The American Civil Liberties Union has filed suit against the California Department of Education (CDE) alleging CDE has ignored its obligation to make sure that thousands of students learning English receive adequate and legally required assistance.
Continue reading...The American Civil Liberties Union has filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Education’s civil rights office, asking it to investigate whether Beloit School District and Barron School District are violating Title IX’s provisions banning sex discrimination in education by maintain singe-sex classes.
Continue reading...The Chambersburg Area School District’s school board has voted 5-4 to reverse its decision and provide the Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) with the same rights and privileges as any other noncurricular club at the school.
Continue reading...The Student Press Law Center reports that the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington has sent a letter to Everett School District’s superintendent, charging that Samantha Negrete, a student at North Middle School, was forced to log onto her Facebook account so Vice Principal Bryan Toutant could view it.
Continue reading...According to the Post-Tribune, Griffith Public Schools has settled a suit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of three eighth-grade students expelled for comments they made on Facebook.
Continue reading...As reported on Fox43.com, following a 5-4 vote by the local school board to refuse to recognize a Gay-Straight Alliance club at Chambersburg Area Senior High School, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and Equality Pennsylvania sent a letter to the Chambersburg Area School District officials saying the Board is in violation of the federal Equal Access Act.
Continue reading...The Associated Press reports on Newser.com that officials in a Connecticut school district have backed down in a fight over free speech rights, when it decided to permit a student to wear a T-shirt bearing an anti-gay message.
Continue reading...The Los Angeles Times reports that the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California has announced that it has reached settlements with the city of Glendale and the Glendale Unified School District on behalf of eight Latino students who alleged that officials engaged in racial profiling and illegal searches during a 2010 incident at Hoover High School.
Continue reading...The Orlando Sentinel reports that the Lake County School Board is considering adopting new rules that would restrict extracurricular student clubs in secondary schools, as it is currently faced with a middle school student’s request, supported by the American Civil Liberties Union, to form a Gay Straight Alliance club.
Continue reading...The Fairfield Daily Voice reports that the Fairfield Board of Education has approved a new policy for student Internet use.
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