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Separating Dick And Jane: Single-Sex Public Education Under The Washington State Equal Rights Amendment, Inessa Baram-Blackwell
Separating Dick And Jane: Single-Sex Public Education Under The Washington State Equal Rights Amendment, Inessa Baram-Blackwell
Washington Law Review
Single-sex education in public school systems has become increasingly popular in recent years. The Equal Rights Amendment to the Washington State Constitution (ERA) requires that males and females be treated equally where state action, such as public education, is involved. As demonstrated by the ERA's legislative history and Washington case law, the ERA prohibits differentiation on the basis of sex alone, which occurs where an individual would be treated differently in a given situation if that person were of the opposite sex. Legislative history and case law recognize two narrow exceptions to the ERA. Under the first exception, classification based …
Zero Privacy: Schools Are Violating Students' Fourteenth Amendment Right Of Privacy Under The Guise Of Enforcing Zero Tolerance Policies, Elisabeth Frost
Zero Privacy: Schools Are Violating Students' Fourteenth Amendment Right Of Privacy Under The Guise Of Enforcing Zero Tolerance Policies, Elisabeth Frost
Washington Law Review
The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides a right of privacy that protects against unwarranted governmental interference with an individual's contraceptive choices. This privacy right protects minors as well as adults. School officials serve as government actors for the purpose of Fourteenth Amendment analysis. Zero tolerance drug policies are school disciplinary policies that mandate predetermined and frequently severe consequences for specific offenses, often including the possession of legally prescribed or legally obtained over-the-counter medication. Zero tolerance drug policies have resulted in the often very public discipline of students for possessing a wide array of otherwise legal medication, including …