Resources

Resources

• Constitution Day and Citizenship Day Resources [HTML 3,030kb]
  Constitution Day and Citizenship Day is celebrated this year during the week preceding or following September 17. On this day, federal law requires school districts receiving federal funds to educate students about the Constitution.
  
• Controversial Content: The Legal Landscape [PDF 97,740kb]
  Inside School Law, Winter 2003
  
• Inside School Law Update - Winter 2003 [HTML 14,683kb]
• The Bible and Public Schools: A First Amendment Guide [PDF 127,956kb]
  Ending the confusion and conflict about the Bible and public schools would be good for public education and for our nation. But finding common ground will not e easy because Americans have been divided about this issue since the early days of the common school movement.
  
• A School Law Primer: Part III
  Update your law library with the third part of this NSBA Council of School Attorneys training tool. Created to meet the needs of the attorneys who serve public school districts and those of the school community at large. Intended as a resource to help you keep your clients out of court, this school law training manual covers such topics as: religion, discrimination, board authority, and curriculum. Each chapter consists of three main components -- a presentation outline and case summaries; participant 'notes pages;' and a diskette containing Microsoft Powerpoint slides that correspond to the outline. This publication will save you hundreds of hours in research time, help when you have been called upon to do a presentation -- and need to have the material right at your fingertips, and be a valuable resource for training new associates and clients. Order No. 06-186-W. ISBN 0-88364-255-7 (List $400.00, National Affiliates and Council Members $320.00)
  
• Bible Literacy Project
  This organization, in conjunction with the Freedom Forum's First Amendment Center, has published a broad consensus statement on The Bible and Public Schools, joined by a range of educational and religious organizations including NSBA. The group advocates Bible literacy as part of a well-rounded public school curriculum and has published a textbook and curriculum carefully designed to fulfill one such consensus statement and thereby avoid legal problems.
  
• National Education Association
  NEA is an organization committed to advancing the cause of public education. NEA has 2.7 million members who work at every level of education, from pre-school to university graduate programs.
  
• American Federation of Teachers
  The American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, gives voice to the professional, economic and social aspirations of teachers and works to strengthen the institutions in which they work.
  
• National Association of Secondary School Principals
• National Association of Elementary School Principals
• Religion & Public Schools: Striking a Constitutional Balance
  This NSBA Council of School Attorneys publication discusses the latest developments in the law, including the Supreme Court's decisions in Milford, Mitchell, Santa Fe and Agostini. A compilation of articles written by Council members, it focuses on the effect of the establishment and free exercise clauses of the First Amendment and the constitutional issues surrounding accommodating employee religious beliefs, wearing of religious garb, curriculum content, school prayer/moment of silence, holiday observances, equal access, home schools and much more. 242 pages. Order No. 06-181-W. ISBN 0-88364-244-1(List $35.00, National Affiliates and Council Members $28.00)