49a5d8d9_n_and_education__1899_to_1970___Holding_Rationale
[Date] 1968 [Case] Board of Education v. Allen, 392 U.S. 236 - A NY state law required that Public Schools lend textbooks to all students, grades seven through twelve, free of charge. The Board of Education filed suit and sought a declaration that the law violated state and federal constitutions. [Vote] 5:3 [Issue Raised] Does a statute that requires public schools to loan parochial school children textbooks for free violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment? [S/P/N] A [Holding/Rationale] 
The Court applied the "purpose" and "primary effect" tests to determine that the law did not advance or prohibit religion. Instead, the Court found that the purpose of the law was to further "the educational opportunities available to the young," and that the loan of textbooks benefited parents and children, not the parochial schools.
Important Establishment Clause cases dealing with religion and education: 1899 to 1970.
Holding/Rationale