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Thomas, Oliver S. – School Administrator, 1999
Beyond no-establishment and free-exercise principles, widespread agreement now exists on many thorny church-state questions: school prayer, teaching about religion, Bible clubs, equal access, excusals, distribution of religious literature, religious holidays, creationism, released time, and character education. One issue, speaker versus audience…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Creationism, Elementary Secondary Education, Extracurricular Activities
Morris, Arval A. – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1996
"Rosenberger" revises Establishment Clause jurisprudence in several aspects: (1) ends "Lemon versus Kurtzman" as a main precedent; (2) alters First Amendment law by holding that government efforts to treat religious speech differently amounts to discrimination against people based on their "viewpoint"; and (3)…
Descriptors: Court Doctrine, Extracurricular Activities, Federal Courts, Fees
Peer reviewedMcCarthy, Martha M. – West's Education Law Reporter, 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
