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Flygare, Thomas J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1983
Discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in "San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez," handed down 10 years ago, concerning financial equity in the Texas school finance program. Summarizes Justice Powell's majority opinion and Justice Marshall's dissent and introduces the two following articles assessing the decision's…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid
Flygare, Thomas J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1981
In "Doe v. Plyler" the court unanimously held that the denial of a free public education to illegal alien children is a violation of the equal protection clause. Examines how the court came to its conclusion. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Children, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2002
Discusses federal district court decision dismissing suit brought by three Texas high school students claiming that their Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when police, at request of administrators, entered school and rounded up, handcuffed, and detained them and 11 other students who "hung out" with a student arrested…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Federal Courts, High Schools
