The current study was funded by the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, Project 53-054 Decision Making Integral to Relationship Transitions in Families. The perspectives presented in the paper do not represent views of the funding agency and errors remain the sole responsibility of the author. This article is a major revision of a…

Discusses recent Kentucky case of "Boyd County High School Gay Straight Alliance v. Board of Education of Boyd County" wherein the Kentucky Supreme Court held that the Equal Access Act prohibited school officials from banning the Gay Straight Alliance from meeting in the high school since it had earlier permitted four other noncurricular…

The Yearbook of Education Law contains analyses of the previous year's federal and state court decisions that affect private and public elementary and secondary schools and higher education. The Yearbook provides summaries and analyses of relevant state appellate and federal trial and appellate court cases. Contents include: (1) Employees; (2)…

Public education funding in the past 40 years has increased significantly, with parties turning to the judiciary in order to address perceived educational opportunity inequities arising from state education finance distribution formulas. As the 21st century opens, the question of public education finance is set squarely before the courts. This…

The implications and shortcomings of court rulings on negligence in libel laws are explored in this paper. The paper first discusses the particulars of the 1974 landmark "Gertz versus Robert Welch, Inc." United States Supreme Court case, in which the court ruled that private persons as well as public figures would be required to prove…

Reviewed are the most significant legal issues affecting labor relations in education. Concerns involving agency shop, duty of fair representation, impasse arbitration, tenure, and curriculum (what it should or should not contain) are summarized. (MD)

Examines Ohio education finance case of "DeRolph v. State" within framework of judicial attempts to define education adequacy. Summarizes problem with education finance; traces emergence of adequacy as goal. Discusses the meaning of educational adequacy in "DeRolph," earlier court decisions, statutes, and research. Calls for…

Information on state court organization as of January 1, 1980, in the 50 states, American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands is provided. Data were collected from published sources and through questionnaires. There are two major parts. Part I consists of 36 tables containing comparative data from all the…

It is time for the courts to rigorously scrutinize allegations of public use in order to protect the property rights of private individuals. Available from West Virginia Law Review, W.V.U. Law Center, Morgantown, WV 26506. (Author)

Reviews "Davey v. Locke," an Establishment Clause case before the Supreme Court. The Court will decide the constitutionality of Washington State's Blaine Amendment, prohibiting aid to religious schools. The lawsuit began when a state agency, citing the Blaine Amendment, revoked Joshua Davey's state-funded scholarship after he switched…

Due to state legislatures' reluctance to initiate school-funding reform, judicial bodies are asked to provide relief from alleged inequities. Before providing judicial review, the judiciary must decide whether an issue is justiciable (does not violate separation of powers) and warrants court intervention. Children's education has not substantially…

Discusses Indiana High School Athletic Association rule requiring that athletes play in 50 percent of team's regularly scheduled contests to be eligible for state tournament. Examines Indiana case and argues rule should be changed or eliminated. Proposes adding injury exception, publicizing athletic association rules and interpretations, and…

This study examined Columbine's impact on case outcomes related to student searches and its implications for civil liberties and school leader discretion. Using data from 236 court cases since the U.S. Supreme Court ruling of New Jersey v. T.L.O. in 1985, critical search dimensions and outcomes (e.g., level of suspicion) were examined using…

The first section of this article examines the historical record of Ohio's Second Constitutional Convention in an effort to discern what the delegates meant by "thorough and efficient" system of education. Included in this analysis are other historical documents that give further indication of the intent of the delegates. A brief review…

The California Supreme Court catalyzed school finance litigation with its rulings in the "Serrano v. Priest" cases. The court's required that wealth-related spending differences essentially be eliminated, the legislation required to implement that decision, and the passage of Proposition 13's property tax limitation has resulted in…