The 1984 federal law bars districts from singling out groups such as religious clubs for exclusion from high school campuses. (edweek.org)
It is now common for high schools to allow religious clubs, Haynes says. (firstthings.com)
In what is believed to be the first legal test of the Equal Access Act, a federal judge last month ordered a Texas school district to allow student religious clubs to meet on school grounds during noninstructional hours, but he did not address the constitutionality of the law itself. (edweek.org)