Use of school facilities - Lecture Notes William Allan Kritsonis, PhD

1. Use of School Facilities
William Allan Kritsonis, PhD

2. Free Exercise of Religion
• First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
• Free Speech.
• Establishment Clause.
• Free Exercise Clause.
• The Fourteenth Amendment.

3. Anti-discrimination Law, 106.001 of
Title 5 of the Civil Practices and
Remedies Code.
• (Lamb’s Chapel v. Center Moriches Union
Free School District). Free Speech Case.
• “Limited Public Forum.”
• Lamb’s Chapel Ruling. Courts ruled in
Lamb favor on grounds of discrimination.
• School district.
• School Property

4. U.S. Supreme Court
• Public Elementary School Campus.
• Milford Central School in Milford, New
York.
• Community Policy.
• Community Groups Access to School
Campuses.
• Good News Club.

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• Private Christian Organization.
• Access Granted to: Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts,
and 4-H Club.
• Bible Reading.
• Open Forum.
• Fifth Circuit.
• Louisiana School District’s.

6. The Fifth Circuit/Supreme Court
• Federal District Court.
• (Campbell v. St. Tammany Parish School
Board). Christian Coalition discussion of
family and political issues. Excluded access
for religious purposes.
• Community Use Policy
• The Texas Education Code/Protect
Religious Freedom TEC 25.901.
• Disruption of Instructional or other
Activities.

7. School Prayer at:
• Graduation Ceremonies.
• Baccalaureate Ceremonies.
• Football/Basketball Games, and other
School Activities.
• Ruling in Lamb’s Chapel v. Center
Moriches Union Free School district.
• Wyoming Federal Court.

8. Establishment Clause
• (Shumay v. Albany County School
District).Case regarding student-Initiated
Prayer at School.
• Student-Initiated Prayer.
• The Fifth Circuit Upheld Decision.
• (Ingebretsen v. Jackson Public School
District, 1996).
• The Lemon Test. 3 part guidelines named
after the 1971 Lemon v. Jurtz.
• The Statute U.S. Court of Appeals struct
down statues enacted by Florida/Louisiana.

9. Nonsectarian and Non-proselytizing’ Prayer
• Excessive Entanglement, Religion and the
Federal Government.
• Lee v. Weisman. Case regarding
establishment clause issues in public
schools.
• Compulsory and Prayer.

10. Reference
Walsh, J. Kemerer, F. &
Maniotis, L. (2005). University
of Texas Press, Austin. Pp.253-
271.