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Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1998
Summarizes a complex case involving a reopened Minnesota elementary school serving children of the Brethren, a religious group that had earlier bought the school. Although no religious instruction occurred there, two taxpayers successfully sued the district. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed this decision, noting the secular nature of…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Public Schools
Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2003
Analyzes complex Minnesota case wherein the state intermediate, appellate court upheld (2-1) juvenile court's order that a high school student expelled for making a bomb threat pay the district's tutoring costs and attorney's fees. (PKP)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Discipline Policy, Expulsion, High School Students