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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
Educational Research Service, Arlington, VA. – 1982
Reproduced here are the text of the 1982 Supreme Court decision "Plyler v. Doe" and its companion cases, "In Re Alien Children Litigation." An introductory statement explains that in this opinion the Court struck down a Texas law prohibiting tuition-free education for children of illegal aliens, on the grounds that education…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
Anchondo, Jose Jorge; And Others – 1977
Public education consists of various levels of laws, policies, regulations, rules, guidelines, and practices based on the U.S. Constitution. At each level, there is a set of "do's and don'ts" guiding the actions of people involved in public education. This handbook, written to help people understand their rights relating to public…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Bilingual Education, Board of Education Role, Civil Liberties
