Constitutional Law - Public Aid to Nonpublic Institutions in Nebraska
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1976
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9
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Journal Article
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FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|Education of young people has always been and always will be of utmost importance. This proposition is grounded on the fact that the security and welfare of the nation requires the fullest development of the mental resources and skills of its youth. Today ten percent of the nation's children, 5.2 million, are enrolled in private schools, obviously reducing the states' burden of public education. However, private schools, and particularly parochial schools, have been encountering grave financial difficulties which have resulted in the closing of many such institutions. Accordingly, there is a movement of students from private to public schools, a trend which portends substantial increases in public school budgets. This trend has caused some states to attempt to halt the demise of the nonpublic school system, which delivers quality education at a cost substantially below the per pupil education cost in public schools. Against this backdrop the Nebraska Unicameral has enacted three bills designed to ease the financial plight of private schools. However, these bills have encountered both judicial and popular disfavor as the Nebraska Supreme Court held two of the acts unconstitutional, while the third, an amendment to the Nebraska Constitution, was voted down by the people...
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9 Creighton L. Rev. 18 (1975-1976)
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Creighton University School of Law