Legislative efforts to allow armed teachers have mixed results
Legislative efforts to allow armed teachers have had mixed results.
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Utah district returns book about same-sex parents to library shelves
The Deseret News reports that the Davis School District has returned a controversial book about same-sex parents to school library shelves.
Continue reading...ACLU files class action suit against Utah district and local police for “gang sweep”
The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the American Civil Liberties Union has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit over a 2010 “gang sweep” at West High School in Salt Lake City, during which between 14 and 40 students of color were detained, questioned, and falsely accused of being gang members.
Continue reading...ACLU sues Utah district for limiting access to children’s book about same-sex parents
The Standard-Examiner reports that the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah has filed suit in federal court against Davis School District for removing a children’s book about a family with same-sex parents from its library shelves.
Continue reading...Utah administrator confiscates “I ♥ boobies” bracelet from student; deemed too risque for classroom
The Salt Lake Tribune reports that an administrator at Westridge Elementary School in Provo, Utah, confiscated a cancer awareness bracelet from a student that contained the message “I ♥ boobies” and was deemed too risque for the classroom.
Continue reading...ACLU challenges Utah district’s restrictions on student access to book about lesbian family
According to the Associated Press on newstimes.com, the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah is questioning the constitutionality of a Davis School District decision to limit student access to a library book about a lesbian couple raising children.
Continue reading...Utah district restricts student access to book about lesbian family
A Reuters report in the Huffington Post states that the Davis School District is requiring students to get permission from their parents to read a book about a lesbian couple raising a family following the decision by a special committee to keep it behind library counters instead of on bookshelves.
Continue reading...Utah federal district court grants summary judgment to school resource officer in case brought by parents of deceased student
A federal district court in Utah has granted summary judgment in favor of a high school’s special resource officer in a suit brought by the parents of a deceased student claiming that the officer violated the student’s substantive due process rights by creating a danger. The court held that the officer’s actions, i.e., recommending rules for the use of a “blank” firing gun during a school play and assuming they were being followed, not only did not create the danger, but were directed toward eliminating any danger that would have existed in the absence of his recommended rules.
Continue reading...Parents of student who committed suicide sue Utah district for deliberate indifference to bullying
Bradd and Edna Hancock have filed suit in federal court against the North Sanpete School District and School Board, the Sanpete County Sheriff, and school administrators, reports Courthouse News Service, alleging that throughout middle school and high school the district was indifferent to the continued bullying of J.H. by a group of students, and was inept in handling the incidents, ultimately leading to J.H.’s suicide.
Continue reading...Utah House votes down bill allowing school bus advertising
The Salt Lake Tribune reports that a bill allowing school districts to sell advertising space on the exterior of school buses has been voted down in the Utah House. The House voted against HB199, which Rep. Jim Bird had hoped to pass as a way to help raise additional money for school districts. Representatives said they worried about whether the ads would cause safety problems, distracting drivers around school buses.
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