Reading Room Document

Effect of 1974 Supreme Court Decisions (Wheeler and Marburger) on Federal Aid to Parochial Schools [includes follow-up memorandum explaining typographical error]

The document is a memorandum discussing the effects of the 1974 Supreme Court decisions on federal aid to parochial schools. The conclusions reached in the document are that the new rulings do not signal a relaxation of the ban against government aid to sectarian schools. The document presents a detailed analysis of the Court's decisions and implications of the Wheeler v. Barrera and Marburger v. Public Funds for Public Schools of New Jersey cases. The questions presented for review include the constitutionality of government aid to sectarian schools, the potential relaxation of the Establishment Clause prohibitions, and the implications of government aid to sectarian schools.

July 8, 1974