One State's Struggle with Wisconsin v. Yoder: The Kansas Compulsory School Attendance Statute and the Free Exercise of Religion.

Morris, Wayne D.

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Publication Date: 1978

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One State's Struggle with Wisconsin v. Yoder: The Kansas Compulsory School Attendance Statute and the Free Exercise of Religion.

Morris, Wayne D.

Washburn Law Journal, v17 n3 p574-94 1978

Reviews the Wisconsin vs Yoder case, where the United States Supreme Court held that the First and Fourteenth Amendments prevent states from compelling Amish children to attend formal high school to age sixteen, and examines the actions of various state officials attempting to follow that case. Available from School of Law, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas 66621; single copy $3.00. (Author/PKP)

Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Compulsory Education, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, State Church Separation, State Departments of Education, Supreme Court Litigation

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Language: English

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