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Resources on Constitution Day (a sampling) ===( DRAFT
Prepared by Raymond A. Foss, Esq.

Disclaimer – This listing is just a sampling of the vast sea of sites about Constitution Day. A Google search on July 11, 2006 has 716,600 pages with “Constitution Day” in them - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22constitution+day. And we need to remember that there are over 13,000 school districts in our country, with over 45 million students - http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2001/100_largest/discussion.asp, and that doesn’t include the colleges and universities, so the range of resources are almost infinite.

Federal:

• HR 4818 - http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:HR04818:


• Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, Pub.L. 108-447, 118 Stat. 2809 (Dec. 8, 2004; H.R. 4818); see Section 111(c) of Division J, pages 3344-45 - http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ448.108.pdf


• US Department of Education – Notice of Implementation of Constitution Day - http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/other/2005-2/052405b.html


• US Department of Education – Constitution resources - http://www.ed.gov/free/constitution/index.html


• US House of Representatives page with educational links - http://www.house.gov/house/Educate.shtml


• US Courts – Constitution Day is every day - http://www.uscourts.gov/outreach/resources/constitutionday.html


• Law Library of Congress – US Constitution - http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/usconst.html


• Full text of the Constitution http://www.house.gov/Constitution/Constitution.html.


• Office of Personnel Management, Constitution Initiative http://www.opm.gov/constitution_initiative/index.asp


• Senator Robert Byrd’s speech on Constitution Day, September 16, 2005 http://byrd.senate.gov/speeches/2005_september/constitution_shepherd.html


• Senator Byrd’s Article on Constitution Day - http://byrd.senate.gov/constitution_day.html


• National Archives – announcement of Constitution Day celebrations - http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2005/nr05-68.html


• Celebrate Constitution Day! - Lesson Plans and Activities to observe Constitution Day from the National Archives: http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution/constitution-day.html


• National Archives Experience - http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution.html


• Library of Congress – Documents from Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/continental/


• Library of Congress Learning Page, asking “Which titles do you read to (or with) your students when teaching about civics and American government?” http://memory.loc.gov/learn/community/bibliography/042003civics/civicsbibsub.html


• US Department of Defense – Constitution Day - http://constitutionday.cpms.osd.mil/

Cases –

• Unconstitutional Conditions


• Printz v. U.S. - (1997) http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=000&invol=95-1478


• New York v. U.S. – 505 U.S. 144 (1992) http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=505&invol=144


• Island Trees Sch. Dist. v. Pico – 457 U.S. 383 – (1982) http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=457&invol=853


• Pruneyard Shopping Center v. Robins – 447 U.S. 47 (1980) http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=447&invol=74


• Compelled Speech


• Hurley V. Irish-American Gay Group of Boston – 555 U.S. 557 (1995) http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=000&invol=U10260


• Wooley v. Maynard, 430 U.S. 705 (1977) http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=430&invol=705


• Tinker v. Des Moines School Dist., 393 U.S. 503 (1969) http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=393&invol=503


• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette - 319 U.S. 624 (1943) http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=319&invol=624


• Spending Clause


• South Dakota v. Dole – 483 U.S. 203 (1987) http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=483&invol=203


• U.S v. American Library Association - (2003) http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=search&court=US&case=/us/


• Education is state issue


• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 1 (1973) http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=411&invol=1


• Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954) http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=347&invol=483

State Educational Agencies:

• Arizona Department of Education – Constitution Day added to state standards - https://www.ade.az.gov/standards/sstudies/articulated/SSKindergarten.pdf; http://www.ade.az.gov/standards/sstudies/draft/SSadopted9-26-05.pdf


• Arizona Department of Education – press release of 9/13/05 on distribution to each school of copies of “A More Perfect Union” http://www.ade.az.gov/pio/Press-Releases/2005/pr09-13-05.doc


• Arizona Department of Education – Constitution Day resources - http://arkedu.state.ar.us/whats_new/pdf/constitution_day_ade_resources.pdf


• California Department of Education – July 2005 highlights (announcing Notice of Implementation) - http://www.cde.ca.gov/eo/ce/dh/yr05dh07.asp


• California Department of Education – July 2005 highlights (announcing resources below) http://www.cde.ca.gov/eo/ce/dh/yr05dh08.asp


• California Department of Education – Constitution Day and Citizenship Day overview - http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/hs/im/constitutionday.asp


• California Department of Education – Constitution Day and Citizenship Day resources - http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/hs/im/constdayresources.asp


• Colorado Department of Education – adoption by the Board of Education of the Constitution Day requirements - http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/download/RESOLUTION/res_constitutionday2005.pdf


• Connecticut Department of Education – Letter of Commissioner to Superintendents of Schools – 8/23/05 - http://www.state.ct.us/sde/circ/circ05-06/c-3.pdf


• Hawaii Department of Education – highlights, 10/20/05 - http://doe.k12.hi.us/periodicals/supt_highlights/2005/0509.htm


• Idaho Department of Education – Constitution Day - http://www.sde.state.id.us/instruct/docs/civic/ConstitutionDay.pdf


• Idaho Department of Education – AskEric Lesson Plan - http://www.sde.state.id.us/instruct/docs/socialstudies/ConstitutionDay.pdf


• Illinois State Board of Education – announcement of Notice of Implementation - http://www.isbe.net/ils/social_science/constitution_day.htm


• Illinois State Board of Education – Weekly Bulletin – 9/12/05 - http://www.isbe.net/board/archivemessages/2005/message_091205.pdf


• Indiana Department of Education – Constitution Day - http://www.doe.state.in.us/opd/Const_day/welcome.htm


• Indiana Department of Education - Indiana Reading List and Constitution Day Connections - http://www.doe.state.in.us/opd/Const_day/Indiana


• Kansas State Department of Education – Constitution Day - http://www.ksde.org/outcomes/ssconstitutionday.html


• Kentucky Department of Education – Constitution Day – High School http://www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/High+School/Social+Studies/Constitution+Day.htm?SUBMIT=Search


• Kentucky Department of Education – Constitution Day – Middle School http://www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Middle+School/Social+Studies/


• Maine Department of Education – Informational Letter to Superintendents – 8/18/05 - http://www.maine.gov/education/edletrs/2006/ilet/06ilet014.htm


• Maine Department of Education – Informational Letter to Superintendents – 9/7/05 http://www.maine.gov/education/edletrs/2006/ilet/06ilet029.htm


• Maryland Department of Education – Inclusion of Constitution Day in frameworks - http://www.mdk12.org/share/vsc/vsc_social_studies_grprek3.pdf


• Massachusetts Department of Education – Letter to Superintendents, Principals, and Other Interested Parties – 8/20/05 - http://www.doe.mass.edu/news/news.asp?id=2509


• Massachusetts Department of Education – Back to School Update – 8/22/05 http://www.doe.mass.edu/mailings/2005/cm082205.pdf


• Michigan Department of Education – Certification of Constitution Day Celebration - http://www.michigan.gov/documents/Constitution_Day_Certification_142142_7.pdf


• Michigan Department of Education – Letter to Superintendents, etc. – 9/9/05 - http://www.michigan.gov/documents/Constitution_Day_Memo_to_Principals_136432_7.pdf


• State of Michigan – Proclamation by the Governor - http://michigan.gov/documents/Constitution_Day_Proclimation_136354_7.pdf


• State of Michigan – Constitution Day resources - http://www.michigan.gov/documents/Final_Constitution_Day_2005_136355_7.pdf


• Mississippi Department of Education – Constitution Day - http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/acad/id/curriculum/ss/const.html


• Mississippi Department of Education – News from Commissioner – 6/22/06 - http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/MondayMemo/


• Montana Office of Public Instruction – List of activities for September 2005 - http://www.opi.mt.gov/pdf/MASSUpdates/Sep2005.pdf


• Nebraska Department of Education – Constitution Day resources - http://www.nde.state.ne.us/SS/ConstitutionDayResources.htm


• Nebraska Department of Education – Constitution Day websites - http://www.nde.state.ne.us/SS/ConstitutionDaywebsites.htm


• Nevada Department of Education – Constitution Day - Constitution Day - http://www.doe.nv.gov/standards/socialstudies/constitutionday.html


• New Hampshire Department of Education – Social Studies curriculum - http://www.ed.state.nh.us/education/doe/organization/curriculum/SocialStudies/


• New Hampshire Department of Education – link to Marco Polo Education site on Constitution Day - http://www.marcopolo-education.org/MarcoGrams/Sep2005.html


• New Mexico Public Education Department – National Constitution Day Celebration - http://www.ped.state.nm.us/press/2005/august/08.26.05.html


• New York Department of Education - National Constitution Day - http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/socst/constitutionday.html


• New York Department of Education – Constitution Day requirement - http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/deputy/natlconstitutionday.htm


• North Dakota Department of Public Instruction – Constitution Day – http://www.dpi.state.nd.us/news/archive/2005/081605.shtm


• Ohio Department of Education – Weekly Email – 9/1/05 - http://www.ode.state.oh.us/superintendent/email/2005/9-1-05/default.asp


• Ohio Department of Education – Weekly Email – 8/19/05 – http://www.ode.state.oh.us/superintendent/email/2005/8-19-05/default.asp


• Oregon Department of Education – Constitution Day resources - http://www.ode.state.or.us/news/announcements/announcement.aspx?=829


• Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Department of Education – Letter to Superintendents on Constitution Day – 9/9/05 - http://www.ride.ri.gov/news/advisories/2005/090905_constitution


• South Carolina Department of Education – Social Studies update – 9/2/05 - http://ed.sc.gov/agency/offices/cso/social_studies/documents/September2.doc


• South Carolina Department of Education – Social Studies update – 9/9/05 - http://ed.sc.gov/agency/offices/cso/social_studies/documents/September9.doc


• Texas Education Agency – Curriculum – Constitution Day - http://www.tea.state.tx.us/ssc/ConstitutionDay.html


• Virginia Department of Education – Letter to Superintendents on Implementation – 8/5/05 http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/suptsmemos/2005/inf152.html


• Vermont Department of Education – Constitution Day resources - http://www.state.vt.us/educ/new/pdfdoc/pgm_curriculum/history/curriculum_resources/


• Washington Department of Public Instruction – Letter on Implementation – 9/9/05 - http://www.k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/socstudies/pubdocs/


• West Virginia – Implementation - http://wvde.state.wv.us/news/1048/


• West Virginia – Links - http://wvde.state.wv.us/tt/2005/constitu.doc


• West Virginia – Lesson Plans - http://wvde.state.wv.us/tt/2005/constitu2.doc


• West Virginia – Character Week – 2002 - http://wvde.state.wv.us/news/495/


• Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction – Public Schools Observance Days - http://dpi.wi.gov/eis/observe.html

Local Educational Agencies:

• Barrington Elementary School, Upper Arlington, OH, Constitution Day http://school.uaschools.org/barrington/6whatupseptember2.html


• Kapolei Middle School (Hawaii) - School Academic Plan for 2006/2007 - http://www2.kapoleims.k12.hi.us/campuslife/depts/


• Capital School District, Dover, DE - http://www.k12.de.us/capital/constitday.htm


• Schools of California Online Resources for Education – Constitution Day - http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/special_events/constitution_day/


• Prairie Lakes Area Educational Agency, Fort Dodge, IA - http://www.aea8.k12.ia.us/en/programs_and_services/instructional_media/constitution_day/


• Greece Central School District, North Greece, NY - http://web001.greece.k12.ny.us/academics.cfm?subpage=1318


• Fremont Federation of High Schools, Oakland, CA – Constitution Day - http://fremont.ousd.k12.ca.us/constitutionday.htm


• Madison Metropolitan School District, Madison, WI - http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/elib/elib.cgi?cat=431;o=alpha


• Clovis United School District, Clovis, CA - http://www.cusd.com/constitutionday/websites.htm


• D.C. Everest School District, Weston, WI - http://www.dce.k12.wi.us/srhigh/socialstudies/constitution_day.htm


• Bozeman Public Schools, Bozeman, MT - http://www.bozeman.k12.mt.us/history/telling/docs/ConstitutionDay/09-16-2005/05constitutionday.html


• Fresno United School District, Fresno, CA - http://www.fresno.k12.ca.us/divdept/sscience/constitutionday.html


• Ginter Park Elementary School, Richmond School District, Richmond, VA - http://richmond.k12.va.us/schools/ginterpark/consti_day_9-16-05/index.htm


• Babylon Union Free School District, Babylon, NY - http://babylon.k12.ny.us/usconstitution/

Universities:

• American Association of State Colleges and Universities – alert – June 9, 2005 - http://www.aascu.org/policy/alerts_05/060905.htm


• West Virginia University – celebration - http://www.nis.wvu.edu/2005_Releases/constitution_day.htm


• George Mason University paper – Nelson Lund, “Is Constitution Day Constitutional?” - http://www.law.gmu.edu/faculty/papers/docs/06-09.pdf


• The Volokh Conspiracy – reaction to GMU observance - http://volokh.com/posts/1126788631.shtml


• Penn State Constitution Day celebration – 9/16/05 http://live.psu.edu/still_life/2005_09_16_preamble/


• Gwynedd-Mercy College – Constitution Day resources - http://www.gmc.edu/library/Constitution_Day.htm


• Humboldt University http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://library.humboldt.edu/govdoc/Displays-Current/ConstitutionDay/moreperfect.jpg&imgrefurl=http://library.humboldt.edu/govdoc/


• University of Minnesota Law School – Constitution Day - http://www.law.umn.edu/constitutionallaw/conday2005agenda.html


• Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities – Celebration of Constitution Day - http://www.ajcunet.edu/tier.aspx?bid=478


• University of Minnesota Law School – Heidi Kitrosser, draft of paper on Constitutionality of Constitution Day - http://www.law.umn.edu/uploads/images/2085/IsConstitutionDayConstitutional-draft2.pdf


• University of Minnesota Law School – First Amendment class syllabus – Constitution Day is required element of course - http://www.law.umn.edu/uploads/images/2023/law6241_syl.pdf


• Vanderbilt University article on their implementation of the law and regulation –http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/newspub/bjfTyg?id=21691&mode=print


• Vanderbilt University –Forum on Constitutionality - http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/lectures/2005/9/22/


• Vanderbilt University Forum – Hear the Forum - http://www.vanderbilt.edu/News/newsSound/ConstitutionDay.mp3


• Vanderbilt University – Article on Forum - http://www.vanderbilt.edu/register/articles?id=22064


• Western Kentucky University – Celebrate the Constitution page, created by Rosemary Meszaros, September 6, 2005. http://www.wku.edu/Library/dlps/constitution.htm


• William and Mary - http://www.wm.edu/news/?id=5146


• Ball State University - J-IDEAS – Why Celebrate Constitution Day - http://www.jideas.org/links/Constitution_Day.html


• American Constitution Society of New England School of Law blog - http://neslacs.blogspot.com/2005/09/deadline-rescheduled-for-constitution.html


• University of California at Berkeley - http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2005/09/08_cal.shtml


• Washington College of Law – We the Students – Constitution Day Teaching Module - http://www.wcl.american.edu/wethestudents/2005/const_day_teaching_module.pdf?rd=1

Non-Profit Organizations:

• National Constitution Center – Constitution Day 2006 http://www.constitutionday.us/educators.htm


• National Constitution Center – Interactive Constitution http://www.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/


• National Constitution Center – Constitution Day 2005 http://www.constitutioncenter.org/education/ConstitutionDay2005/index.shtml


• Constitution Day, Inc. - http://www.constitutionday.com/


• Center for Civic Education - Lessons for Constitution Day and


• Citizenship Day, September 17, by grade level - http://www.civiced.org/byrd/


• Justice Learning – Constitution Day - http://www.justicelearning.org/constitutionday/index.asp


• Public Broadcasting System (PBS) – Why Celebrate Constitution Day http://www.pbs.org/georgewashington/classroom/constitution_day.html


• Constitutional Rights Foundation – Constitution Day - http://www.crf-usa.org/constitution_day/constitution_day_home.htm


• Junior Achievement - Programs – Constitution Day programs – 5 grade levels - http://www.ja.org/programs/programs_supplements_constitution.shtml


• Bill of Rights Institute – Constitution Day http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/Instructional/Resources/ConstitutionDay/index.htm


• American Constitution Society for Law and Policy - Blog – Unconstitutionality of the Law http://www.acsblog.org/bill-of-rights-1949-unconstitutional-constitution-day.html


• Constitution Society - http://www.constitution.org/


• Connecticut Consortium for Law and Citizenship Education - http://www.cclce.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=138&Itemid=42


• Harry Browne.org - http://harrybrowne.org/articles/ConstitutionDay.htm


• Libertarian International – 10/13/2003 article - http://www.libertarian.to/NewsDta/templates/news1.php?art=art419


• Student Press Law Center – 9/16/05 article - http://www.splc.org/newsflash_archives.asp?id=1065&year=2005


• First Amendment Center – Article 9/17/05 - http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org//news.aspx?id=15802&SearchString=


• First Amendment Center – Article 5/25/06 - http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org//news.aspx?id=15344&SearchString='''


• Article on the National School Boards Association website – December 2004 http://www.nsba.org/site/doc_cosa.asp?TRACKID=&CID=439&DID=34982


• Council of School Attorneys – search of “Constitution Day” - http://www.nsba.org/site/page_COSA_search.asp?TrackID=


• BlogCritic.org - http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/08/23/020118.php


• Story Soup Kids – The United States Constitution – video http://www.childstoryhour.com/educationalvideoe5.htm


• New Deal Network - Felix Frankfurter's Draft of FDR's Constitution Day Speech, 9/17/37 http://newdeal.feri.org/court/frankfurter.htm


• New Deal Network - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Address on Constitution Day, Washington http://newdeal.feri.org/court/fdr03.htm

Media Articles:

• MSNBC article on Constitution Day – May 24, 2005 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7960256/


• CNN Article on Constitution Day – 9/16/05 - http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/09/16/constitution.day/index.html


• Fox News article on Constitution Day – 8/16/05 http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,165797,00.html


• NPR Story by Robert Siegel, All Things Considered, 9/16/05 - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4851786


• NPR Story by Elaine Korry, Morning Edition, 9/16/05 - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4850512


• NPR Story by Steve Inskeep, Morning Edition – 8/14/03 – Interpreting the Constitution for Children - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1395232


• Article about Senator Byrd – October 14, 2002 http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2002/10/105485.shtml; http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2002/10/26310.shtml


• Interview with George Maynard, the Live Free or Die guy http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=15440


• Seattle Times http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002500764_constitution17m.html


• Editorial in the blog of the Reading Eagle (Reading, PA) – 6/3/2005 - http://www.readingeagle.com/blog/editorials/archives/2005/06/constitution_cl.html


• Online Daily – Article of 10/12/2003 - http://www.americandaily.com/article/3822


• California Aggie - 6/3/05 - http://www.californiaaggie.com/media/storage/paper981/news/2005/06/03/FrontPage/Congress.Outlines.Plans.To.Enforce.Constitution.Day-1320803.shtml?norewrite200607101627&sourcedomain=www.californiaaggie.com


• Evan Brown blog – The First Constitution Day - http://evanwbrown.blogspot.com/2005/09/


• MayerBlog - http://users.law.capital.edu/dmayer/Blog/blogIndex.asp?entry=20050915.asp


• Enter Stage Right – article - 9/26/05 http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/0905/0905debconsday.htm


• Scholar’s Notebook – Constitution Day - http://mnedreform.blogspot.com/2005/09/what-does-constitution-day-recognize.html


• Suicide Girls blog – post on Constitution Day - http://suicidegirls.com/news/politics/11741/


• Archived post on Prolefeed blog - http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:4sYJqzjax4wJ:www.prolefeed.org/trough/archive/


• A Stitch in Haste blog – post 5/24/05 - http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1116964542.shtml


• The Ron Report blog – post 9/16/05 - http://legalmnky.blogspot.com/2005/09/friday-september-16-2005-constitution.html


• The Great Change – September 2005 - http://www.cathygellis.com/mt/archives/000512.html

Other Sources:

• Scholastic, Inc. - Constitution Game - http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/constitution_day/


• Scholastic, Inc. – Constitution Day - http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/constitution_day/constitution_day/


• Scholastic, Inc. – Teachers – Online Activities http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/constitution_day/background/


• DA - District Administration - http://www.districtadministration.com/page.cfm?p=1195


• Congressional Quarterly Press – Constitution Day - http://www.cqpress.com/incontext/constitution/default.htm


• A to Z Teacher Stuff – Constitution Day Lesson Plans - http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/Constitution_Day/index.shtml


• Findlaw – Archives of article on resources offered by K12.com - http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:crvJr6OzTXMJ:news.findlaw.com/scripts/


• Answers.com – US Constitution - http://www.answers.com/topic/united-states-constitution


• NewsweekEducation.com - http://www.newsweekeducation.com/extras/docs/ConstitutionDay.doc


• Wikipedia – Constitution Days around the world - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Day


• Wikipedia – US Constitution Day - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Day_(United_States)


• Dictionary.Laborlawtalk.com – United States Constitution: http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/United_States_Constitution


• The Constitution, by James Madison, published January 19, 1792 http://www.lexrex.com/enlightened/writings/gazette/constitution.htm


• Google Search – “constitution day” +unconstitutional (16,600 hits) http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22constitution+day%22+%2Bunconstitutional

The Constitution Day Mandate

The United States Department of Education implemented, on May 24, 2005, the Constitution Day and Citizenship Day requirement, applicable to all educational agencies that receive funding from the U.S. Department of Education. (US Dept. of Educ., Notice of Implementation, 70 Fed. Reg. 28727, 5/24/05.)

This Notice implements a provision of Public Law 108-447, in section 111(b). (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, Public Law 108-447, December 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 2809, 3344-3345, (pp. 536-537 of pdf).)

All such educational institutions, whether school districts or universities, must provide programming on the U.S. Constitution on September 17. If the 17th lands on a weekend, as it does this fall, schools must offer the programming the week before or after. Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia is responsible for this requirement.

First Posting

This Blawg will be dedicated to understanding the new federal mandate, effective this September 17, 2005, for all educational institutions which receive funding from the US Department of Education, or in other words, almost all of them, to have programs on the U. S. Constitution on Constitution Day.

Raymond A. Foss, Esq.