The settlement comes after two middle school students and their parents filed a complaint in November 2010 in federal court, which alleged the Easton Area School District violated the students’ free expression rights when it banned the Keep A Breast Foundation’s “I (heart) Boobies!” bracelets.
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Pa. Senate unanimously votes in favor of bill limiting public-records exemptions at ‘state-related’ universities
Members of the Pennsylvania Senate unanimously approved a bill Wednesday that could require state-related universities to provide additional information to the public, bringing requirements closer in line with those of all other public agencies in the commonwealth.
Playwickian adviser, student editor receive nationwide support following suspensions
Along with editorials in high school papers in
California and Missouri, and a silent show of solidarity at a high school in Texas, student editors in California have raised more than $1,100 in 24 hours to support the student newspaper at Neshaminy High School and its adviser.Playwickian adviser, student editor suspended for defying administrative orders with Redskins ban
Robert Copeland, the superintendent of Neshaminy School District, suspended adviser Tara Huber on Tuesday and Wednesday, said Maddy Buffardi, the newspaper’s opinion editor.
Pitt delays policy agreement giving administration control of faculty intellectual property rights
According to a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, a written agreement is necessary for a second party, in this case the university, to claim intellectual property rights.
Neshaminy school board passes new policies limiting student publications and school-related social media rights
Student editors say they will continue to challenge publication and social media policies approved Thursday by the Neshaminy School Board.
Neshaminy school board puts revised publication and social media policies on voting agenda for tomorrow’s meeting
The Neshaminy school board will vote Thursday on whether to change the publication policies of The Playwickian, the student newspaper at the high school.
Pennsylvania legislature considers bill to limit public records exemption for public universities
The Pennsylvania Senate is considering a bill that would require four public universities to disclose more under the state’s public records law.
Neshaminy administrators confiscate newspapers printed by student editors without principal's approval
Neshaminy High School administrators confiscated the student newspaper’s final issue of the year Friday, after students printed the paper without administrative approval following renewed disagreement over the students’ ban on the word “Redskins.”
Neshaminy school board puts vote on publications policy on hold amid outcry
The Neshaminy school board has pushed back a vote originally scheduled for Tuesday on a proposed publications policy that students and educators nationwide have condemned as unconstitutional and “educationally unsound.”