Kristine L. Bowman

Michigan State University

Associate Dean & Professor of Education Policy & Law

620 Farm Lane

East Lansing, MI 48824-1300

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (29)

1.

Educational Policy and the Law

MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-15
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 29 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2023
University of California, Former General Counsel, U.S. Department of Education, Texas A&M University School of Law, Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education and Michigan State University
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education law, education policy

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The Failure of Education Federalism

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 30 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2018
Kristine L. Bowman
Michigan State University
Downloads 649 (84,546)

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education, public, financing, federalism, reform

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Seeing Government Purpose Through the Objective Observer's Eyes: The Evolution-Intelligent Design Debates

Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 29, 2006, MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 05-12
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 08 Nov 2005 Last Revised: 21 Oct 2007
Kristine L. Bowman
Michigan State University
Downloads 329 (189,322)

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Establishment clause, reasonable observer, objective observer, McCreary County, intelligent design, evolution, religion, endorsement test, Lemon test

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Universities' Speech and the First Amendment

99 Neb. L. Rev. 896 (2020)
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 14 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2021
Kristine L. Bowman
Michigan State University
Downloads 238 (264,116)

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free speech, First Amendment, campus, college, university, neutrality, government speech, forum analysis, Brettschneider

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Public School Students' Religious Speech and Viewpoint Discrimination

West Virginia Law Review, Vol. 110, No. 1, 2007, MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 06-11
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 21 May 2008
Kristine L. Bowman
Michigan State University
Downloads 230 (272,963)

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Schools, Education, Students, Free Exercise, Free Speech, Viewpoint Discrimination, Tinker, Morse

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Plyler’s Legacy: Immigration and Higher Education in the 21st Century

Michigan State Law Review, Vol. 2011, No. 2, p. 261, 2011, U of Houston Law Center No. 2012-A-4
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 27 Jan 2012
Michael A. Olivas and Kristine L. Bowman
University of Houston Law Center and Michigan State University
Downloads 224 (280,014)

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Immigrant education, Residency requirements, Postsecondary education, College tuition, Undocumented immigrant students, Undocumented college students

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Responding to Hate Speech: Counterspeech and the University

Kristine L. Bowman & Katharine Gelber, Responding to Hate Speech: Counterspeech and the University. 28 Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law 248 (2021).
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 06 Aug 2022
Kristine L. Bowman and Katharine Gelber
Michigan State University and University of Queensland
Downloads 179 (344,833)
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free speech, counter speech, inclusion, speech harms, First Amendment, hate speech, universities, postsecondary education

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The Government Speech Doctrine and Speech in Schools

Wake Forest Law Review, Vol. 48, 2013, MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-14
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 02 Aug 2013
Kristine L. Bowman
Michigan State University
Downloads 159 (381,956)

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school speech, speech, first amendment, constitutional law

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Mendez v. Westminster: A Living History

Michigan State Law Review, No. 3, 2014
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 30 Aug 2015
Superior Court of Orange County, Michigan State University, Independent, Independent, Independent Documentary Filmmaker and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
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school, education, race, ethnicity, integration, desegregation, Mendez v. Westminster, Latino and Latina rights

10.

The (Re)Definition of Free Speech

Journal of Law and Politics, Vol. 38, No. 2, 2023
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 25 Jul 2023
Kristine L. Bowman
Michigan State University
Downloads 146 (410,046)

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free speech, institutional speech, university presidents, university speech, civic constitution, constitutional actors

11.

State Takeovers of School Districts and Related Litigation: Michigan as a Case Study

The Urban Lawyer, Vol. 45 (2013), MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-13
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 31 Jul 2013
Kristine L. Bowman
Michigan State University
Downloads 141 (421,459)

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takeover, family law, children, child, law, education

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Exploring an Epistemic Conflict Over Free Speech on American College Campuses, and the Promise of the New Democratic Model

Nomos - Journal of Political and Legal Philosophy (Forthcoming).
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 30 Nov 2022
Kristine L. Bowman
Michigan State University
Downloads 138 (428,691)

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free speech, polarization, free speech on campus, First Amendment

13.

The Civil Rights Roots of Tinker’s Disruption Tests

American University Law Review, Vol. 58, No. 5, 2009, MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-16
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 01 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2009
Kristine L. Bowman
Michigan State University
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First Amendment, Free Speech, Tinker, Civil Rights, Students, School, Education

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A New Strategy for Pursuing Racial and Ethnic Equality in Public Schools

Duke Forum for Law & Social Change, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2009, MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-17
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 01 Sep 2009
Kristine L. Bowman
Michigan State University
Downloads 129 (452,166)

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School Desegregation, School Finance, Socioeconomic Status Integration, SES, Race, Ethnicity, Equality, Equity

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Before School Districts go Broke: A Proposal for Federal Reform

University of Cincinnati Law Review, Forthcoming, MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-21
Number of pages: 90 Posted: 27 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2011
Kristine L. Bowman
Michigan State University
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Public Education, Public School, Fiscal Crisis, Financial Crisis, Bankruptcy, State Takeover, NCLB, No Child Left Behind, ESEA, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Funding Cliff

16.

Pursuing Educational Opportunities for Latino/a Students

North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 88, 2010, MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-06
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 03 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 14 May 2010
Kristine L. Bowman
Michigan State University
Downloads 112 (503,592)

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education, students, Latino, Latina, race-conscious, color-conscious, color-blind, race, ethnicity, educational equity, educational equality

17.

A Counterfactual History of Transgender Students' Rights

Journal of Constitutional Law Online, Vol. 20, 2017
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 29 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2018
Kristine L. Bowman
Michigan State University
Downloads 104 (531,463)

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school, students, transgender, gender, Title IX, equality, Equal Protection, discrimination

18.

Education Reform and Detroit’s Right to Literacy Litigation

75 Washington & Lee Law Review Online 61 (2018).
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 03 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2022
Kristine L. Bowman
Michigan State University
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Detroit, right to literacy, right to read, right to education, substantive due process, federalism, cooperative federalism

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The New Parents' Rights Movement, Education, and Equality

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 91, No. 2, 2024
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 15 Apr 2024
Kristine L. Bowman
Michigan State University
Downloads 94 (568,614)

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parents rights, educational decision-making, children and the law, Meyer, Pierce, Democratic Education, educational equality, critical race theory, transgender students, LGBTQIA, education as public good, education as private good

20.

Front Matter for: The Pursuit of Racial and Ethnic Equality in American Public Schools

The Pursuit of Racial and Ethnic Equality in American Public Schools (2015)
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 08 Jun 2015
Kristine L. Bowman
Michigan State University
Downloads 79 (630,652)

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school, education, race, ethnicity, integration , desegregation, Mendez v. Westminster, Brown v. Board, Civil Rights Act, Milliken v. Bradley, Missouri v. Jenkins, Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle, Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education

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Rebuilding Schools, Rebuilding Communities: The Civic Role of Mississippi's Public Schools after Hurricane Katrina

MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 06-10
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 21 May 2008
Kristine L. Bowman
Michigan State University
Downloads 74 (653,460)

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chools, Education, Students, Mississippi, Hurricane Katrina, Natural Disaster

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Liability and Remedies for School Segregation in the United States and the European Union

International Journal of Education Law and Policy, 2015, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 17 Oct 2015
Kristine L. Bowman and Jiri Nantl
Michigan State University and Independent
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school, education, race, ethnicity, integration, desegregation, African-American, Brown v. Board, Roma, Czech Republic, D.H. v. Czech Republic, European Court of Human Rights

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Developing an Early Warning System for Michigan's Schools

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 25 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 27 Nov 2015
Rachel White, Kacy Martin, Eric A. Scorsone and Kristine L. Bowman
Michigan State University, Michigan State University - College of Education, Michigan State University - Department of Agricultural Economics and Michigan State University
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fiscal distress, crisis, financial, emergency financial manager, education policy, school funding, school, education, school finance, financial crisis, financial early warning

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Knowledgeable Navigation to Avoid the Iceberg: Considerations in Proactively Addressing School District Fiscal Stress in Michigan

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 30 Aug 2015
Kristine L. Bowman, Rachel White, Eric A. Scorsone and Kacy Martin
Michigan State University, Michigan State University, Michigan State University - Department of Agricultural Economics and Michigan State University - College of Education
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school, education, school finance, financial crisis, financial early warning

25.

Modern Sabbatical: A Step-by-Step Guide to Moving Temporarily to Another City or Country

Kristine L. Bowman, Modern Sabbatical: A Step-by-step Guide to Moving Temporarily to Another City or Country (2020).
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 06 Aug 2022
Kristine L. Bowman
Michigan State University
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sabbatical, professional development, research, academic leadership

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Commemorating Brown and the Civil Rights Act: Learning from the Past and Hoping for the Future

Michigan State Law Review, Vol. 2014, No. 3, 2014
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 06 May 2015
Kristine L. Bowman
Michigan State University
Downloads 45 (825,462)

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school, education, race, ethnicity, integration, desegregation, Michigan State University

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Law, Language and Leadership: Anti-Racism in Deans' Racial Justice Solidarity Statements

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 13 Dec 2024
Kristine L. Bowman and Andrea Chambers
Michigan State University and University of California Berkeley
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Anti-racism, law school, leadership, solidarity statement, speech act theory, counterspeech, institutional speech, higher education, free speech, free speech on campus, equality, equity

28.

States' Intervention in School Districts' Finances

Dirk F. Zuschlag & Kristine L. Bowman, States' Intervention in School Districts' Finances, States' Intervention in School Districts' Finances. National Education Policy Center, Research Brief (2019).
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 06 Aug 2022
Dirk Zuschlag and Kristine L. Bowman
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Michigan State University
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school finance, takeover, state intervention

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Balancing State and Local Power Over School Districts' Finances

Kristine L. Bowman & Dirk F. Zuschlag, Balancing State and Local Power Over School Districts' Finances, 17 Education Finance and Policy 564 (2022).
Posted: 28 Nov 2022
Kristine L. Bowman and Dirk Zuschlag
Michigan State University and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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school finance, fiscal crisis, state intervention, takeover, fiscal intervention