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Stough V. Crenshaw Country Board Of Education: Parental Rights And Segregation Academies, Stuart Melnick
Stough V. Crenshaw Country Board Of Education: Parental Rights And Segregation Academies, Stuart Melnick
Fordham Urban Law Journal
The author of this student note explores a recent 11th Circuit decision in Strough v. Crenshaw Country Board of Education, which held that the state's proffered interests were not compelling, and therefore failed to override a fundamental right. In the case, a county school board forbid its employees from sending their children to private school, and the regulation was contested by two tenured teachers who sought to enroll their children in a private, racially segregated school. The court eventually found that a parent's right to educate their child was a fundamental right, and the policy reasons advanced by the school …