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ACLU-PA Sues Allegheny County CYF For Denying Foster Care Payments to Caregivers Related to Children

PITTSBURGH – The ACLU of Pennsylvania and K&L Gates LLP have filed a federal lawsuit against the Allegheny County Office of Children, Youth and Families (OCYF) for denying foster care payments to a Leechburg woman who has been raising her three grandnieces and a grandnephew for the past two y

November 19, 2014

Pennsylvania School Districts Removing Students at an Alarming Rate

PHILADELPHIA – Pennsylvania’s 500 public school districts have dramatically increased their reliance on disciplinary practices that result in students being removed from school over the past 15 years, creating an educational crisis that goes far beyond the state’s largest school system in Philade

November 14, 2013

Federal Court of Appeals Strikes Down School's Ban on 'I (Heart) Boobies!' Cancer Awareness Bracelets

EASTON, PA - In a groundbreaking decision today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld an injunction preventing the Easton Area School District (EASD) from enforcing a ban on popular breast cancer awareness bracelets that read, "i (heart) boobies! (KEEP A BREAST).

August 5, 2013

Indecent Exposure Charges Against Two CMU Art Students Dropped

PITTSBURGH - Indecent exposure charges against Carnegie Mellon University senior Katherine O'Connor will be dropped after she and another CMU student perform community service over the next four months. The ACLU of Pennsylvania represented O'Connor at a hearing earlier today.

June 10, 2013

Red Lion Area School District Refuses To Change Policies On Transgender Students

RED LION, PA - The Red Lion Area School District (RLASD) has refused to change its policy around transgender candidates for prom court, nor will it agree to allow transgender students to use a name at graduation to match their gender identity, according to a letter from the school district's soli

May 6, 2013

ACLU Warns High School Principal Who Removed Transgender Pennsylvania Student From Prom King Ballot

RED LION, Pa – The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Pennsylvania sent a letter today on behalf of a male transgender student who was denied the chance to run for prom king when his principal placed his female birth name in the column for prom queen, despite repeated requests to be l

April 26, 2013