1. Custody's Last Stand?
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Zirkel, Perry A.
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ABSENTEE fathers , *PARENT participation in education , *CIVIL rights , *EDUCATION policy , *LEGAL judgments , *STATUS (Law) - Abstract
Details a federal civil rights lawsuit filed in 2002 by Mr. Crowley, who was divorced in 1998 with two young children who eventually attended Hiawatha Elementary School near Chicago. Complaint against the administrators for failing to take action against bullies in the school and for not sending the noncustodial parent educational and other records that custodial parents receive; Mr. Crowley's allegation that he was treated unfairly because of his complaints; How the lower court and appeals court ruled on the claim that Crowley was denied his constitutional right to participate in his children's education; Contention of Thomas Dicianni, lawyer for the district defendants, that the case should be focused on the principal's responsibility to maintain order in the school building; The rights of noncustodial parents as interpreted through federal legislation and state statutes.
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- 2005
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