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· 2/18/1981

Commonwealth v. School Committee of Springfield

Citations

  • 417 N.E.2d 408
  • 382 Mass. 665

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that entering into contracts with nonpublic schools did not violate art. 46, § 2, as amended by art. 103, of the Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution prohibiting aid to nonpublic schools
  • applying three-factor test to statute authorizing school committees to contract with private schools to provide special needs education where public schools could not meet special needs
  • setting forth this inquiry in the context of enacted legislation

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Judges: Hennessey, Quirico, Wilkins, Liacos, Abrams

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