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Peer reviewedGoldberg, Steven S. – West's Education Law Reporter, 1988
Despite the United States Supreme Court's decision to let stand a judgment that the New Jersey law mandating a daily minute of silence in schools violated the first amendment, the Court, when presented with a statute resulting from a nonreligious purpose, may find a moment of silence permissible. (MLF)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts, Public Schools
Download full textStefkovich, Jacqueline A. – 1992
The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees "the right of people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures" by governmental officials. In a 1985 Supreme Court decision, "New Jersey v. TLO," students' privacy rights in public schools are afforded a lower…
Descriptors: Federal Courts, High Schools, Public Schools, School Law
James, John T. – Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 2004
This article outlines the significant legal decisions regarding collective bargaining in Catholic schools, identifies the governance structures employed in Catholic schools and the methods of translating these governance structures into documents required by civil law, and concludes with the citation of two recent court decisions that demonstrate…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Teaching (Occupation), Unions, Catholic Schools
