equal access act of 1984
Equal Access Act of 1984. A federal law that prohibits school districts receiving federal funds and allowing extracurricular activities to be held in its facilities from denying secondary-school students the right to meet for religious and other purposes in public-school facilities. 20 USCA § 4071. • The constitutionality of the Act was upheld in Board of Education of Westside Community Schools v. Mergens, 496 U.S. 226, 110 S.Ct. 2356 (1990).