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Credit Hours: 3
Description: This course provides a survey of law and policy in public and private education.  A large part of the class will focus on equal educational opportunity across a wide variety of dimensions.  The course will examine issues related to race and ethnicity, national origin, language, gender, and disability as it relates to educational equity.  The course will also explore school discipline, freedom of speech/expression, and other issues in the context of student rights under federal law. 
Prerequisite: None