Kent v. Commissioner of Education

Procedural steps. The plaintiffs in these actions are children attending public schools in the towns of Framingham and Marblehead, and their parents; the defendants are the Commissioner of Education of the Commonwealth and the members of the school committees and superintendents of schools of Framingham and Marble-head. Filed in the Supreme Judicial Court for the county of Suffolk on February 6, 1980, the actions sought (i) declarations that the new so called “school prayer law” — G. L. c. 71, § 1A, inserted by St. 1979, c. 692, enacted on November 7, 1979, and becoming effective on February…