Legal Opinion
Parents United for Better Schools, Inc. v. School District of Philadelphia Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 9, 1998No. 97-1829UnknownCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.
The issue on appeal is whether a board of education exceeded its authority by implementing a consensual program to distribute condoms in public schools in order to prevent disease. Because the Philadelphia School Board acted within its statutory and regulatory authority, and because the policy neither coerces parental or student participation nor offends the rights of parents to direct the care and custody of their children, we will affirm.
Plaintiffs, Parents United for Better Schools, Inc. and several individually listed parents of Philadelphia…
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- Parents United for Better Schools, Inc. v. School District of Philadelphia Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998