Legal Opinion
Shaffer v. Board of School Directors of the Albert Gallatin Area School District
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 16, 1983No. Civ. A. No. 80-1115PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SIMMONS, District Judge.
A. BACKGROUND
On August 7,1980, several concerned parents with kindergarten-age school children filed this class action complaint assailing a decision by the Board of Directors of the Albert Gallatin Area School District (hereinafter School District) to provide free transportation to kindergarten-age school children on only a one-way basis, either to or from school, but not both to and from school. Although Pennsylvania law does not mandate that a School District establish a kindergarten, the School District provides kindergarten classes for all eligible children…
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- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Goosby v. OsserSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Hills v. GautreauxSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Shaffer v. Board Of School Directors Of The Albert Gallatin Area School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
- Shaffer v. Board of School DirectorsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984