The Outsourcing of Discrimination: Another SCOTUS Earthquake?

National Education Policy Center. School of Education 249 UCB University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309. Tel: 303-735-5290; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://nepc.colorado.edu

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Court Litigation; State Courts; Charter Schools; Federal Legislation; Educational Legislation; Educational Vouchers; Religious Factors; Educational Discrimination; Civil Rights; LGBTQ People; Social Bias; Gender Issues; Constitutional Law; Elementary Secondary Education; Sexual Identity; Sexual Orientation; Educational Finance; Freedom of Speech; Religion

Montana; Maine

Lemon v Kurtzman; First Amendment

This policy memo examines some fundamental shifts, along with their real-world implications, within the past 60 years of Supreme Court jurisprudence, up to and including the current "Carson v. Makin" case. The Supreme Court is just a few small steps away from transforming every charter school law in the U.S. into a private-school voucher policy. Further, the nation may be facing a future of religious organizations proselytizing through charter schools that have been freed from obeying anti-discrimination laws--with LGBTQ+ community members being the most likely victims.

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