Using the Supreme Court's three-part yardstick for determining cases concerning the establishment of religion, a Massachusetts judge ruled that silent meditation is permissible, while a New Jersey judge ruled against transcendental meditation. (Author/IRT)

A discussion of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on equal education. (JF)

What judges are doing "with increasing boldness," in fact, is telling school people to solve their own cases instead of bringing them to court. (Author)

It is unclear what kinds of bilingual programs schools will be mandated to provide and the sources of funding are also unclear. (Author/IRT)

Reviews a recent Supreme Court decision reaffirming the court's stand on school prayer. The ruling resolves important issues concerning religious activity in public schools but does not address the constitutionality of moment of silence provisions. (MD)

The California Supreme Court has held that the closing of a school is an administrative act and is not subject to a referendum. (Author/IRT)

Describes a successful random drug-testing program for athletes and students involved in school-sponsored activities at Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Flemington, New Jersey. Urges all high schools to implement a random drug-testing program. (PKP)

Schoolmen fear that the Wood v. Strickland decision will spark increasing costs and attorney involvement and have a significant impact on day-to-day school board operations. (Author)

School boards can (and, I believe, should for their own protection) encourage their administrators and teachers to be child advocates, giving the lie to the canard--often used successfully by plaintiffs--that school officials traditionally are authoritarian, arbitrary, and unilateral in their procedures. (Author)

A 1983 federal appeals court decision says the Secretary of Agriculture cannot establish time and place restrictions on the sale of snack items in schools. If snack items are to be banned from schools, the School Lunch Act must be reworded. (MD)

Some first aid'' measure for enabling school boards to handle lawsuits with considerable finesse. To be rounded out in the next issue by a sequel of suggestions for keeping track of lawsuit litigation and for assessing the competency of the lawyer hired to represent the school district. (Author)

Discusses recent Kentucky case of "Boyd County High School Gay Straight Alliance v. Board of Education of Boyd County" wherein the Kentucky Supreme Court held that the Equal Access Act prohibited school officials from banning the Gay Straight Alliance from meeting in the high school since it had earlier permitted four other noncurricular…

The courts have produced four questionable outcomes in their interventions--fragmentation of tax systems, confusion, failure to produce workable plans, and conflict over interpretations of vague court language. (Author/IRT)