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The purpose of this study was to determine whether gross disparities in arts curricular offerings between districts within a state offend the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution of the United States. The design required a review of literature and the identification and analysis of relevant federal and state case law. Legal reasoning was the philosophical method. Such deduction required the development of a central thesis and a series of supporting syllogisms. The central thesis to emerge was that such disparate provision of arts education does not constitute a violation of the Equal Protection Clause, but may constitute a violation of the equal protection clauses and public education provisions of state constitutions in the United States.

Six syllogisms developed this thesis or addressed related research questions.

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Arts Education as Equal Educational Opportunity: The Legal Issues

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