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Case of the Month: School Vouchers
In order to help bring a better understanding of the Bill of Rights, the ACLU of Florida is initiating a new feature: Case of the Month. Each month, we will highlight either a current case before the courts or past landmark decisions. In discussing the case, we hope to offer extensive learning materials, including balanced information on the key legal issues in the lawsuit, the attorneys, plaintiffs and defendants involved, lesson plans, teacher handouts and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's).
For August, we have selected school vouchers as our key issue, featuring the ACLU of Florida's lawsuit, Holmes v. Bush .
The Case of the Month is designed to be a resource tool for teachers and students, as well as a good way for the general public to keep informed about some of our hottest cases of the moment. With the public debate that Gov. Bush's voucher plan has initiated across the state, Case of the Month is sure to provide needed information about one of Florida's major controversies in 1999.
- Overview of school vouchers
- Legal issues in the lawsuit
- Plaintiffs, defendants and attorneys involved
- FAQ's
- Lesson plan
- Holmes v. Bush complaint
- Handout: Church and State
- Handout: Students' Right to Religious Freedom
- ACLU debate: President Nadine Strossen v. voucher advocate Clint Bolick
Tell us what you think! We welcome suggestions and comments about our new Case of the Month feature. E-mail Alessandra Soler, Public Education Coordinator, at asoler@aclufl.org.
Special thanks to our summer law clerk Irene Donovan, University of Chicago 2001, for her invaluable assistance in the production of the school vouchers Case of the Month.
