Student Religious Expression: Mixed Messages from the Supreme Court.

McCarthy, Martha M.

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ERIC Number: EJ419957

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Student Religious Expression: Mixed Messages from the Supreme Court.

McCarthy, Martha M.

West's Education Law Reporter, v64 n1 p1-13 Jan 17 1991

Although the Supreme Court's "Mergens" decision settled the controversy over the constitutionality of the Equal Access Act, the ruling seems to make more ambiguous the definition of a limited open forum for student expression and the legal status of devotional activities. (55 references) (MLF)

Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Court Litigation, Curriculum, Educational Facilities, Extracurricular Activities, Federal Courts, Freedom of Speech, Public Schools, Religious Factors, School Law, Secondary Education, State Church Separation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Policymakers

Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Equal Access Act 1984; Establishment Clause

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