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...The Kansas City Star reports that the Lee’s Summit School District has settled a suit brought by twin brothers Steven and Sean Wilson, who were suspended for 180 days because of a racist rant that appeared on an Internet blog they created.
Continue reading...The Associated Press reports in the Sun Herald that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has heard arguments in a suit over the suspension of a student from a Mississippi school district for posting online a rap song he recorded that accused two coaches of misconduct with female students.
Continue reading...The Charlotte Observer reports that under North Carolina’s School Violence Prevention Act of 2012, it will be a misdemeanor for students to post something online “with the intent to intimidate or torment a school employee.” This expansion of the state’s existing cyberbullying law, that goes into effect December 1, 2012, may be the first of its kind in the country.
Continue reading...A federal district court in Minnesota has denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss, ruling that a middle school student has stated a valid claim for violation of her First Amendment free speech and Fourth Amendment unlawful search rights based on school officials disciplining the student for off-campus postings made on the student’s Facebook page.
Continue reading...The Courthouse News Service reports that high school English teacher Natalie Munroe has filed suit in federal court against her school district and district officials, claiming the school district plans to terminate her in retaliation for her engaging in constitutionally protected speech.
Continue reading...The Associated Press reports on NECN.com that in response to the federal lawsuit filed by three students expelled after commenting on Facebook about wanting to kill classmates, Griffith Public Schools disputed that the comments were jokes and violated their free speech rights.
Continue reading...The Associated Press (AP) reports in The Washington Post that the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana (ACLU-IN) has filed suit in federal court on behalf of three middle school students who were expelled by Griffith Public Schools (GPS) after joking on Facebook about which of their classmates they would like to kill.
Continue reading...According an Associated Press (AP) report in Education Week, a Garrett City, Indiana student’s multiple use of the F-word in a late-night tweet has led to his expulsion from Garrett High School (GHS).
Continue reading...A federal district court in Mississippi has ruled that school officials did not violate a student’s free speech when they disciplined him for posting a “rap” song he composed and performed off-campus, and posted on the Internet.
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