AWaynesville High School junior and his mother are suing the Wayne Local School District claiming the district violated his First and Fourteenth Amendmentrights by preventing him from wearing a T-shirt with the statement “Jesus isNot a Homophobe.”
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Police investigating newspaper theft at Ark. university
Morethan 1,000 copies of The Forumstudent newspaper were stolen March 13 and 14 from the University of Arkansasat Little Rock.
Ind. senior says he was expelled for tweeting profanity at home
Schooladministrators expelled a 17-year-old high school senior March 12 for tweets heposted from home at 3 a.m.
Missouri district asks appeals court to put suspended bloggers’ return to school on hold
The Lee’s Summit R-7 School District is appealing a federal judge's recent decision, which allowed two student bloggers to return to school after being suspended for 180 days.Senior U.S.
TV reporter's complaint leads to confiscation of Md. high school newspapers
Student newspapers were confiscated at Bethesda Chevy-Chase High School onMarch 16 after a television reporter complained that a story and photo of her mightcause her children to be harassed.
Wis. student ends lawsuit over 'boobies' bracelets
Theparent of a Wisconsin middle school student dropped her free speech caseTuesday concerning the school’s ban on “I (Heart) Boobies” breast cancerawareness bracelets.
Mo. students sue after blog posts land them six-month suspensions
Twoparents are suing the Lee’s Summit R-7 School District for violating theirsons’ First Amendment rights after administrators suspended them for six monthsover an online blog about the school.
Judge upholds punishment of Miss. student who posted rap song on Facebook
Afederal judge sided with school officials Thursday in a free speech lawsuitbrought by a student disciplined for posting a song on Facebook and YouTube.
Editors: Colo. yearbook adviser spikes feature on lesbian couple, deletes pages
Theeditor of the Palmer High School yearbook claims her adviser censored aphotograph of a lesbian couple, then deleted several pages of work inretaliation against students who fought the decision.
Editor files grievance after Ill. school censors pro-discipline editorial
Theeditor in chief of the student newspaper at Richwoods High School is pushingback against censorship of a staff editorial, filing a grievance with theschool district and contemplating a lawsuit.