The Burger court and the public schools

UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
George Robert Deakin (Creator)
Institution
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Advisor
Joseph E. Bryson

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to research United States Supreme Court decisions affecting public education from October, 1969, through June, 1977, to provide a source of information for school administrators, school boards, and the general public as an aid to the solution of some common problems in education. The study began by reviewing all Court decisions prior to October, 1969, which affected the educational process in the areas Of religion, desegregation, and academic freedom. The Court decisions from October, 1969, through June, 1977, were then studied. Analysis of the voting patterns of individual Justices was attempted based on concurrence or dissent with the majority opinion of the Court. In the area of church-state relations, the decisions of Lemon I (1971) laid the cornerstones for subsequent judgment of cases involving public aid to non-public schools. The tests of legislative intent, primary effect, excessive entanglement, and political divisiveness potential were established to decide the legality of various state aid plans, such as tuition reimbursement, tax credit, construction grants, auxiliary services, remedial services, teaching equipment, and other assistance.

Additional Information

Publication
Dissertation
Language: English
Date: 1978
Subjects
Burger, Warren E., $d 1907-1995
United States. $b Supreme Court
Educational law and legislation $z United States

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