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WGU D017 SCHOOL LAW EXAM
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Question :In what state did Horace Mann begin the Common
School Movement?
Correct answer:Massachusetts
Question :Which U.S. Supreme Court decision upheld the
constitutionality of racial segregation in public facilities, including schools, that infamously came to be known as "separate but equal"?
Correct answer:Plessy v. Ferguson
Question :Which subgroup of students must schools support
when using Title I funding to provide supplemental academic programs?
Correct answer:Economically disadvantaged students
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Question :Which amendment of the U.S. Constitution limits
the practice of religion in schools?
Correct answer:First Amendment
Question :Which types of meetings are subject to state open
meeting laws known as sunshine laws?
Correct answer:School Board Meetings
Question :What are state legislative bodies responsible for?
Correct answer:Requirements for student graduation
Question :Which type of educational law has inuenced how a
school district develops their programs for English learners?
Correct answer:Case law
Question :Which school board practice is often used as a
means of ensuring or ignoring the ruling that "separate but equal" is unconstitutional?
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Correct answer:School attendance zones
Question :Which testing school practice was influenced by
Brown v. Board of Education?
Correct answer:Subgroup data analysis of testing results
Question :What would be the purpose of changing school
zone boundaries?
Correct answer:Desegregation of schools
Question :Which ruling was violated when students with
disabilities were placed in separate schools?
Correct answer:14th Amendment
Question :What is the motivation for communities seceding
from school districts?
Correct answer:Circumventing integration
Question :Which amendment does the Lemon test determine
violation of?
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Correct answer:First Amendment
Question :Which legal justification is used by some states for
the use of public funds to purchase textbooks for students in parochial schools?
Correct answer:The child benefit theory
Question :Which law provides protection to students who
choose to kneel during the Pledge of Allegiance?
Correct answer:First Amendment
Question :Which law would allow a student worship club to
hold after school meetings on a high school campus, given the school has a limited open forum?
Correct answer:Equal Access Act
Question :A rural elementary school allows a moment of
meditation during the first period of the day. Some students engage in a silent prayer during this period. Teachers express concern that this period promotes prayer in school.