Excusing of Public School Pupils for Religious Instruction

Authors

Thomas F. Broden, Notre Dame Law SchoolFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1947

Publication Information

22 Notre Dame L. 360 (1946-1947)

Abstract

The separation of Church and State, according to the precepts of the American form of constitutional government, imposes no duty on the public school system to erect a barrier of hostility and antagonism against religion or the churches. Accordingly, a regulation of the Board of Education excusing the weekly absences of pupils for the purpose of receiving religious instruction does not, it was held in People ex rel. Latimer et al. v. Board of Education of City of Chicago, do violence to the compulsory attendance law and is a reasonable rule for the practical administration of the public schools.

Comments

Reprinted with permission of Notre Dame Law Review (previously Notre Dame Lawyer).

Recommended Citation

Thomas F. Broden, Excusing of Public School Pupils for Religious Instruction, 22 Notre Dame L. 360 (1946-1947).
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