Showing posts with label Public Schools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Public Schools. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 02, 2025

Suit Challenges Oklahoma's Social Studies Standards

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Suit was filed yesterday in the Oklahoma Supreme Court by public school teachers, parents, children and clergy asking the court to assume or...
Tuesday, July 01, 2025

Suit Challenges Texas Requirement for 10 Commandments in Classrooms

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Suit was filed last week in a Texas federal district court challenging the constitutionality of a recently enacted Texas law that requires t...
Saturday, June 28, 2025

Supreme Court: Parents Have Free Exercise Right to Opt Children Out of Class Discussions That Undermine Religious Beliefs

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 In Mahmoud v. Taylor , (Sup.Ct., June 27, 2025), the U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision upheld the granting of a preliminary injunction t...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Texas Enacts Requirement That Schools Offer Released-Time Programs

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On June 20, Texas Governor Gregg Abbott signed  SB 1049 ( full text ) which requires all public and charter schools to permit students to at...
Monday, June 23, 2025

Texas Enacts Law Requiring Ten Commandments In Every Classroom

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The Texas legislature has passed, and on June 20 Governor Gregg Abbott signed , SB10 ( full text ) which requires that: a public elementary ...
Sunday, June 22, 2025

5th Circuit Upholds Preliminary Injunction Against Louisiana's 10 Commandments In Classrooms Law

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In Roake v. Brumley ,  (5th Cir., June 20, 2025), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court's grant  of a prelimin...
Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Iowa Enacts Law Allowing Released-Time Religious Instruction in Schools

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On June 6, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed  a bill that gives students in public and accredited nonpublic schools the right to attend up ...
Friday, May 30, 2025

Texas Passes 3 Bills Promoting Religion in Public Schools

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In addition to the much-publicized Ten Commandments bill (see prior posting ), the Texas legislature this week gave final passage to three o...

Texas Legislature Passes Bill to Require Ten Commandments in Every Classroom

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The Texas legislature this week gave final approval to SB10 ( full text ) which requires public schools to post a copy of the Ten Commandme...
Thursday, May 29, 2025

Teacher's Refusal to Use Student's Preferred Pronouns Justified Her Being Fired

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 In Ramirez v. Oakland Unified School District ,  (ND CA, May 27, 2025), a California federal district court dismissed claims by a former ki...
Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Supreme Court Denies Cert. In School's Ban on Anti-Transgender T-Shirt

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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday denied review in L.M. v. Town of Middleborough, Massachusetts ,  (Sup. Ct., certiorari denied May 27, 2025)...
Friday, May 23, 2025

Suit Challenges School District's Speech Policy

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Suit was filed this week in an Oregon federal district court by a clinical social worker employed by an Oregon school district challenging t...
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Jewish Teacher Claims Anti-Israel Position of Teachers' Union Violates His 1st Amendment Rights

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Suit was filed this week in an Oregon federal district court against the Portland school system and the Portland teacher's union by a Je...
Tuesday, May 13, 2025

West Virginia Governor Tells Schools to Provide Religious and Philosophical Exemptions from Vaccine Requirements

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Last week, West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey released a letter ( full text ) addressed to parents, students and school officials reaff...
Tuesday, May 06, 2025

3rd Circuit: Class Videos on Islam Did Not Violate Establishment Clause

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In  Hilsenrath v. School District. of the Chathams , (3rd Cir., May 5, 2025), the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals held that videos about I...
Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Permissive Opt-Out of Children from Exposure To LGBTQ-Friendly Books

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The U.S. Supreme Court this morning will hear oral arguments in Mahmoud v. Taylor.  In the case, the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals affir...
Friday, March 21, 2025

School's Gender Support Policy Did Not Violate Parent's Free Exercise or Due Process Rights

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In  Vitsaxaki v. Skaneateles Central School District , (ND NY, March 20, 2025), a New York federal district court rejected free exercise and...
Thursday, March 13, 2025

Petition Seeks to Stop Latest Effort to Get Bibles in Oklahoma School Classrooms

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 As previously reported , the Oklahoma Supreme Court has issued an order staying any work by the Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterpris...
Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Oklahoma Supreme Court Stays for Now Bible Purchases for Public Schools

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As previously reported , in October suit was filed by public school parents, teachers and by clergy challenging Oklahoma's requirement f...
Sunday, February 16, 2025

Parent May Proceed on Some Challenges to School's Policy on Transgender Students

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In Landerer v. Dover Area School District ,  (MD PA, Feb. 13, 2025), a mother challenged a school board's policy Directive that prohibit...