Coggins Ex Rel. Coggins v. Board of Education

The State provides free educational facilities for the children of the State, and each child has a right to attend the schools of- bis district. But tbis is not an absolute right. Schools to be effective and fulfill the purposes for which they are intended must be operated in an orderly manner. Machinery to that end must be provided. Seasonable rules and regulations must be adopted. The right to attend school and claim the benefits afforded by the public school system is the right to attend subject to all lawful rules and regulations prescribed for the government thereof. This is all the…