EDUC240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Free Exercise Clause, Intellectual Disability, Establishment Clause
24 Sep 2017
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Teacher teaching a book in german, child said they shouldn"t have to read in. Violating child labor laws- handing out and selling religious pamphlets. Not being in school to do so. Dispute with the amish because they do k-8 and wisconsin says that people are required to go to the school until they are 16. Amish win the case and are exempted from public education. Douglass says they should have to go to school, but the majority say no they shouldn"t have to. Father of child was beaten until in a coma leading to mental retardation. Supreme court disagreed, since they happened under the father and not under social services, the state was not at fault or liable, only the parents. Reading the bible in school; the lord"s prayer and then 10 bible verses to be recited; students were allowed to opt out if their parents wrote a note.
