Disability Rights and Religious Liberty in Education: The Story Behind Zobrest V. Catalina Foothills School District

by Bruce J. Dierenfield and David A. Gerber

Book Overview

In 1988, Sandi and Larry Zobrest sued a suburban Tucson, Arizona, school district that had denied their hearing-impaired son a taxpayer-funded interpreter in his Roman Catholic high school. The Catalina Foothills School District argued that providing a public resource for a private, religious school created an unlawful crossover between church and state. The Zobrests, however, claimed that the district had infringed on both their First Amendment right...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252085078
• ISBN13: 9780252085079
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"