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School Vouchers And The Constitution - Permissible, Impermissible, Or Required?, Gary J. Simson Jul 2002

School Vouchers And The Constitution - Permissible, Impermissible, Or Required?, Gary J. Simson

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


The First Amendment And The Socialization Of Children: Compulsory Public Education And Vouchers, Steven H. Shiffrin Jul 2002

The First Amendment And The Socialization Of Children: Compulsory Public Education And Vouchers, Steven H. Shiffrin

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Criticism of American public schools has been a cottage industry since the Nineteenth Century. In recent years the criticism has gone to the roots. Critics charge that to leave children imprisoned in the public school monopoly is to risk the standardization of our children; it is to socialize them in the preferred views of the State. They argue that it would be better to adopt a system of vouchers or private scholarships to support a multiplicity of private schools. A multiplicity of such schools, it is said, would enhance parental choice, would foster competition, and would promote a diversity of …


Zelman V. Simmons-Harris And The Private Choice Doctrine, Laura T. Rahe Jan 2002

Zelman V. Simmons-Harris And The Private Choice Doctrine, Laura T. Rahe

Cleveland State Law Review

In Zelman, the Court examined the constitutionality of an Ohio pilot program that took effect in the Cleveland City School District. One of the program's provisions permitted parents to use a tuition voucher for their children to attend public or private schools, including religious schools. The statute authorizing the program ensured that participating private schools remained affordable for the most disadvantaged children, and required that the schools refrain from "advocat[ing] or foster[ing] unlawful behavior or teach[ing] hatred of any person or group on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin or religion." The Cleveland program exemplifies one attempt, informed by …


When May A State Require Teaching Alternatives To The Theory Of Evolution? Intelligent Design As A Test Case, Stephen L. Marshall Jan 2002

When May A State Require Teaching Alternatives To The Theory Of Evolution? Intelligent Design As A Test Case, Stephen L. Marshall

Kentucky Law Journal

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Applying The Good News Club Decision In A Manner That Maintains The Separation Of Church And State In Our Schools, James L. Underwood Jan 2002

Applying The Good News Club Decision In A Manner That Maintains The Separation Of Church And State In Our Schools, James L. Underwood

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.