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A School Board's Authority Versus A Student's Right To Receive Information, Timothy L. Coggins
A School Board's Authority Versus A Student's Right To Receive Information, Timothy L. Coggins
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This note examines the considerations which led the United States Supreme Court to determine that a school board's authority over the administration of the schools is not absolute if the exercise of this authority violates the constitutional rights of the students. Second. the note explores the development of a student's right to receive information through a school library as a guarantee of the first amendment, a right that cannot be ignored by a school board when the board removes books which it considers to be inappropriate either because of the ideas presented in the books or because of the local …