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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.

Reason · May 23, 2023

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.

Reason · May 16, 2023

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.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 20, 2023

School board in Virginia fires superintendent in wake of classroom shooting

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The Newport News School Board has voted to part ways with Superintendent George Parker III.

Tribune News Service · Jan 26, 2023

Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #46

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

Ballotpedia · Jan 25, 2023

En Banc Eleventh Circuit Rejects Legal Challenge to School District's Bathroom Policy

The Appeals Panel Rejects a Trangender Student's Bid to Use Bathroom Corresponding to the Student's Gender Identity Instead of Biological Sex.

Reason · Dec 31, 2022

Which flags can be flown in a Miami-Dade classroom? School Board to address controversy

The Miami-Dade County School Board on Wednesday will consider a measure that would allow only the American flag and the official motto of the State of Florida be displayed in classrooms and on school district grounds — one month after a nearly identical item was withdrawn from the board’s agenda…

Miami Herald · Dec 13, 2022

Florida school board member defends against criticism over welcoming Proud Boys’ support

MIAMI — A new Broward School Board member is being denounced by civil-rights groups, LGBTQ leaders and two of her fellow board members after saying she welcomes support from all kinds of groups, even the far-right Proud Boys.

Tribune News Service · Dec 9, 2022

Supreme Court turns away school's appeal of sex-assault case

The U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from a Virginia school board that says it shouldn’t be held liable for the alleged sexual assault of a student by a classmate on a band trip

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2022

As DeSantis injects politics into Florida school boards, parents are getting more influence

MIAMI — In September, a debate over whether the Miami-Dade School Board should recognize October as LGBTQ history month again left board members facing a divided roomful of constituents.

Miami Herald · Nov 21, 2022