First Amendment interpretation becomes necessary when attempts are made by the State to act in a way which either inhibits or promotes religion. Reviews those cases that have had a direct impact on the questions of establishment and free exercise of religion in the schools. (Author/JF)

In a previous article, Eileen Wagner analyzed the "Goodall" case in which parents had unsuccessfully requested that the school district provide their deaf son with an interpreter in a parochial school. A comprehensive alternative analysis argues that Wagner understated the federal requirements with regard to providing special education…

An analysis of United States Supreme Court cases related to State-church separation. (JF)

Explores the extent to which the Supreme Court's application of the First Amendment's prohibition against establishment of religion is forcing federal and state governments to forgo distributive justice for needy children. Examines possibilities for greater distributive justice. (MLF)

Discusses the recent parochial school aid case Pearl vs Nyquist and compares it with other recent United States Supreme Court rulings on parochiad. (JF)

Discusses recent United States Supreme Court rulings on aid to parochial schools. (JF)

Argues that the United States Supreme Court's decisions disallowing direct aid to private, religious schools are inadequately supported by the Court's own opinions. (MD)

An attorney who has represented school interests in recent U.S. Supreme Court cases dealing with State aid to parochial schools gives his interpretation of the Court's rulings in those cases. (JF)

Discusses recent United States Supreme Court rulings on aid to parochial schools and suggests how these rulings might affect education voucher plans that include parochial schools. (JF)

Examines recent United States Supreme Court cases on aid to parochial schools and concludes that "shared time" or "dual enrollment" procedures may pass constitutional muster. (JF)

Presents a case study of the more salient difficulties in developing a subsidy program that is responsive to the complexities of the private college problem, on the one hand, while conforming to political sensibilities and legal constraints on the other. Focuses on a 10-year effort in the Commonwealth of Virginia to establish a subsidy program for…

This article surveys the constitutionality of state aid to private sectarian higher education under the First Amendment. A typology for constitutional aid programs is devised to scrutinize selected state programs for constitutional compliance. (TE)

Examines legal, economic, and social effects of programs designed to provide public funds for education. (Author)

Investigates the viability of State action theories and analyzes the distinction between the public and private sectors of higher education by investigating the case law on the State action doctrine as applied to private higher education. (Author)

Examines cases dealing with governmental aid to church-related higher education as a means to clarify the current direction taken by the United States Supreme Court. (Author/IRT)