Date of Award

4-1983

Degree Name

Specialist in Education

Department

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

First Advisor

Dr. Lawrence B. Schlack

Access Setting

Masters Thesis-Open Access

Abstract

This study was an attempt to determine how the schools in three Southwestern Michigan counties implemented the decision of the July 17, 1970 Michigan State Supreme Court ruling which required all school districts to provide students with all necessary school supplies. It was evident from the survey conducted that the schools are at different levels of compliance and that the only commonality is that all of them furnish textbooks and paper. One of the conclusions developed by the writer was that each Board of Education should carefully examine the policies that are being followed by their school district and compare these policies with the guidelines that were provided by the Michigan State Department of Education. Another conclusion of the writer was that students demonstrate very little appreciation of the fact that school supplies are provided and a significant number of parents share this same lack of appreciation.

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