school-law
USA Private School Law. How is contract law relevant?
<p>I am trying to understand the main, basic tenets of USA public vs. private school law.
(<a href="https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/91199/usa-public-school-law-is-contract-law-somehow-relevant">my previous question</a> of a series)</p>
<p>A couple of questions I have are about the relationship between a student (/family) and a private school.</p>
<p>I understand that it is somehow regulated by a contract, or under contract law, in the sense that at least enrollment is under a enrollment contract. As I see by googling around (from overseas), enrollment contracts are mostly about tuition fees, and a couple of very general clauses to respect schools' rules, regulations and requirements. My questions are:</p>
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<li>are there examples of contract whose contractual clauses detail the kind of instruction that the school will provide (number of hours of teaching, qualification of teachers, laboratory equipment, ... )?</li>
<li>are schools' rules, regulations and requirements considered somehow contractual?</li>
<li>what and how much is regulated by statute, administrative order, or somehow public law?</li>
<li>are there any interesting, well known family vs. private school disputes which have been adjudged in terms of contract law (breach of a contract, remedies, ...)?</li>
</ul>
<p>Thanks for some pointers to relevant references.</p>

<h2>Contract law is the basis for private schools operations</h2>
<p>Private schools are not operated by the state.</p>
<p>To attend, the school and the parents sign a contract stipulating payment for schooling. These contracts also generally contain a passus that makes the staying of the student contingent on the student obeying the school rules. The contracts also usually cover who has to pay for additional equipment such as laboratory equipment or computers.</p>
<p>Depending on the type of private school, there are two different types of clauses for school hours:</p>
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<li>In a &quot;study-hall&quot; or &quot;cram school&quot;, the number of hours you buy is contractually fixed. Such schools are usually in addition to a different school the student attends and are outside normal schooling hours. In effect, such institutions do group tutoring.</li>
<li>A private school that replaces public school usually just dictates that the student has to attend according to the curriculum and then provides the curriculum.</li>
</ul>
<p>In either case, the qualification of the teachers is generally not part of the contract with the parents but only matter for the contracts of the school with the teachers.</p>
<p>Private schools are generally regulated, but the <a href="https://www2.ed.gov/admins/comm/choice/regprivschl/index.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">regulations vary extremely widely in the USA.</a></p>
