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School Law
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Education
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06/09/2010

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10th Amendment
Definition
Education is a state function
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British Common Law
Definition
Bases for earliest U.S. laws
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Certiorari
Definition
petition to hear a case
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stare decisis
Definition
let the decision stand
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Morrill Act 1862
Definition
land grant schools
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Plenary power
Definition
all powerful, unlimited power
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Separation of church and state
Definition
Thomas Jefferson
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Parens patriae
Definition
concept that state has reasonable guardianship over citizens
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Academic Freedom
Definition
right of teachers to speak freely about their subject
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Article 1 section 8 of Constitution
Definition
general welfare clause
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Article 1 section 10 of 

US Constitution

Definition
contracts clause
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1st Amendment 
Definition

establishment clause

freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly

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4th Amendment
Definition
forbids unreasonable search and seizure
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5th Amendment
Definition
compensation for public taking of private property
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8th Amendment
Definition

 

no cruel and unusual punishment

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14th Amendment
Definition
due process and equal protection under the law
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List 3 Types of Laws
Definition
Constitutional, Statutory, Case/Common Law
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Marbury v. Madison
Definition

Clarified Constitution as supreme law of land and the the Supreme Court as its interpreter

 

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Lemon v. Kurtzman
Definition

Ruled that state aid to parochial schools is a violation of "excessive entanglement"

-precedented a test for excessive entanglement

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Wolman v. Walter (1977)
Definition
court ruled a violation for state to finance field trips for parochial schools; public standardized tests and scoring services may be used by private schools, private school students may benefit from public diagnostic and therapeutic services
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School District of Abington v. Schempp (1963)
Definition
removed Bible reading from public schools
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Lee v. Wiseman (1992)
Definition
prayer at graduation was ruled unconstitutional
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Equal Access Act
Definition
allows a religious student group to meet on campus
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Wallace v. Jaffree (1985)
Definition
voluntary prayer ruled unconstitutional by Supreme Court
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Pierce v. Society of Sisters
Definition
gave private schools the right to exist
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Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)
Definition
Amish children receive an exemption to compulsory education after 8th grade
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Epperson v. Arkansas
Definition
states cannot bar the teaching of evolution because it conflict with certain religions
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Edwards v. Agulliard (1987)
Definition
law requiring the teaching of creation along with evolution ruled unconstitutional
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Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988)
Definition
Supreme Court ruled that school authority can censor student expression school related activities 
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