49a5d8d9_n_and_education__1899_to_1970___Holding_Rationale
[Date] 1947 [Case] Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1 - Pursuant to NJ statute, local school board authorized reimbursement to parents of school age children for bus transportation on public buses to and from school. [Vote] 5:4 [Issue Raised] Does a state statute giving reimbursement of the cost of transportation to and from school to parents of school age children violate the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment as applied to by the 14th Amendment? [S/P/N] N [Holding/Rationale] 
The Court acknowledged that the First Amendment was intended to erect a wall of separation between church and state; however, the Court found that the plan to reimburse parents for bus transportation came under the child benefit theory.
Important Establishment Clause cases dealing with religion and education: 1899 to 1970.
Holding/Rationale