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Parent's Claim Over School Board Meeting Attendance Ban Can Go Forward

The matter stems from a controversy over books with sexual content in the school library, and the parent's shouting that school board members "should be arrested."

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Virginia Court Reverses $1M Libel Judgment for School Board Chair Called "Sexual Predator/Harasser" by Activist

The speaker's comments, the Virginia Court of Appeals held, "comments constitute non-actionable opinions based on fully disclosed facts."

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Free Speech Unmuted: Free Speech and Doxing

For those interested in reading more about the subject, here's a post of mine from January: The term "doxing" is… The post Free Speech Unmuted: Free Speech and Doxing appeared first on Reason.com.

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Jury Concludes Policy Banning Written Signs at School Board Meetings Was Unreasonable, Implemented in a Viewpoint-Based Way

The court entered judgment today on this in Schmidt v. Falcon School Dist. 49; here's an excerpt from the Mar.… The post Jury Concludes Policy Banning Written Signs at School Board Meetings Was Unreasonable, Implemented in a Viewpoint-Based Way appeared first on Reason.com.

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Court Voids Discipline of Public School Teacher for Two 2020 Anti-Bernie-Sanders Posts

From today's decision in Caggiano v. Duval County School Bd., decided by Florida Court of Appeal Judge Scott Makar, joined… The post Court Voids Discipline of Public School Teacher for Two 2020 Anti-Bernie-Sanders Posts appeared first on Reason.com.

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A Test Suite for Proposals to Restrict "Doxing"

The term "doxing" is not well defined, but is often used broadly to refer to publicly disclosing a person's name,… The post A Test Suite for Proposals to Restrict "Doxing" appeared first on Reason.com.

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Claim Against School Board That Refused to Display "Satan Loves the First Amendment" Banner Can Go Forward

[1.] The factual allegations from today's decision by Robert Scola (S.D. Fla.) in Stevens v. School Bd. of Broward County:… The post Claim Against School Board That Refused to Display "Satan Loves the First Amendment" Banner Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason.com.

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An Alabama D.A. Filed Legally Impossible Charges Against School Board Members Who Crossed Him

A board employee and a local reporter were arrested on the same bogus charge of divulging nonexistent grand jury secrets.

Reason

Pride and Prejudice in Princeton, Texas

A school board vote to cancel a summer Pride event represented one of the first government-sponsored cancellations of the LGBTQ+ celebration in the Lone Star State.

Texas Observer

Majority Black Louisiana elementary school to shut down amid lawsuits over toxic air exposure

A southeast Louisiana school board voted to shut down a predominantly Black elementary school next to a petrochemical facility embroiled in multiple lawsuits over its high levels of toxic emissions

The Independent UK

Blocking Dissenters from School System's "StaffPride" Twitter Account May Have Violated First Amendment

From yesterday's opinion by Judge Paula Xinis (D. Md.) in Foldi v. Bd. of Ed. for Montgomery County: Foldi and Mandel live in Montgomery County, Maryland. Foldi writes for a news magazine, The Spectator, and Mandel is a columnist for several national publications and has written extensively on education and…

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School Board President Caught On Hot Mic, Unravels Decade-Old Small Town Conspiracy

The question remained: just who was behind the fake account and why? The post School Board President Caught On Hot Mic, Unravels Decade-Old Small Town Conspiracy first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #95

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #94

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

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The Independent UK

Moms for Liberty school board member arrested for shoplifting from Target

Keri Blair, 43, was arrested on 5 January for property theft charges

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Four candidates running for two seats on the South-Western City Schools Board of Education on Nov. 7

Four candidates are running in the general election for South-Western City Schools Board of Education in Franklin County, Ohio, on Nov. 7, 2023. Two of five school board seats are up for election, and voters can choose up to two candidates.

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There are nine local ballot measures in Virginia on Nov. 7, including an initiative to make the Hanover County School Board an elected body

In Virginia, voters in seven counties will decide on nine local ballot measures alongside state legislative elections on Nov. 7. The local ballot measures range in topic, including government structure and elections, gambling expansion, general obligation bonds for school facilities and capital improvement projects.

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Two school board members recalled in West Bonner County School District, Idaho

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The Bible will stay in Florida's Palm Beach County schools, board decides

A rabbi, a Baptist church pastor, a born-and-raised Catholic and an atheist walked into a Palm Beach County School Board meeting Wednesday.

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After Legal Threats, Uvalde School District Lifts Ban on Parent Who Criticized Police Hire

Adam Martinez was banned from school property after he criticized the district's decision to hire an officer deemed "ineligible for rehire" by the local sheriff's office.

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School Board Members Use "Anti-Doxing" Law to Sue Critics for Publicizing the Members' Employers

An Oregon trial court allowed the case to go forward, but the Oregon Court of Appeals threw it out.

Chicago Sun-Times

Johnson chooses former Daley buildings commissioner to serve as corporation counsel

Mary Richardson-Lowry, a teacher’s daughter, served as Chicago building commissioner, then school board president under former Mayor Richard M. Daley. Now, she is Mayor Brandon Johnson’s choice for one of the most trusted and sensitive positions in city government.

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Preliminary Injunction Against "Disparag[ing]" or "Frivolous" Claims About School Board or Employees …

violates the First Amendment, holds the Louisiana Court of Appeal.

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When This Uvalde Parent Complained About a New Police Hire, He Was Banned From School Property

A demand letter states that the Uvalde school district is infringing on Adam Martinez's First Amendment right to criticize the government.

Chicago Sun-Times

How lawmakers can create fair voting maps for Chicago’s elected school board

Lawmakers have until July 1 to draw maps for school board elections in 2024. The process must be transparent, and the maps should reflect the city’s racial makeup, two parent activists write.

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