BY: GRACE JENKINS

Court Cases

Desegregation

Brown vs. BOE (1954)Court struck down on

“separate but equal” which was determined in Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)

Per-Pupil Expenditure

San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez (1973)

Supreme Court ruled that schools can have a more relaxed standard for justification of funding

Students with Limited English Proficiency

Lau v. Nichols (1974)Court held that Title

VI requires districts to have an ESOL course

Special Education

BOE v Rowley (1982)Ruled that IDEA gives

special needs students a right to a “free and appropriate public education”.

Accommodation Disabilities

School Board v Arline (1987)

Court said that “it depends” on the disability and whether it can infect others

Saluting the Flag

West Virginia State BOE v. Barnette (1943)

Court ruled that public school officials may not force students to salute the flag.

Student Speech

Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)

Teachers and students do not “shed constitutional rights” but that they must “applied in light of special characteristics of school environment”

Censorship

Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeir (1988)

Principals may exercise content based control.

Teachers’ Speech

Mt. Healthy v. Doyle (1977)

Teachers have freedom of expression, but should think before they speak

School Libraries

BOE, Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26 v Pico (1982)

Schools can’t remove books from school libraries because the principal doesn’t like them.

Student Suspensions and Expulsions

Goss v. Lopez (1975)Every citizen receives

the right to due process before being fired

Corporal Punishment

Ingrahm v. Wright Corporal punishment

is the only legal punishment allowed in schools.

Searches of Students

New Jersey v. TLO (1985)

School officials must have reasonable suspicion to search a student.

Random Drug Tests

Vernonia v. Acton (1995)

Random drug testing on student athletes is constitutional.

Sexual Harassment

Franklin v. Gwinnett (1992)

Students can sue school for damages on sexual harassment cases.

Disruptive Students in Special Education

Honig v. Doe (1988)Students can only be

removed from Special Ed. Through agreement with school and students parents.

Government Aid to Religious Schools

Lemon vs. Kurtzman (1999)

Government salary supplements for teachers violate First Amd. Clause.

Prayer at School Events

Lee vs. Weisman (1992)

Clergy-led invocations & benedictions at public graduations violate First Amd. Clause.