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1925 - Pierce vs. Society of Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary - Struck down an Oregon statute which required public school education, declaring the state must also recognize attendance at a qualified private school as satisfying compulsory school attendance requirement.
1930 - Cochran vs. Louisiana State Board of Education - Upheld a Louisiana statute that authorized the purchasing and supplying of nonsectarian textbooks by the state to parochial school pupils.
1947 - Everson vs. Board of Education of Ewing Township - Upheld a New Jersey program which provided, with tax-raised funds, bus transportation services to and from school to parochial school students.
1968 - Board of Education vs. Allen - Upheld a New York textbook law authorizing the lending of textbooks free of charge to all children, including those attending parochial schools, in grades seven through twelve.
1971 - Lemon vs. Kutzman, Earley vs. Dicenso - Invalidated Pennsylvania and Rhode Island statutes which provided for the purchase with state money of secular educational services for parochial schools, and permitted salary supplements to nonpublic school teachers of secular subjects.
1977 - Woolman vs. Walter - Upheld an Ohio statute permitting diagnostic and therapeutic services to nonpublic school students but struck down the provision of instructional materials, equipment and field trip transportation left within the control of the nonpublic school.
1983 - Mueller vs. Allen - Upheld a Minnesota statute as constitutional which provides an income tax deduction for tuition, textbooks, and transportation that benefited parents of children attending public, private and religious schools.
1986 - Witters vs. Washington Dept. of Services for the Blind - Upheld the provision of Washington state educational assistance, through a vocational-tuition grant, to a student who wished to use it to attend a religious college.
1993 - Zorbrest vs. Catalina Foothills School District - Authorized an Arizona school district under a federal program (IDEA) to place a publicly funded sign language interpreter in a Catholic high school to assist a disabled student.
1997 - Agostini vs. Felton - Reversed earlier Supreme Court decision (Aguilar vs. Felton) to permit publicly employed teachers to provide remedial educational assistance and enrichment classes in subjects that are not part of the core curriculum, on religious school campuses during regular school hours.
1999 - Mitchell vs. Helms - Allowed broader application of Title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for religious schools. These schools can use the funds through this entitlement program to purchase computers and other materials that had been banned because they might be used to teach religious doctrine.
2002 - Zelman vs. Simmons-Harris - Vouchers may be used to send students to non-public schools, including religious schools. The Court's ruling was broad and thus applies to all such programs that direct public money to parents who may then use the money to choose from among an array of educational options for their child's schooling.
2003 - Locke v. Davey - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states are allowed, but not required to use public funding for students enrolling in a religious program of education. However, the Court ruled that this case did not settle the controversy regarding "Blaine amendments" in the constitutions of 37 states.
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