The legality of using public tax funds for parochial elementary and secondary schools : the United States Supreme Court - the nineteen seventies
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Samuel H. Houston (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Joseph E. Bryson
Abstract: This study is an investigation of the legality of using public tax funds for support of parochial elementary and secondary schools as determined by an analysis of United States Supreme Court cases of the decade of the seventies. The following questions were proposed: 1. What are the major legal issues regarding public funding for parochial elementary and secondary schools? 2. Which of these issues are likely to be included in court cases related to public funds for parochial elementary and secondary schools? 3. Which of the legal principles established by the landmark decisions regarding public aid for parochial elementary and secondary schools are applicable to the fifty state general constitutional and statutory provisions? 4. Based on the results of recent court cases, what specific issues related to public tax funds for parochial elementary and secondary education are being litigated? 5. Can any specific trends be determined from analysis of the court cases? 6. Based on the established legal precedents, what are the legally acceptable criteria for using public tax funds for parochial elementary and secondary schools?
The legality of using public tax funds for parochial elementary and secondary schools : the United States Supreme Court - the nineteen seventies
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- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 1982
- Subjects
- Church schools $x Law and legislation $z United States
- Government aid to private schools $z United States
- Church schools $x Law and legislation $z United States $v Cases