Courts have been reluctant to fully embrace free exercise or equal protection claims of school choice advocates, but recent rulings may have permanently reversed that trend, potentially compelling governments to provide substantially more resources to parochial schools than ever before. The first section of this article summarizes the origin of…

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

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)

Reviews U.S. Supreme Court action concerning governmental aid to sectarian schools, highlighting the First Amendment establishment clause, the child benefit doctrine, the Tripartite Test (1970-1984), and the recent Ball and Felton cases. The court is continuously pressured to reassess its precedents requiring strict neutrality toward religion.…

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)

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…

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

Article outlines a number landmark decisions, which significantly influenced the development and stability of parochial schools. (RK)

National tensions are increasing over religious freedom, education, and the relation of government and its taxing power to religious institutions. Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush, sectarian special interests and others have stepped up their efforts to compel all citizens to contribute involuntarily through taxes to the support of…

Supreme Court decisions, New York State laws, and Fleischmann Commission findings all determine how New York may aid nonpublic schools. The Supreme Court has upheld a New Jersey law permitting reimbursement to parents for transportation of children attending sectarian schools. It also allowed a New York statute providing textbooks to both public…

After a brief synopsis of the 1974 legal activity centering on the church-state relationship, the speaker examines three particular cases: the United States Supreme Court decision in Wheeler v. Barrera, a Missouri district court decision in Luetkemeyer v. Kaufmann, and the Supreme Court decision in Franchise Tax Board of California v. United…

This report presents regional statistics on Catholic schools, provides a State-by-State summary of legislation that grants aid to nonpublic schools, and discusses the current status of such legislation in light of authoritative opinions and court rulings. Particular programs such as transportation, textbooks, and vocational-technical training are…