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Spencer Weiler

Spencer Weiler

Title

Professor

Department

EdLF

Contact Information

Office: 306K MCKB

Phone: 801-422-5039

Email: spencer_weiler@byu.edu

Upon graduating from Brigham Young University in 1992, I taught history at Orem High School for seven years. In 2000, I left the classroom and became an assistant principal at American Fork Junior High School. In 2003, I pursued a Ph.D. at Virginia Tech and continued in administration in Blacksburg. After finishing the doctorate in 2007, I accepted a position at the University of Northern Colorado, where I remained until coming to BYU in 2019. I advanced to the rank of full professor at the University of Northern Colorado and, upon leaving, was granted emeritus status.

I strive to inspire and empower aspiring educational leaders to be outstanding administrators who rely on the teachings of Christ and work tirelessly to support the learning of all students.

I subscribe to a pedagogical approach that actively engages learners in the learning process. Specifically, I rely on sustained group work and learning activities that afford students the opportunity to develop a degree of expertise related to the curriculum being studied. In addition, I lead discussions that encourage students to wrestle with applying various theoretical concepts to the reality of being a school leader in the 21st Century.

Currently, I am collaborating with colleagues across the nation on an array of research topics, including: the impact of school finance litigation on funding for public education, P-20 administrators' responses to outlier situations (specifically, pandemics and do not resuscitate orders), the practice of arming educators to increase school safety, and school facilities.

The Voice of Experience: A Multi-State Empirical Examination of Arming School District Employees from Superintendents Working in School Districts with Armed Personnel

URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00098655.2024.2306354

Publisher: Springer

City: New York, New York

Country: United States

URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00098655.2024.2306354

Journal: The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies

Date: 2024

Abstract

Liability avoidance in the face of a pandemic

Publisher: West's

Volume: 392

Pages: 432-438

Journal: West's Education Law Reporter

Date: 2022

When student speech invades the rights of others: Examining how case law, state statute, and school district policy restricting student speech that is deemed bullying withstood the challenge in Doe v. Hopkinton

Publisher: West's

Volume: 401

Pages: 1-14

Journal: West's Education Law Reporter

Date: 2022

Colorado

Journal: Public Elementary and Secondary Education Finance Programs of the United States in 2022

Date: 2022

Special education’s lessons for educational reform litigation

Pages: 126-151

Journal: Education Law & Policy Review

Date: 2021

Surfing the Waves: An Examination of School Funding Litigation from Serrano v. Priest to Cook v. Raimondo and the Possible Transition to the Fourth Wave

Volume: 2021

Issue: 2

Pages: 189-230

Journal: BYU Education & Law Journal

Date: 2021

An examination of state statutes and school district policies addressing minors with Do Not Resuscitate Orders

Journal: Educational Policy

Date: 2021

Abstract

Efforts to Prevent Mass Shootings in Schools: The Practice, the Costs, and Superintendents' Experiences with Arming School Personnel

Publisher: IAP - Information Age Publishing

Editors: Meredith Mountford and Leigh Ellen Wallace

City: Charlotte, North Carolina

Pages: 163-177

Journal: Research on the Superintendent, Volume II

Date: 2021

Applying odds ratio to the study of school finance litigation

Volume: 392

Pages: 1-16

Journal: West's Education Law Reporter

Date: 2021

Not allowing a good crisis to go to waste: Tapping into transformational power to increase utilization in public education as a result of the Coronavirus

Volume: 4

Issue: 1

Pages: 63-80

Journal: Voices of Reform

Date: 2021

Abstract

As Serrano Turns 50: Historical Perspectives and Future Projections on School Finance Litigation

Volume: 6

Pages: 1-8

Journal: Education Law & Policy Review

Date: 2021

Public Institutions of Higher Education, Students' Lawsuits, and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Volume: 377

Issue: 1

Pages: 1-7

Journal: West's Education Law Reporter

Date: 2020

The Leaders' Dilemma: P-20 Response to the Threat of a Pandemic

Pages: 3-17

Journal: Journal of Education Human Resources

Date: 2020

Abstract

Expanding and contracting support for public education: Commentary on the 2019 state of the states

Editors: Kern Alexander

Volume: 45

Issue: 3

Pages: 253-255

Journal: Journal of Education Finance

Date: 2020

Can't Get No Satisfaction: An Examination of School Finance Litigation and State Aid for Public Education Over 65 Years in States with High and Low Teacher Satisfaction

Volume: 374

Issue: 1

Pages: 1-21

Journal: West's Education Law Reporter

Date: 2020

Administering medical marijuana at school in Colorado: A legal analysis

City: Provo, Utah

Volume: 2020

Issue: 1

Pages: 79-95

Journal: BYU Education & Law Journal

Date: 2020

Terminally Ill Students Attending Public Schools: A Legal Analysis of DNR Orders for P-12 Students

Volume: 376

Issue: 3

Pages: 864-869

Journal: West's Education Law Reporter

Date: 2020

The Allure and Danger of Expanded Immunity for P-20 Educational Leaders' Decisions Related to COVID-19

Volume: 381

Pages: 16-21

Journal: West's Education Law Reporter

Date: 2020

Taking Aim at Preventing School Shootings: A Comparative Analysis of School Board Policy Related to the Practice of Arming Educators

Publisher: Hawthorne Press

Country: United States

Pages: 1-12

Journal: Journal of School Violence

Date: 2020

ISSN: 15388239

Charter Schools and Transportation Services

Publisher: Information Age Publishing

Editors: Christine Rienstra Kiracofe, Marilyn A. Hirth, Tom Hutton

City: Charlotte, North Carolina

Country: United States

Pages: 197-213

Journal: Charter School Finance

Date: 2020

Exploring fiscal health, school finance litigation, and per-pupil funding: A longitudinal examination of data for six states from 1950 to 2015

Volume: 360

Issue: 2

Pages: 604-618

Journal: West Education Law Reporter

Date: 2019

Colorado

Volume: 44

Issue: 3

Pages: 253-254

Journal: Journal of Education Finance

Date: 2018

Elevating education and educators: Commentary on the 2018 state of the states

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Volume: 44

Issue: 3

Pages: 235-237

Journal: Journal of Education Finance

Date: 2018

Aligning Educational Objectives with Educational Activities: Examination of Student Perceptions on Two Asynchronous Learning Activities

Publisher: Journal of Law, Business & Ethics

Volume: 25

Issue: Winter

Pages: 1-24

Journal: Journal of Law, Business & Ethics

Date: 2018

Abstract

Safety at Schools: Identifying the Costs Associated with the Necessary Safeguards for Arming Educators

URL: http://epubs.library.msstate.edu/index.php/ruraleducator/article/view/462

Editors: Devon Brenner, Dana Pomykal Franz, Anastasia Elder, Shane McGregor, Carmen Kay Kelly

City: Mississippi State, Mississippi

Country: USA

Volume: 39

Issue: 1

URL: http://epubs.library.msstate.edu/index.php/ruraleducator/article/view/462

Pages: 58-62

Journal: The Rural Educator

Date: 2018

Abstract

The relationship between the condition of Colorado elementary school facilities and student achievement

Publisher: Journal of Education Finance

Volume: 43

Issue: 4

Pages: 397-416

Journal: Journal of Education Finance

Date: 2018

Abstract

Colorado

Publisher: National Education Finance Academy

Editors: D. C. Thompson, R. C. Wood, & S. C. Neuenswander

City: Jacksonville, Florida

Country: US

Pages: 77-90

Journal: Public Elementary and Secondary Education Finance Programs of the United States in 2018

Date: 2018

The good, the bad, and the alarming: Commentary on the 2017 state of the states submissions

Publisher: Journal of Education Finance

Volume: 43

Issue: 3

Pages: 217-219

Journal: Journal of Education Finance

Date: 2017

Examining adequacy trends in school finance litigation

Publisher: Wests

Volume: 345

Issue: 1

Pages: 1-13

Journal: Wests Education Law Reporter

Date: 2017

Abstract

Educators canned for cannabis

Volume: September

Pages: 58-59

Journal: Principal Leadership

Date: 2017

Do courts consider the degree of discipline when adjudicating off-campus student speech?

Volume: 90

Issue: 5-6

Pages: 208-213

Journal: The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies

Date: 2017

Abstract

No soup for you: The legal ramifications of denying curricula options to free and reduced lunch students

Volume: 349

Issue: 1

Pages: 1-6

Journal: Wests Education Law Reporter

Date: 2017

Colorado

Publisher: Journal of Education Finance

Volume: 43

Issue: 3

Pages: 235-238

Journal: Journal of Education Finance

Date: 2017

Colorado

Publisher: Journal of Education Finance

Volume: 42

Issue: 3

Pages: 260-263

Journal: Journal of Education Finance

Date: 2016

Making sense of fiscal uncertainty: An overview of the 2016 state of the states

Publisher: Journal of Education Finance

Volume: 42

Issue: 2

Pages: 243-246

Journal: Journal of Education Finance

Date: 2016

When an elected official fails to play nice: The legal implications and lessons learned from associations with a caustic board member.

Volume: 16

Issue: 1/2

Pages: 3-20

Journal: Planning and Changing

Date: 2015

ISSN: 0032-0684

Abstract

Tenuous tenure: An examination of statutes, policy, and case law related to a non-tenured teacher and military leave.

Volume: 314

Issue: 1

Pages: 17-23

Journal: Wests Education Law Reporter

Date: 2015

Practical strategies for applied budgeting and fiscal administration: What works for P-12 administrators

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

City: New York, NY

Country: USA

Pages: 164

Journal: Practical strategies for applied budgeting and fiscal administration: What works for P-12 administrators

Date: 2015

Tempered optimism in Colorado: 2015 state-of-the-states

Volume: 41

Issue: 3

Pages: 387-390

Journal: Journal of Education Finance

Date: 2015

Higher education, fiscal administration, & budgeting: An applied approach

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

City: New York, NY

Country: USA

Pages: 164

Journal: Higher education, fiscal administration, & budgeting: An applied approach

Date: 2015

Contracting for services/outsourcing.

Publisher: Sage Publication

Editors: D. J. Brewer & L. O. Picus

City: Los Angeles, CA

Country: United States

Volume: 1

Pages: 167-171

Journal: Encyclopedia of Education Economics and Finance: Vol. 1

Date: 2014

The 4th r – revolvers: Principal perceptions related to armed educators.

Volume: 87

Issue: 3

Pages: 115-118

Journal: The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies

Date: 2014

Abstract

Benefits of the rural leadership cohort – students’ perspectives

Issue: April

Journal: EdPrep Post

Date: 2014

Pushing back and forging ahead: Making principal preparation responsive to state and national changes

Volume: 46

Issue: 1/2

Pages: 210-227

Journal: Planning & Changing

Date: 2014

ISSN: 0032-0684

Abstract

Governmental accounting standards board (GASB)

Publisher: Sage Publications

Editors: D. J. Brewer & L. O. Picus

City: Los Angeles, CA

Country: USA

Volume: 1

Pages: 375-378

Journal: Encyclopedia of Education Economics and Finance: Vol. 1

Date: 2014

Focused ubiquity: A purposeful approach to providing all students with laptops.

Volume: 17

Issue: 4

Pages: 278-288

Journal: Educational Technology & Society Journal

Date: 2014

Abstract

Technology-rich classrooms: How districts can infuse laptops into classrooms in a cost-effective manner.

URL: http://aasa.org/nsej.aspx

Issue: April

URL: http://aasa.org/nsej.aspx

Journal: The New Superintendent E-Journal

Date: 2014

Brown v. board of education.

Publisher: Sage Publications

Editors: D. J. Brewer & L. O. Picus

City: Los ANgeles, CA

Country: USA

Volume: 1

Pages: 86-88

Journal: Encyclopedia of Education Economics and Finance: Vol. 1

Date: 2014

Aligning preparation and practice: An assessment of coherence in state principal preparation and licensure

Volume: 98

Issue: 4

Pages: 1-27

Journal: NASSP Bulletin

Date: 2014

Abstract

Charter school barriers: Do enrollment requirements limit student access to charter schools?

Volume: 48

Issue: 1

Pages: 36-48

Journal: Equity and Excellence in Education

Date: 2014

Abstract

Rural leadership cohort – helping all Colorado school districts “grow their own” future leaders

Issue: April

Journal: EdPrep Post

Date: 2014

Colorado

Volume: 40

Issue: 3

Pages: 306-310

Journal: Journal of Education Finance

Date: 2014

An overview of the 2015 state of the states

Volume: 41

Issue: 2

Pages: 17-23

Journal: Journal of Education Finance

Date: 2014

State of the States 2013: Colorado

Volume: 39

Issue: 3

Pages: 250-252

Journal: Journal of Education Finance

Date: 2013

Measuring Colorado superintendents’ perceptions of principal training programs

Volume: 39

Issue: 2

Pages: 66-76

Journal: Educational Considerations

Date: 2012

Abstract

Should zero tolerance policies be abolished because students of color are overrepresented when schools adopt such policies? Point.

Publisher: Sage Publications

Editors: S. E. Eckes & C. J. Russo

City: Los Angeles, CA

Country: USA

Volume: 5

Pages: 39-46

Journal: Debating Issues in American Education: School Discipline and Safety

Date: 2012

Should states limit the indebtedness of local school districts? Counterpoint.

Publisher: Sage Publications

Editors: William E. Thro

City: Los Angeles, CA

Country: USA

Volume: 6

Pages: 31-40

Journal: Debating Issues in American Education: School Finance

Date: 2012

Quality virtual instruction: The use of synchronous online activities to engage international students in meaningful learning

Volume: 2

Issue: 2

Pages: 1-8

Journal: Journal of International Education and Leadership

Date: 2012

Abstract

Costs of Education: Revenue and spending in public, private and charter schools.

Publisher: Pro>Active Publications.

City: Lancaster, PA

Country: USA

Pages: 246

Journal: Costs of Education: Revenue and spending in public, private and charter schools.

Date: 2012

Abstract

Police at school: A brief history and current status of school resource officers

Volume: 84

Issue: 4

Pages: 160-163

Journal: The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies

Date: 2011

Abstract

Policy to practice: A look at national and state implementation of school resource officer programs.

Volume: 84

Issue: 4

Pages: 164-170

Journal: The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies

Date: 2011

Abstract

Principal preparedness: Superintendent perceptions of new principals.

Volume: 21

Issue: 6

Pages: 927-945

Journal: Journal of School Leadership

Date: 2011

Abstract

Desegregating resegregation efforts: Providing all students opportunities to excel in advanced mathematics courses

Volume: 2009

Issue: 2

Pages: 341-364

Journal: Brigham Young University Education & Law Journal

Date: 2009

Abstract

Lou’s loo or Britney’s bathroom: School leaders, gender identity, and restroom use in public schools

Volume: 412

Issue: 3

Pages: 1-14

Journal: West’s Education Law Reporter

Colorado

Publisher: Information Age Publishing

City: Jacksonville, Florida

Country: United States

Pages: 77-90

Journal: Public Elementary and Secondary Education Finance Programs of the United States in 2018

ISBN: 978-1-64113-676-1

Abstract

Colorado

Editors: D. C. Thompson, R. C. Wood, S. C. Neuenswander, E. Houck, & P. Westbrook

Pages: 91-106

Journal: Public Elementary and Secondary Education Finance Programs of the United States in 2022

Building a strong adequacy claim: An empirical analysis of the role of school facilities in school finance litigation since 1989

Volume: 23

Issue: 3

Pages: 541-565

Journal: Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal