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Download full textLhamon, Catherine E.; Rosenfelt, Philip H.; Samuels, Jocelyn – US Department of Justice, 2014
Under Federal law, State and local educational agencies (hereinafter "districts") are required to provide all children with equal access to public education at the elementary and secondary level. Thie Dear Colleague letter was written to remind school districts of the Federal obligation to provide equal educational opportunities to all…
Descriptors: Enrollment, School Districts, Children, Access to Education
Campbell, Roald F. – Public Admin Rev, 1970
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Court Litigation, Educational Policy, Federal Aid
Peer reviewedRossow, Lawrence F. – West's Education Law Reporter, 1989
Contends that a circuit court ruling prohibiting a student religious group from holding meetings in a public secondary school erodes the intent of the Equal Access Act to provide access for students wishing to exercise religious speech. (MLF)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Extracurricular Activities, Federal Aid, Federal Courts
Peer reviewedRomano, Patricia – Journal of Law and Education, 2001
The Supreme Court decision in "Davis" added a fiscal incentive to school districts to prevent peer sexual harassment by ruling that educational institutions that show deliberate indifference to known harassment between students may be liable for the resultant damages. (Contains 212 references.) (MLF)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Courts
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Appropriations. – 1976
The purpose of these hearings was to hear testimony on an amendment to the Emergency School Aid Act proposed by Senator Jackson. This amendment would provide 50 million dollars in discretionary funds to the Commissioner of Education. These funds could be used in areas having special problems with school integration. Testimony was given on the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Methods
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1976
This document is the text of a House of Representatives bill to establish procedures and standards for the framing of relief in suits to desegrate the Nation's elementary and secondary public schools, to provide for assistance to voluntary desegregation efforts, to establish a National Community and Education Committee to provide assistance to…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Court Litigation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. – 1976
This document is the text of a Senate bill to establish procedures and standards for the framing of relief in suits to desegregate the Nation's elementary and secondary public schools, to provide for assistance to voluntary desegregation efforts, to establish a National Community and Education Committee to provide assistance to encourage and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Court Litigation
MacPhail-Wilcox, Bettye; Anthony, Pat – 1991
One Supreme Court decision, seven federal appellate decisions, and two district court decisions were published in the area of school finance in 1990. The Supreme Court reviewed a case concerning allegations of school district segregation, along with an ensuing tax assessment issue. Federal appellate courts handed down decisions involving alleged…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
MacPhail-Wilcox, Bettye; Beezer, Bruce – 1989
In 1988, there were two United States Supreme Court decisions regarding school finance. One decision upheld the constitutionality of a North Dakota statute regarding transportation fees, and the other decision ruled that interest from state and local government bearer bonds was subject to federal income taxation. Cases discussed in this chapter…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
