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McGee, Jerry C. – 1987
State compulsory attendance statutes require parents and legal guardians to see that children are educated. Although courts have consistently upheld such statutes, the nature of these filings has changed. Whereas early-day legal action usually sought to protect the rights of some select group from constitutional infringement, more recent suits…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Compulsory Education, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
