The Muldrow School school board in Oklahoma has elected to remove Ten Commandments plaques, currently displayed in every classrooms, rather than risk a suit by the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
Continue reading...The American Humanist Association (AHA) has filed suit against Northwest Rankin High School in Mississippi, challenging the school’s reportedly recent mandatory student assemblies that presented a Christian message as a violation of the separation of church and state.
Continue reading...The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled that a New Mexico school district’s decision to ban students from distributing rubber doll fetuses on campus as part of the students’ anti-abortion activities did not violate the students’ First Amendment free speech or free exercise of religion rights, or their Fourteenth Amendment equal protection rights.
Continue reading...Jackson City Schools in Ohio has removed a portrait of Jesus that has hung in Jackson Middle School since 1947 because of concerns about the potential costs of a federal lawsuit against its display.
Continue reading...In a 5-0 decision, the Indiana Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s private school voucher law, the “Choice Scholarship Program”, passes muster under the state constitution.
Continue reading...A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled that a Pennsylvania elementary school student is entitled to a preliminary injunction barring a school district from enforcing its materials distribution policy that prohibits the student from distributing to classmates flyers produced by a local church promoting a Christmas party.
Continue reading...In a 2-1 split, a three-judge panel of the Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled that the plaintiffs, who include students, parents, taxpayers, and non-profit organizations, lacked standing to challenge the Douglas County School District’s Choice Scholarship Program, which provides vouchers for private school tuition under Colorado’s Public School Finance Act of 1994.
Continue reading...The Patriot News reports that the Child Evangelism Fellowship of Dauphin County Inc. has filed suit in federal court against the Harrisburg School District, alleging that HSD’s demand for CEF to pay an annual rental fee of $1,200 to hold a Bible-based after-school program is not only excessive, but discriminatory.
Continue reading...According to The Columbus Dispatch, the Jackson Board of Education is considering whether to continue to defend the display of a portrait of Jesus or remove it in response to a lawsuit.
Continue reading...The Pickens Sentinel reports that the Freedom From Religion Foundation is demanding that the Pickens County School District end the practice of conducting prayers at school board meetings.
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