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An Evaluation of the Participation of Faith-Based and Community Organizations in U.S. Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs and as Supplemental Educational Services Providers
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McCrary, Joseph; Hosek, Adrienne – US Department of Education, 2007
Historically, faith-based organizations (FBOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) have been involved in the provision of social services, such as drug treatment, job training, community redevelopment, housing, and education. However, FBOs and CBOs have not often participated in U.S. Department of Education (the Department) grant programs. In…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Quality, Community Organizations
Extending Lamb's Chapel to After-School Religious Meetings.
Mawdsley, Ralph D. – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1994
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals determined in "Good News/Good Sports Club v. School District of Ladue" that a public school district could not prohibit a parent-led Christian club from using school premises for its meetings. Discusses the majority and dissenting opinions and the implications of this decision for public schools. (72…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Facilities, Federal Courts, Freedom of Speech
Recent Prayer-Related Court Decisions: The Effect of Judicial Attitudes and Administrator Actions.
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Zirkel, Perry A. – 1985
Using recent establishment clause decisions concerning vocal prayer, silent meditation, and prayer groups in the public schools, this article suggests that courts have applied the seemingly consistent doctrine of the tripartite test to arrive at quite different results, based in part on extralegal sources. Two such sources are the attitudinal…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education