The Supreme court decided in Pierce Vs Society of sisters that an Oregon public school law is UNCONSTITUTIONAL. In 1922, Oregon state made a law that children between the ages of 8 and 16 must compulsorily attend the public school in their districts. The society of sister and another private institution who had private schools in the state challenged the law and they named the governor of the Oregon state at that time [Piece] as the respondent in the case. The court held that the law is unconstitutional because it denied the parents and the guardians the rights to decide the type of education that their children get.
Pierce v. Society of Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on June 1, 1925, ruled (9–0) that an Oregon law requiring children to attend public schools was unconstitutional.
