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Direct linkKim, Robert – Phi Delta Kappan, 2022
Past U.S. Supreme Court rulings have held that schools and school employees must be careful to engage in religious activities while at school that could appear to endorse a particular religion above others or coerce students to engage in religious activities. However, the June 2022 Kennedy v. Bremerton School District opinion suggests that the…
Descriptors: State Church Separation, Religion, School Prayer, Court Litigation
McCarthy, Martha M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1993
Since the Supreme Court's 1992 "Lee v. Weisman" decision, holding that the First Amendment's establishment clause precluded school-sponsored graduation prayers, school officials have struggled to avoid lawsuits while satisfying community preferences. Efforts to circumvent this decision have resulted in "noncoercive"…
Descriptors: Commencement Ceremonies, Court Litigation, High Schools, Legal Problems
Barber, Larry W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1993
Prayer at school-sponsored events became significant issue in many communities, in wake of Supreme Court's decision in "Lee v. Weisman.""Phi Delta Kappan" survey was conducted to discover how school districts handled graduation prayer. Of 1,491 responding districts, 46% included some form of prayer at formal commencement…
Descriptors: Commencement Ceremonies, Court Litigation, High Schools, Public Schools
