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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
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
Public Education Association, New York, NY. – 1972
On May 1, 1972, the Public Education Association held an Educational Forum on Title I, Elementary Secondary Education Act in an attempt to pinpoint and, if possible, clarify some of the major problems and issues, particularly as they relate to New York City. In a decentralized school system, for example, which agency is the Local Educational…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Compensatory Education, Court Litigation, Decentralization
Turetzky, Joel A. – Tennessee Education, 1982
MAARDAC (Mid-Atlantic/Appalachian Race Desegregation Assistance Center), located at the University of Tennessee (Knoxville), is federally funded (Title IV of Civil Rights Act of 1964) to help local education agencies in Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee solve problems connected with school desegregation. (LC)
Descriptors: Education Service Centers, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Courts
Venditti, Frederick P. – Tennessee Education, 1982
Until recently the federal courts (Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka) and Congressional action (Civil Rights Act of 1964, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972) have spurred efforts to bring race and sex equity to the schools. (LC)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Colleges, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
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
Rossmiller, Richard A. – 1984
Decisions made by federal and state courts during 1983 concerning school finance are reported in this chapter. Among the decisions discussed are United States Supreme Court findings in cases involving tuition tax credits, reimbursement of misapplied Title I funds by states, and tuition requirements for nonresident students. Cases concerning the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
