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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.
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Specified that "Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereoff....
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Ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment incorporates the guarantees of the First Amendment and safeguards them against state interference.
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Students may no be required to salute the flag.
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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
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Historically students have often set aside time in school, during school hours, for religious instruction. This practice was decalred unconstitutional.
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The Supreme Court declared that school-sponsered prayer and /or Bible reading violated the establishment clause.
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A state cannot restrict teaching in favor of a religious preference.
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The Supreme Court announced a three part test to evaluate establishment clause claimes. The policy had three parts.
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The court exempted Amish children from school attendance after successful completion of eigth grade.
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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.
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Supreme Court declared a Kentucky Law unconsitutional that required the posting of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.
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Clergy led invocations and benedictions were declared unconstitutional as a violation of the establishment clause.
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New York case that involved parents who asserted that parts of a reading program (Harry Potter) offended their Catholic faith.
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A case that was dismissed on procedural grounds because the father who brought the suit did not have legal custody of the student.