The Goss Progeny: An Empirical Analysis

San Diego Law Review 45, no. 2 (May-June 2008): 353-382.

30 Pages Posted: 7 Jul 2016

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Youssef Chouhoud

Christopher Newport University, Dept. of Political Science

Perry Zirkel

Lehigh University

Date Written: May 3, 2008

Abstract

Last year, upon the thirtieth anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Goss v. Lopez, the then-general counsel of the National School Boards Association decried the expansion of Goss from a "three minute give and take" to the "paralysis" of public school discipline. For example, she initially ascribed the following effect to the Goss Court: "By making student discipline a constitutional issue, by elevating it to a 'federal issue,' the court has left educators fumbling away through their daily disciplinary dealings with students wondering and working at their peril." This Article empirically examines Goss and its lower court progeny to determine whether they pose the major problem that is often ascribed to them.

Keywords: Goss v. Lopez, procedural due process, student discipline

Suggested Citation

Chouhoud, Youssef and Zirkel, Perry, The Goss Progeny: An Empirical Analysis (May 3, 2008). San Diego Law Review 45, no. 2 (May-June 2008): 353-382., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2804326

Youssef Chouhoud (Contact Author)

Christopher Newport University, Dept. of Political Science ( email )

United States

Perry Zirkel

Lehigh University ( email )

621 Taylor Street
Bethlehem, PA 18015

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