As reported by the Providence Journal, a parent, whose history of drug addiction barred her from volunteering at her daughter’s school, has settled her suit with the Cranston School Department.
Continue reading...The Providence Journal reports that the Rhode Island Supreme Court has ordered the dismissal of a suit brought by American Civil Liberties Union challenging the constitutional validity of truancy courts.
Continue reading...A Providence, Rhode Island Superior Court has ruled that a coalition of school districts, parents, and students have failed to state a cause of action under the state constitution’s education clause for challenging the state legislature’s formula for funding public schools.
Continue reading...WPRI.com reports that the Rhode Island chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is filing a lawsuit to challenge the constitutionality of a state law that bars registered sex offenders from residing within 300 feet of a school.
Continue reading...Cranston School Committee has voted 5-2 not to appeal a federal court decision ordering the removal of a prayer banner displayed in a high school, reports the Associated Press (AP) in the Times Union.
Continue reading...A federal district court in Rhode Island has ordered the immediate removal of a banner displayed on the wall of a high school auditorium on the ground that the display of the banner, which contains a Christian prayer, violates the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause.
Continue reading...The Associated Press reports that Rhode Island has joined 20 other states considering bills this year to adjust penalties for teen sexting. The legislation working its way through the Rhode Island General Assembly would make sexting by minors a juvenile offense similar to truancy.
Continue reading...According to the Columbian, Washington’s Senate has approved legislation addressing the problem of school dropouts by offering schools and school districts that lower their dropout rates cash awards. After the House passed House Bill 1599, the Pay for Actual Student Success Act, the Senate approved the legislation in a 40-6 vote. HB 1599 is now headed to Gov. Chris Gregoire’s desk.
Continue reading...A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, in a 2-1 split, has ruled that police officers who searched members of a high school soccer team were entitled to qualified immunity from the team members’ claims of violation of their Fourth Amendment search and seizure rights and their Fourteenth Amendment equal protection rights.
Continue reading...The Cranston School Committee (CSC) has voted 4-3 to keep the prayer banner displayed at Cranston West High School (CWHS) and one at Hugh B. Bain Middle School, says the Providence Journal. The constitutional squabble broke in July when the Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU-RI) asked the district to remove the prayer, saying it violates the First Amendment and the constitutional principle of separation of church and state. The prayer, which calls on “Our Heavenly Father” to guide students, has been posted in the Cranston West auditorium since the it opened in 1963.
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