This report, prepared by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, collects federal, state, and other legisltation in effect as of April 15, 1975. This is an update of the report published by the Center for Applied Linguistics in 1971. The notes preceding the statutes presented here indicate the laws in the previous compilation which were…

This document details the Affirmative Action Plan in effect at Gallaudet College. Following a policy statement, chapter 2 indicated the affirmative action procedures followed in the areas of policy dissemination, administration and monitoring, reporting and evaluation, training and development programs, recruitment, promotion and selection,…

This article advances the view that constitutional doctrine now requires schools to provide instruction in the native tongue of non-English-speaking children until they have learned English. It will be argued that equality of educational opportunity, and hence equal protection, does not exist when the instruction provided by the state is…

The body of the document presents factual accounts of women's progress, noting action taken under public and private auspices, in the following major categories: education and counseling, home and community, women in employment, labor standards and the security of basic income, legal rights and the responsibilities of citizenship, and continuing…

This book offers a coordinated coverage of decisions relating to education rendered by the U.S. Supreme Court during the tenure of Chief Justice Earl Warren. Each case related to a particular topic is analyzed, and the case findings on the more specific aspects of the issues involved are coordinated. Issues covered are religion, segregation, and…

This report on the efforts of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) to comply to Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act is based primarily on Commission staff work undertaken during the Spring and Summer of 1968. Interviews were conducted with staff members in HEW's Office for Civil Rights in Washington, and in the Atlanta and…

Teachers and other public employees enjoy the same fundamental rights as other citizens. They are entitled to free speech--though the privilege is not limitless--and to due process and equal protection under the law. (Author/DCS)

The purposes of this article are to heighten sensitivity to the needs of poor minority parents with exceptional children, to encourage the use of due process and equal protection in school programing, and to diminish the vast involvement of the courts in parent-school conflicts. (SK)

Examines the Internal Revenue Service's proposed procedures for reviewing the tax exempt status of private schools and the controversy surrounding the procedure. Concludes that fair administration of the procedure will result in net benefit to all concerned. Available from William and Mary Law Review, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA…

Examines Wisconsin's school finance system in light of recent legislation and the education clause in the state constitution. Argues for judicial involvement to correct the finance system. Available from Marquette Law Review, 1103 West Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233. (IRT)

The effect of the Bakke case, in which the courts first encountered the question of legality of reverse discrimination, is explored; its constitutional significance is examined. It is concluded that the virtue of the decision is in its support of affirmative action and its equal protection implications. (MSE)

Intervention, a procedure by which an outsider with some personal stake in the outcome of a lawsuit may become a party to it, was sought and denied in the Bakke case. This article reviews federal rules and analyzes criteria for statutory and nonstatutory intervention, and discusses the requirement of "timeliness." (GC)

Examines federal and state court decisions in school finance litigation involving the argument that education is a fundamental right with equal opportunity and equal protection. Outlines legal strategy for educational reform by arguing that surrogates for these concepts are state education laws requiring uniform, common or thorough, and efficient…

The activities in this manual explore some of the issues of the 1960s and 1970s that reflected changes in U.S. patterns of thought: minorities sought their share of the American pie; young people challenged established authority; massive protests erupted against the Vietnam War; political corruption was found in high office and a marked change…

This interdisciplinary unit includes seven lessons that can be adapted to fit individual classrooms and curricular needs. The focus of the lessons is on human rights and human rights abuses. The lessons include: (1) "Who Are the Victims?"; (2) "Coping"; (3) "Torturers"; (4) "A Case for Torture?"; (5) "The Map of Torture"; (6) "The Words To Say…