

- Identify federal constitutional provisions affecting education.
- Discuss the importance of state constitutional provisions affecting education.
- Compare statutory law, case (or common) law, and administrative law.
- Describe the levels of the federal court system and those of a typical state court system.
- Explain how challenges under the establishment clause are evaluated.
- Give the current posture of the courts with regard to prayer and Bible reading, student devotional activities, compulsory attendance, and private and homeschooling.
- Distinguish between permissible and impermissible state aid to nonpublic education.