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The Paper Wars: First Amendment Challenges To School Material Distribution Policies, Leora Harpaz Mar 2006

The Paper Wars: First Amendment Challenges To School Material Distribution Policies, Leora Harpaz

Faculty Scholarship

Public schools are faced with an array of requests seeking permission to distribute material on school property. These requests may come from students, teachers or outside organizations. To respond to these requests, some school districts have adopted written policies to guide their determinations while others lack formal policies and respond on an ad hoc basis. Whether based on formal or informal policies, in deciding whether to permit distribution school officials typically take into account a variety of factors including the content of the material, the identity of the individual or group seeking permission and the time, place or manner of …


Lex-Praxis Of Education Informational Privacy For Public Schoolchildren, Susan P. Stuart Jan 2006

Lex-Praxis Of Education Informational Privacy For Public Schoolchildren, Susan P. Stuart

Law Faculty Publications

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A Local Distinction: State Education Privacy Laws For Public Schoolchildren, Susan P. Stuart Jan 2006

A Local Distinction: State Education Privacy Laws For Public Schoolchildren, Susan P. Stuart

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Too Much, Too Little: Religion In The Public Schools, Jay D. Wexler Jan 2006

Too Much, Too Little: Religion In The Public Schools, Jay D. Wexler

Faculty Scholarship

The current state of religion in the nation's public schools is odd indeed. On the one hand, the courts have consistently held that public school teachers may not lead their students in an organized prayer. Yet on the other hand, most people seem to agree that there is no problem with those same teachers leading their students in the Pledge of Allegiance, an exercise that asks students on a daily basis, not only to explicitly recognize the existence of a single god, but also to link the nation's very identity to that highly contested theological proposition. Likewise, despite the fact …