The sharp increase in the number of cases that involve school antidrug policies continued in 1987. Courts continued to support school policies that contain an automatic suspension or expulsion penalty for school drug possession. First Amendment religious cases also continued to increase in number. A new grouping of cases under the heading "home instruction" contains cases raising a medley of First Amendment and other issues. The issue of substantive due process violations in corporal punishment cases was heard in two cases. Cases are discussed under the following sections: (1) public school assignment, tuition, transportation, home instruction, and compulsory attendance; (2) bilingual and bicultural programs; (3) private and parochial schools; (4) substantive rights of students, including search and seizure, and First Amendment religious and freedom of expression rights; (5) sanctions for student misconduct including suspensions, expulsions, and corporal punishment; and (6) desegregation, including systemwide and cross-district remedies, and desegregation plan oversight. (MLF)