A Texas state court judge has ruled that cheerleaders at Kountze High School can display banners emblazoned with Bible verses at football games.
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...The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a school district did not violate a student’s constitutional rights by prohibiting her from wearing a T-shirt depicting the Confederate flag and other protest shirts in school.
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...The Ticker reports that although a recent article in the Traverse City Central High School’s Black & Gold newspaper has upset some parents, school district officials say the controversy presents a learning opportunity for students who worked on the paper.
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...Florida’s television affiliate, NBC-2, reports that Amber Hatcher, a student at DeSoto High School, has filed suit in federal court against DeSoto County School District.
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 Daily Standard reports that a group of Celina City Schools students say its unfair that administrators will not allow them to wear T-shirts with pro-gay sentiments while others are allowed to wear political shirts and pro-life messages.
Continue reading...The Hardin County District Court has issued a temporary injunction barring Kountze Independent School District and KISD officials from prohibiting cheerleaders from displaying banners with religious messages or censoring those messages on the banners.
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