ADVANCED CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: PUBLIC EDUCATION LAW (2) (CON 528)

Professor Richard Marsico

This course covers constitutional issues in public education law. Topics include the history and purpose of public education; constitutional foundations for federal involvement in education law; the Equal Protection Clause and its application to school desegregation, affirmative action, and gender discrimination in public schools; student First and Fourth Amendment rights; and the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses in public schools, including their application to the use of public resources for religious education, prayer in public schools, teaching creationism and evolution, and religious use of public school facilities. Students will be graded based on class participation and a final exam.