Attorney General v. Bailey

We granted the plaintiffs’ application for direct appellate review to resolve two narrow questions: whether G. L. c. 72, § 2, requires nonapproved private schools, run under religious auspices, to report the names, ages, and residences of the children in attendance; and, if so, whether this requirement violates the right to religious freedom, freedom of association, and privacy, guaranteed by the First and Fourth Amendments to the United States Constitution. 4 We hold that the reporting requirement of G. L. c. 72, § 2, applies to all private schools, approved and non-approved, religious and…