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Dowling-Sendor, Benjamin – American School Board Journal, 2000
Pressured by religious conservatives, Congress passed the Equal Access Act (1984), allowing secondary school students the right to form on-campus extracurricular religious and other clubs. Recently, a Gay-Straight Alliance Club at a southern California high school was granted court protection under this statute, despite the community's objections.…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Clubs, Conservatism, Extracurricular Activities
