This article offers an historical review of state and federal aid to the private or parochial school. Pressure continues to be applied to both sides of the question. (Editor)

This report focuses on one of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) programs--Title III, the program for educational innovation. As shown by studies and reports dealing with the amount of involvement and participation of nonpublic school children in Title III programs, the general picture of past performance is bleak. There are notable…

This report provides the results of a tabular survey of programs in operation or approved for state support of private higher education in the 50 states. The information in the survey is summarized and presented as introductory material. (MJM)

This report on state support for private higher education expands a 1969 survey of national trends prepared for the Southern Regional Education Board. It presents the findings of several empirical studies which: (1) examine various legal constraints and judicial interpretations related to tax appropriations for private schools; and (2) examine the…

Examines ways parishes or schools can promote deferred gifts, payable on death to the parish or institution. Suggests that financial planning seminars and will clinics, planned-giving promotion committees, and dissemination of free pamphlets on estate planning are good ways to promote these bequests. (DMM)

CASE's 1984 Volunteer of the Year award went to Frank Owen Heywood Williams for his work with Renbrook School, where he founded a Grandparents' Group six years ago. He has raised funds for colleges, independent schools, hospitals, ballet companies, music festivals, and political parties (MLW)

This article discusses the recent politics of public proposals to aid private schools through tuition tax credits or education vouchers. Analysis of voter opinion polls, voter behavior, fizzled initiatives, and attempted federal voucher experiment indicates only changes in the political landscape will bring success to such measures. (BS)

The propositions for tuition tax credits have changed since the fifties. The current bill (SB 528), the major issues, and their implications are reviewed. (MD)

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)

This report describes the results of an institutional analysis that examined the effects of the CEO Horizon Scholarship Program on schools in San Antonio, Texas. The scholarship program offered virtually all families in the school district a scholarship to send their children to the school of their choice, both public and private. The analysis is…

This short paper is part of a collection of 54 papers from the 48th annual conference of the Education Law Association held in November 2002. It discusses educational voucher programs. It states that proponents of voucher programs, having scored a major victory in the U.S. Supreme Court with "Zelman v. Simmons-Harris" (2002), will…

Good development officers in elementary and high schools need to be aware of planned giving and knowledgeable about a variety of gift categories. Most school-development directors are not experts in this complex field. Yet, when a school decides to initiate a planned-giving program, the director of development must make a serious commitment to…

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)