History of Religion in Education

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
09/04/1647	"Old Deluder Stan" Act	The first publicly supported schools in American were established due to religious motives. The act required the establishment and support of schools in towns of 50 or more families to teach children to read and write.
09/04/1791	The First Ammendment	Specified that "Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereoff....
09/04/1925	Gitlow v. New York	Ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment incorporates the guarantees of the First Amendment and safeguards them against state interference.
09/04/1943	West Virginia v. Barnette	Students may no be required to salute the flag.
09/04/1947	Eversin v. Board of Education	First major establishment clause decision, wherein the Court held that the government cannot aid any one religion or even all religions, but instead must be neutral toward religion
09/04/1948	Release Time	Historically students have often set aside time in school, during school hours, for religious instruction. This practice was decalred unconstitutional.
09/04/1960	Prayer/Bible reading	The Supreme Court declared that school-sponsered prayer and /or Bible reading violated the establishment clause.
09/04/1968	Epperson v. Arkansas	A state cannot restrict teaching in favor of a religious preference.
09/04/1971	Lemon v. Kurtzman	The Supreme Court announced a three part test to evaluate establishment clause claimes. The policy had three parts.
09/04/1972	Wisconsin v. Yoder	The court exempted Amish children from school attendance after successful completion of eigth grade.
09/04/1985	Alabama Law	The Supreme Court struck down an Alabama Law in 1985 that inserted the phrase "or voluntary prayer" into an existing statute that authorized a period of silent meditation.
09/04/1985	Kentucky Law	Supreme Court declared a Kentucky Law unconsitutional that required the posting of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.
09/04/1992	Lee v. Weisman	Clergy led invocations and benedictions were declared unconstitutional as a violation of the establishment clause.
09/04/2001	Altman vs. Bedford Central School Distrect	New York case that involved parents who asserted that parts of a reading program (Harry Potter) offended their Catholic faith.
09/04/2004	Nedow v. United States	A case that was dismissed on procedural grounds because the father who brought the suit did not have legal custody of the student.