Workplace, Code of Ethics for Educators, Must Be Present To Win, What Does Your John Hancock Represent?, The Flame Burns On - PCS Logo


Volume II, 2001-02 School Year
Volume II, Issue 1 - Fall 2001	Reporting Child Abuse, But Everybody Does It, Software Pirates -Avast and Desist!, "Risky Business" (The Sympathy Factor), Getting the Word Out
Volume II, Issue 3 - Spring 2002	What's So Special About Special Ed?(History and Overview), I was arrested! What do I do?, "What Do You Do When" (Conferences with Stepparents), I Heard a Rumor!


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Volume II, Issue 2 - Winter 2001	Rites of Initiation, What Do You Guys Do, Anyway?, Alcohol in the Workplace, Software Pirates - the Sequel (Beware of Audits)
Volume II, Issue 4 - School Year End 2002	What's So Special About Special Ed? (What Constitutes Appropriate Education?, Who Is a Parent?, Ghost of Words Passed, What You Say to Students Does Matter, Owasso ISD v Falvo


Volume I, 2000-01 School Year
Volume I, Issue 1 - Fall 2000	Introduction of Legally Speaking Student Sexual Harassment, Certified Copies of Court Documents, "What Do You Do When" (Divorced Parents - Student Pick-Up)
Volume I, Issue 3 - Spring 2001	Let Us Pray, Cheating Is a Crime, What Is In a Name?, "What Do You Do When" (Release of information to non-custodial parents), Fund Raising


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Volume I, Issue 2 - Winter 2000	Religion in Classroom, Educator's Professional Liability, "What Do You Do When" (Release of Student Information), "Legal Factoid" (Soverign Immunity)
Volume I, Issue 4 - School Year End 2001	Use (And Misuse) of School District Computers, Vox Populi Vox Dei (Graduation Prayer), Discarding Confidential Information, "Risky Business" (Worker's Compensation) "What Do You Do When" (Unclaimed Lost and Found Items)

The School Board of Pinellas County, Florida, prohibits any and all forms of discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, national origin, marital status, age, sexual orientation or disability in any of its programs, services or activities.
Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this agency by phone or in writing.