Education Law and Policy Reference Guide

Purdue Libraries have many useful education law reference materials. Subject headings to search for books in the Library Catalog include:

Educational Law and Legislation--United States
Educational Law and Legislation--Indiana
Teachers Legal Status, Laws, Etc. United States

Many works on education law are government publications located in the HSSE Library. The principal index for locating U.S. Government pubications is the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications HSSE REF & Periodicals 016.353 UN36. This index is also accessible online from 1994-present. U.S. Government publications can also be searched from 1976-present in the GPO Index.

The following is a list of various government publications and commercial works on
federal election law:

Slip Laws	HSSE DOC REF AE 2.110:
U.S. Statutes at Large	HSSE REF 345.11 Un3
U.S. Code (Title 20)	HSSE REF 345 Un3co
U.S. Code Annotated	HSSE REF 345 Un3coa
A Compilation of Federal Education Laws	HSSE DOC Y 4.Ed 8/1-12:
Lawyer's Edition U.S. Supreme Court Reports	HSSE REF 345.4 Un37r
United States Reports	HSSE DOC Ju 6.8:
Federal Reporter	HSSE 348.7341 F317r
Northeastern Reporter	HSSE 348.73423 N811
American Jurisprudence	HSSE REF 347.9 Am3a2

Federal regulatory information can be found in:

Federal Register	HSSE REF 353.005 Un34
The Federal Register: What It Is and How to Use It	HSSE DOC REF AE 2.108:F 31/992
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)(Title 34)	HSSE REF 353.005 C64
Index to Code of Federal Regulations	HSSE REF 353.005 C64 Index
List of Sections Affected (LSA)	HSSE REF 353.005 C64LSA

Indiana legal information can be found in the following sources:

Indiana Code (Titles 20-21)	HSSE REF 348.772 In25c
West's Annotated Indiana Code	HSSE REF 348.77206 In2w
West's Indiana Law Encyclopedia	HSSE REF 347.03W52
Acts Indiana	HSSE REF 345.91 In2
Indiana School Laws & Rules	HSSE REF 344.77207 In25
Index to Indiana House and Senate Journals	HSSE 345.91 In2g
Journal of House of Representatives of Indiana(Recent issues only)	HSSE 345.91 In2gh
Journal of Indiana State Senate	HSSE 345.91 In2gs

Indiana regulatory information can be located in:

Indiana Administrative Code

(Titles 510-590)

HSSE REF 348.77025 In2i

Indiana Register

HSSE REF 348.77025 In3

General legal reference materials:

Black's Law Dictionary	HSSE REFDESK 347.03 B56l 1999
Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations Used in American Law Books	HSSE REFDESK 349.730148 B475d 1985
Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory	HSSE REF 347.05 M36
Index to Legal Periodicals	HSSE REF 016.34 In2

Other useful federal and state education publications:

Indiana School Statistical Report	HSSE REF 370.9772 In145s
Condition of Education	HSSE REF 370.973 C752
Digest of Education Statistics	HSSE REF 370.973 Un3de
Projections of Education Statistics	HSSE REF 370.32 Un3
Youth Indicators	HSSE DOC ED 1.327:
Statistical Abstract of the United States	HSSE REF 317.3 ST2g & (Also in CD-ROM) HSSE DOC C 3.134:
House Appropriations Committee (Rep. Peter Visclosky (D-IN) is a member of this committee.)	HSSE MF Y 4.AP 6/1:L 11/
House Committee on Education and Labor (Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN) is a member of this committee)	HSSE DOC Y 4.ED 8/1:
Senate Appropriations Committee (Appropriations committee publications are excellent sources of project expenditure information.)	HSSE MF Y 4.AP 6/2:
Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee	HSSE DOC Y 4.L 11/4:

Congressional Research Service Reports (Courtesy-University of North Texas Library)

Internet Sources
Much government educational information is Internet accessible. Examples include:

GPO Access www.gpoaccess.gov/

Contains the full text of the Congressional Record, Federal Register, congressional bills, General Accounting Office reports, and other recent federal legal, legislative, and regulatory information. Other U.S. federal and Indiana state education law-related websites include:

Center for the Study of Small & Rural Schools (Courtesy- Univ. of Oklahoma)

Census Bureau Education Resources

U.S. Supreme Court

Lexis-Nexis Academic (Purdue Users Only)

U.S. District Court-Indiana Northern District

U.S. District Court-Indiana Southern District

Indiana State Courts

Government Accountability Office

U.S. Dept. of Education

Institute of Education Sciences

Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans

No Child Left Behind Program