| 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) |
|
| Wolman v. Walter (1977) (6-3) |
upholds textbook loans, provision of
tests/scoring of tests, onsite diagnostic services, and
offsite therapeutic services, and |
| 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) |
|
| Aguilar v. Felton (1985) (5-4) |
|
| 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 |