Legal Opinion
Cathe v. Doddridge County Board of Education
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided July 3, 1997No. Np. 23350PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STARCHER, Justice:
The first issue which we address in this appeal by the Doddridge County Board of Education is whether the Productive and Safe Schools Act of 1995, which requires that children who bring dangerous weapons to school be removed from school for up to 12 months, violates the provisions of the West Virginia Constitution which make education a fundamental, constitutional right. Because the Act is narrowly tailored to serve a eom-pelling state interest in safe and secure schools, we hold that the Safe Schools Act is facially constitutional.
The second issue presented in this appeal…
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