Reading Room Document
Constitutionality of Legislation Extending Federal Grants to Students at Nonpublic Schools
Views expressed in earlier opinion, that extension of Basic Educational Opportunity Grants to students enrolled in nonpublic elementary and secondary schools would violate Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, reconsidered and reaffirmed. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/24496/download.
The OLC's Opinions
Opinions published by the OLC, including those released in response to our FOIA lawsuit