| Case |
Decision |
| Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971) (8-1) |
invalidated
salary supplements for parochial school teachers |
| Committee for Public Education v.
Nyquist (1973) |
invalidated
maintenance and repair grants to parochial schools
(8-1), tuition grants (6-3), and tax relief (6-3) to
parents of students attending private schools |
| Meek v. Pittinger (1975) (6-3) |
strikes down
provision of auxiliary services and loan of
instructional materials and equipment to private schools
including parochial schools and upholds
loan of secular textbooks to children attending these
schools |
| Wolman v. Walter (1977) (6-3) |
upholds textbook
loans, provision of tests/scoring of tests, onsite
diagnostic services, and offsite therapeutic services,
and strikes down loan of
instructional material and equipment to parochial school
students and field trip transportation. |
| Mueller v. Allen (1983) (5-4) |
upholds tax deduction for
educational expenses for students attending public and
private schools |
School District of Grand Rapids v. Ball (1985) |
strikes down Shared Time Program (5:4) and Community Education Program (7-2) offered to private schools 40 of 41 of which are sectarian |
| Aguilar v. Felton (1985) (5-4) |
strikes down provision of Title I onsite services to parochial school students |
| Witters v. Washington Department of Services for the Blind (1986) (9-0) | upholds student’s
use of state vocational rehabilitation program money to
study to become a pastor, missionary or youth director |
| Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School
District (1993) (5-4) |
upholds provision
of school district sign-language interpreter to student
at parochial high school under IDEA |
| Agostini v. Felton (1997) (5-4) |
upholds provision
of federally funded Title I services onsite at public
and private schools, including parochial schools |
| Mitchell v. Helms (2000) (6-3) |
upholds loan of federally funded
secular materials and equipment to public and private
schools, including parochial schools, on a pro capita
basis |
| Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (2002) (5-4) |
upholds a state-funded
scholarship program providing money to help students pay
tuition to attend private schools, including parochial
schools |