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State Senate Ignores Constitutional Obligations in Passing Private School Vouchers

HARRISBURG - The Pennsylvania Senate today narrowly passed legislation to implement a new taxpayer-funded private school vouchers scheme. The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania suggested that the Senate is ignoring its obligations to the state constitution.

October 26, 2011

Appeals Court Rules that Schools' Punishment for Off-Campus Internet Speech Violated First Amendment Rights

PHILADELPHIA - The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit made clear today that schools cannot punish students for out-of-school speech that does not create a substantial and material disruption inside the school in its first two rulings addressing how far schools can go in punishing students

June 13, 2011

Judge Stops Enforcement of School District's Suspicionless Drug Testing Policy

PHILADELPHIA - Panther Valley High School (Carbon County) senior Jeremy Thomas will be attending his prom tonight after all.

May 6, 2011

Court Issues Injunction Against School's Ban on 'I (Heart) Boobies' Cancer Awareness Bracelets

EASTON, PA - Today a federal judge ordered the Easton Area School District (EASD) to allow two students at the Easton Area Middle School to wear popular breast cancer awareness bracelets from the Keep-A-Breast Foundation with the phrase "I (Heart) Boobies! Save A Breast!".

April 12, 2011

ACLU Demands That Downingtown Area School District Stop Unconstitutional Web Filtering Of LGBT Content

PHILADELPHIA – The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Pennsylvania demanded that school officials at Downingtown Area School District stop viewpoint-based censorship of web content geared toward the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities.

April 11, 2011

ACLU of PA Sues Two Northeast School Districts Over Unconstitutional Drug Testing Policies

PHILADELPHIA - The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed separate lawsuits in state court today to stop two northeastern Pennsylvania school districts from randomly drug and alcohol testing students who participate in extracurricular activities, including athletics and school dance

March 9, 2011