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Religion in schools
This timeline has 20 cases pertaining to the first ammendment and how if applies to religion in schools -
Scopes v. State of Tennessee
Case about the theory of evolution being tought in school biology class. Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution and fined 100 dollars, the case however was later overturned due to a technicality. -
McCullum v. Board of Education
Was about the schools aiding religious institutions. the schoold were using their tax money to do so. The classes were 30 to 45 minutes long. The court said the classes were unconstitutional. -
Zorach v. Clauson
The schools were allowing the students to leave school early for religious practices and they had to have a note and the religious place had to keep the attendence. The court upheld that pracitce saying it did not violate the first amendment. -
Engle v. Vitale
the court ruled that it was unconstitutional for state officals to require that public schools have a required prayer. -
Abington school district v. Schempp
The court held that the rule of having at least ten verses from the bible was unconstitutional and the supreme court upheld the decision of the cistrict court -
Murry v. Curlett
This case in theory helped get rid of state mandated school prayer. -
Epperson v. Arkansas
Involved the teaching of biology in little rock arkansas. The court decided that the arkansas school system could not regulate the evolution of man theory. -
Florey v. Sioux Falls School District
Had to deal with school holidays and in the 1970's the school district set up a committee and they came up with some rules about holidays in school. The court found it constitutional saying it did not violate the first amendment only because of the rules the committee set up. -
Stone v. Graham
the court decided that a Kentucky stature making classrooms have a copy of the ten comandments on the wall was unconstitutional. -
Karen B. v. Treen
This was a court of appeals case , it had to deal with students participating in school prayers. -
Marsh v. Chambers
The supreme court found it constitutional to have a state supported chapplan because of the united states "unique history". -
Lynch v. Donnelly
The inclusion of a nativity scene in the schools christmas display was held constitutional by the court of a vote 5 to 4. -
Wallace v. Jeffree
State mandated moment of scilence or voulentary prayer was found unconstitutional by the supreme court. -
Aguilar V. Felton
This was about a new york city program to send public school teachers to help disadvantages students as a remedial service. It was found to go agianst the establishment clause of the first amendment. -
West side community board of education v. Mergens
The school decided to prohibit the formation of a christain club and the supreme court said that was unconstitutional and the club would be non curriculum based club. -
Lee v. Weisman
Invlolved prayer at graduation ceremonies the court found it unconstitutional and said that the school could not do that anymore. -
Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District
This case said that the school could provide an interpreter and that would not violate the establishment clause. -
Rosenberger v. University of Virginia
The university was not funding a religious publication and the publication wide awake met all the criteria of a organization that should be funded. The court said that it was unconstitutional for colleges to refuse funding based on religious affilitaion. -
Agostini v. Felton
Over ruled the previous case about public school teachers going to private religious schools to teach religion and still get paid by the state. -
Santa Fe independent School District v. Doe
It was a case about student led prayer at football games. It was found unconstitutional because it violates the establishment clause of the first amendment.
