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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upholds arbitrator’s finding of no just cause to terminate teacher for lack of fluency
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts upheld an arbitrator’s finding that a school committee did not have just cause to terminate a teacher for failure to demonstrate satisfactory English fluency.

New Iowa law allows teachers to learn identity of accuser prior to investigation
Iowa teachers will be able to find out the names of people who accuse them of wrongdoing before an investigation is complete, reports the Des Moines Register.

Minnesota charter school is not immune from suit challenging its operation on Establishment Clause grounds on the basis of Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity
A federal district court in Minnesota has ruled that a charter school is not entitled to Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity from a suit challenging the school’s operation on First Amendment Establishment Clause grounds because the school is not an arm of the state.

State court upholds constitutionality of Georgia’s charter school funding law
The Times-Herald reports that the Fulton County Superior Court has ruled that Georgia’s charter school funding law is constitutional.

Parent sues Indiana district over teacher’s use of restraints on her disabled child
The mother of a student with disabilities has filed suit in federal court against Indianapolis Public Schools, says Courthouse News Service, claiming a substitute teacher and/or a teacher's aide at William Penn Elementary School (WPES) tied her son to a chair with a belt and left him "alone, with no adult supervision or support."

Community members demanding Phoenix district adopt policy of non-compliance with Arizona’s new immigration law
A group of Phoenix Union High School District (PUHSD) community members are calling on district officials to adopt a policy to keep school resource officers from complying with Arizona's new immigration law, says the Arizona Republic.

Student disciplined in “sexting” incident sues Virginia district
According to the Lynchburg News & Advance, Aaron Merkey, a senior at Liberty High School (LHS), has filed suit in federal court against Bedford County School District (BCSD) claiming he was subjected to unconstitutional punishment over a “sexting” incident.

North Carolina district sued over decision to drop socio-economic diversity plan in favor of assigning students to neighborhood schools
The North Carolina chapter of the NAACP, the ACLU of North Carolina and other civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit in state court on behalf of a number of parents and students against the Wake County School Board, says the News & Observer.

Alaska decides to forego second round of RTTT competition
According to an Associated Press (AP) report in the Juneau Empire, Alaska has opted not to compete for federal funds in the second round of the Race to the Top (RTTT) competition.

Student sues Mississippi district over being tased by school officer
Courthouse News Service reports that Jimmy McAlpin, who attended Pearl High School, has filed suit in federal court against City of Pearl, the Pearl Public School District, and Officer Shawn Terwilliger of the Pearl Police Department claiming Terwilliger, who is also a Pearl High School compliance officer, used a taser on him three times.

ACLU sues Connecticut district over its plan to hold graduations at church
The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut (ACLU-CT) and Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AUSCS), according to the Hartford Courant, have filed suit against the Enfield Board of Education (EBOE) seeking to prevent the board from holding two graduations at First Cathedral.

Arizona Governor signs bill banning classes designed for a particular ethnic group
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has signed a bill that bans schools from teaching classes designed for students of a particular ethnic group, reports the Los Angeles Times.

Arizona superintendent of schools seeks to recover funds from district that allegedly allowed Mexican students to attend schools
State superintendent of schools Tom Horne has announced that his office is seeking $1.2 million from the Ajo Unified School District (AUSD), allegedly for using state funds to educate 105 students from Mexico since 2007, says the Arizona Republic.

Field trip exclusively for African-American students draws protests
The Detroit News reports that a school trip exclusively for African-Americans pupils from an Ann Arbor, Michigan elementary school was meant to inspire them to greater achievement, but instead ignited protest from other children and their parents.

Student stated valid Title IX claim against school district based on principal’s actual notice of prior complaints by two students of alleged sexual harassment by teacher
A U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (AL, GA, FL) three-judge panel has ruled unanimously that a student stated a valid claim for teacher-on-student sexual harassment under Title IX against a Florida school district based on a high school principal having actual notice of prior complaints by two students of sexual harassment by a teacher.

Wisconsin’s governor signs legislation giving state superintendent authority to intervene in failing districts and schools
Gov. Jim Doyle has signed a bill into law that provides the state superintendent with new authority to intervene in failing districts and schools, a political compromise that the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) superintendent derided as "a bit racist," according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Federal court issues preliminary injunction barring Indiana district from allowing student-led prayer at high school graduation ceremony
A U.S. district court in Indiana has issued a preliminary injunction enjoining school district officials from allowing any prearranged, predetermined student-led prayer at the high school’s commencement exercises.

Arizona Dep’t of Ed instructs districts to insure English fluency of ELL teachers
The Arizona Department of Education recently began telling school districts that teachers whose spoken English it deems to be heavily accented or ungrammatical must be removed from classes for students still learning English, reports the Wall Street Journal.

Mass firing of teachers leads to suit against Rhode Island district and state education commissioner challenging constitutionality of action
The Central Falls School District teachers’ union has filed suit in federal court against Superintendent Frances Gallo and Rhode Island Education Commissioner Deborah Gist, demanding reinstatement of 77 teachers who lost their jobs and a protective injunction, reports Courthouse News Service.

Kindergarten student suspended because of “unconventional” hair style
A kindergarten student in San Antonio, Texas was suspended because of a swirl design cut into his closely cropped hair, reports the San Antonio Express-News.

District prohibition on student’s anti-abortion protest involving wearing armband, and distributing flyers violated her free speech rights
A New Jersey federal district court has ruled that school officials violated a student’s First Amendment right to freedom of speech and expression when they prohibited her from participating in a national day of silent protest against abortion.

Sacramento area districts’ policies welcome same-sex couples to proms
In contrast to the cancelled prom in Mississippi over the issue of a same-sex prom date, Sacramento, California area school districts have developed policies to encourage students to come as singles or with friends; education officials hope that also makes same-sex couples feel welcome, says the Sacramento Bee.

Lesbian student’s senior class photo excluded from Mississippi high school’s yearbook
According to the Jackson Free Press, the senior photo of Ceara Sturgis was omitted from the Wesson Attendance Center yearbook, as was any mention of her.

Former charter school teachers stated valid claim of prior restraint of right to free speech
In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has ruled that a charter school administrator was entitled to qualified immunity from claims by former teachers that she engaged in unconstitutional prior restraint of their right to free association; however, it ruled that she was not entitled qualified immunity from their claims of unconstitutional prior restraint of their right to free speech.

Parents of student beaten to death by gang of bullies sue Maryland district for failure to take action to prevent the death
A suit filed by the parents of Christopher Jones against the Anne Arundel County Board of Education claims that Arundel High School administrators knew that a 9th-grader's life had been threatened by a gang of bullies but took no action to prevent it; the student was thenbeaten to death, says Courthouse News Service.

Jury rejects invasion of privacy claims by four students who were named in student newspaper article on student sexual practices
The News Tribune reports that a Pierce County, Washington jury found that the Puyallup School District did not invade the privacy of four students or negligently allow their names to be published in the February 2008 edition of the Emerald Ridge High School student newspaper JagWire.

Federal court preliminarily enjoins Georgia from enforcing anti-nepotism law regarding eligibility to serve on local school boards
A federal district court in Georgia has issued a preliminary injunction barring the state from enforcing a provision in the state law making a person ineligible to serve on a local school board if that person “has an immediate family member sitting on [that] local board of education or serving as the local school superintendent or as a principal, assistant principal, or system administrative staff in the local school system.”

New York’s governor facing second suit over withholding funds due to local school districts
The Daily Freeman reports that the New York State United Teachers, the New York State School Boards Association, the School Administrators Association and the Council of School Superintendents has filed suit in state courtafter Governor David Paterson announced on March 31 that the state would withhold about $2.1 billion in school aid payments to districts across New York because of cash-flow problems.

Vermont will not seek Race To The Top funds, saying required policy and legislative changes are not the best course in that state
The Associated Press reports in the Boston Globe that Vermont will not be seeking Race To The Top (RTTT) funds in the second round.

Indiana to drop application for RTTT funds after disagreement with teachers’ union over reforms
According to an Associated Press report in the News-Sentinel, Indiana's state schools superintendent said Thursday he was dropping an application for up to $250 million in federal funding after a public disagreement with the state's largest teachers union over his proposed school reforms.

Connecticut board decides to hold graduation ceremonies at church, accepts legal assistance from Center for Law and Justice
After months of discussion about alternatives, reports the Hartford Courant, the Enfield Board of Education (EBOE) voted to hold graduation ceremonies for two high schools in its district at First Cathedral.

New York legislator proposes law imposing quota on charter schools to enroll special ed and limited English proficient students
The New York Post reports that New York state Senator John Sampson has introduced legislation that would revoke the state license of charter schools that don't meet a quota for enrolling students eligible for special education services over two consecutive years.

Florida enacts law expanding private school voucher program for low-income students
Gov. Charlie Crist signed a bill that expands eligibility and funding for the state’s corporate-funded school voucher program for children of low-income families, says the Sunshine News.

Pennsylvania district’s insurance carrier seeks court order finding no coverage in laptop web camera suit
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Graphic Arts Mutual Insurance Co., who is the insurer for Lower Merion School District (LMSD), is balking at the school district's request that it cover costs arising from the suit over LMSD’s use of its laptop tracking system.

Parents’ objection to vaccination as prerequisite to enrolling student in school was not based on sincere and genuinely held religious belief
A federal district court in New York state has ruled that parents who opposed vaccinating their child were not entitled to an exemption from the state law requiring vaccinations as prerequisite to registering in school because the parents’ objection was not based on sincere and genuine religious beliefs.

Former school employee’s suit claims she was terminated after discovering assistant principal was "sexting" underage student
Jennifer Mello, who was an administrative assistant at Buckeye Union High School, has filed suit in an Arizona federal district court claiming she was fired after reporting that an assistant principal was "sexting" an underage student.

Maryland district investigates “sexting” incidents at middle school and high school
The Washington Post reports that administrators at Pyle Middle School in Bethesda, Maryland were recently alerted to images on a student's iPod Touch of girls from Pyle Middle School and Whitman High School and that they had been passed around for at least several months.

ED announces stricter enforcement of Title IX in women’s athletics
The U.S. Department of Education has issued new Title IX guidance that reverses a 2005 policy allowing schools to use only a survey to prove a lack of interest in starting a new women's sport and encouraged schools to consider a non-response to the survey as disinterest, reports the Associated Press.

Federal court orders Mississippi district to revise transfer and classroom assignment policies to prevent racial imbalance
A federal district court in Mississippi, acting on a complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), has ordered Walthall County School District (WCSD) to revise its transfer policies to eliminate racial imbalance in WCSD’s two high schools and its classroom student assignment policy to eliminate segregated classrooms in the district’s elementary schools.

Voucher amendment finds new life in Florida legislature
An Associated Press story in the Fort Myers News-Press reports that Florida House and Senate committees have approved a constitutional amendment that could lead to the return of state-funded tuition vouchers for students attending religious schools.

Plan to convert Catholic schools in Indianapolis to public charter schools meets resistance
A plan to create what could be the first U.S. public charter schools run by a Roman Catholic archdiocese is meeting resistance from those who worry about whether religious messages and icons will really stay out of the classrooms and hallways, says the Associated Press.

Florida governor vetoes legislation aimed at eliminating tenure for teachers and instituting merit pay system
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, according to Business Week, vetoed an education bill that would have made it easier to fire teachers and to link their pay to student test scores.

Arizona legislature approves bill barring seniority as basis for teacher rehiring
The Associated Press reports in Education Week that the Arizona Senate and House have fast-tracked legislation that would prohibit Arizona school districts from basing teacher rehiring decisions on seniority and free districts from state-set deadlines for notifying teachers whether they'll be rehired for the next school year.

Superintendent was not entitled to qualified immunity from teacher’s suit claiming that district’s employee drug/alcohol testing policy violated teacher’s Fourth Amendment rights
A federal district court in Louisiana has ruled that a school district’s superintendent was not entitled to qualified immunity from a teacher’s suit alleging that the district’s policy requiring teachers injured at work to undergo drug/alcohol testing violated her Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable search and seizure.

U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in Fourth Amendment case involving public employer reading private text messages sent by employee on electronic device provided by employer
The U.S. Supreme Court has completed oral argument in City of Ontario v. Quon, Docket No. 08-1332, reports the New York Times. The issue raised in the case is whether a California police department violated the Constitution when police supervisors read sexually explicit text messages sent by an officer on a department-issued pager.

U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in case over law school’s refusal to officially recognize student religious organization whose membership requirements violate school’s non-discrimination policy
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, Docket No. 08-1371, a case that Courthouse News Service characterizes as pitting First Amendment rights against anti-discrimination principles.

Race to the Top Interim Final Requirements
The Department of Education (ED) has amended the final requirements for the Race to the Top fund. The Race to the Top Fund notice inviting applicants (NIA) for fiscal year 2010, published on November 18, 2009, provided two application deadlines: Phase 1, due January 19, 2010, and Phase 2, due June 1, 2010.

Third Circuit vacates decisions in pair of cases involving off-campus, online student speech and grants rehearing
On April 10, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (PA, NJ, DE, VI) granted the motions for rehearing en banc in J.S. v. Blue Mountain School District and Layshock v. Hermitage School District.

Florida House panel approves school prayer bill
A Florida House panel approved HB 31, a response to a 2008 lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) against Santa Rosa schools that challenged teacher-led Bible study and administration-promoted prayer, according to, the Tallahassee Democrat.

Michigan parents’ blog criticizes content of student newspaper
The Dexter Leader reports that a new online blog launched by concerned parents in the Dexter community has caused uproar among current and former members of the Dexter High School (DHS) student newspaper, The Squall.

Kentucky attorney general opines that e-mails exchanged between teachers and administrators are educational records subject to disclosure to parents
The Associated Press reports in the Louisville Courier-Journal that the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office (AG) has issued an opinion that concludes parents have an “absolute right” to inspect all educational records relating to their children, including e-mails exchanged between teachers and administrators.

Florida’s ACLU director says school district should have used offensive student speech as “learning opportunity”
Howard Simon, executive director of the Florida American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU-FL), discussed the pending lawsuit between two Gainesville families and the Alachua County School Board over the suspension of their children for wearing T-shirts that read "Islam is of the Devil" during a recent free speech forum, says the Gainesville Sun.

District attorney in Wisconsin threatens criminal prosecution of teachers who implement state’s new sex ed curriculum
Juneau County District Attorney Scott Southworth is warning that teachers who teach the state's new sex education curriculum could be arrested and charged with contributing to the delinquency of children, says the Wisconsin State Journal.

Rhode Island board files suit to bar arbitration of teacher lay offs
In an attempt to prevent the arbitration hearings of up to 100 teachers who were laid off last June due to budget cuts, Courthouse News Service says, the Cumberland School Committee has filed suit claiming the teachers' appeals are "not arbitrable," even though it previously agreed to arbitrate them.

Federal court overturns jury’s award of $500,000 to former employees of Pennsylvania school district in retaliation suit
A federal district court in Pennsylvania has overturned a jury verdict in favor of three former school district employees on their First Amendment retaliation claim because erroneous jury instructions implied that social friendships are protected activity under the First Amendment.

State court judge criticizes Alaska’s oversight of rural schools, threatens to appoint special master
According to an Associated Press report in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Superior Court Judge Sharon Gleason criticized Alaska’s oversight of rural schools as so flawed that she might appoint a special master to take over to ensure a basic education for students.

Rhode Island parents’ suit challenges state’s use of truancy court to punish special needs students
The Courthouse News Service reports that nine families have filed a class action suit in state court alleging Rhode Island uses its Truancy Court to discipline and to punish students with learning and medical disabilities and other problems, rather than to help them.

Parents of student with autism sue Florida district over its use of restraint
The parents of a student with autism, who was restrained at least 89 times over 14 months, have filed suit in federal court against Palm Beach County School District (PBCSD), says the Palm Beach Post.

Teacher’s restraint of disruptive special ed student did not violate his substantive or procedural due process rights
A federal district court in Alabama has ruled that an elementary school teacher, who restrained a disruptive student in a chair for safety reasons, did not violate the student’s substantive due process rights to bodily integrity or his procedural due process rights to notice and a hearing before being deprived of his liberty and bodily integrity.

Philadelphia controller’s report cites a number of questionable practices by some charter schools
A draft of the City of Philadelphia controller’s report on 13 charter schools cites excessive salaries, compliant boards whose members are handpicked by school chiefs, inflated rents, and rampant conflicts of interest, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Hawaii’s system wide teacher furlough plan affecting disabled and non-disabled students alike did not constitute change in placement under IDEA
A U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (CA, OR, WA, AZ, MT, ID, NV, AK, HI, GU, MP) three-judge panel has unanimously ruled that the State of Hawaii’s plan to shut its public schools on 17 Fridays and furlough teachers on those days does not constitute a change in placement under the stay-put provision of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

Students stated valid Title VI and Fourteenth Amendment discrimination claims based on district’s deliberate indifference to student-on-student racial harassment
A federal district court in Michigan has ruled that African-American students have stated valid claims under Title VI and the Fourteenth Amendment against a school district for deliberate indifference to student-on-student racial harassment.

Attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine protect from discovery documents prepared by attorneys during investigation of teacher’s alleged sex abuse
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (IL, IN, WI) has ruled that documents and notes prepared by attorneys from a law firm hired by an Illinois school district to investigate the district’s handling of a teacher’s sexual molestation of a number students were protected from discovery by the attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine.

Arkansas board may challenge state’s approval of open enrollment charter schools on grounds it contributes to resegregation
The Arkansas Times reports that after discussing attorney Chris Heller's recommendation that the school district argue in federal court that the state of Arkansas has contributed to resegregation by approving open enrollment charter schools in violation of the 1989 settlement of the county’s desegregation case, the Little Rock School Board voted 4-3 to authorize Heller to negotiate and litigate when he deemed necessary to enforce the court-approved settlement.

Indiana district refuses to voluntarily end practice of allowing student-led prayer at graduation
According to Greenwood School Board President Joe Farley, the school district will not terminate its practice of allowing the senior class at Greenwood High School (GHS) to vote on whether to include a student-led prayer in graduation ceremonies, unless ordered to do so by a federal court.

Maryland teacher to file suit alleging she was fired in violation of federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act
According to the Delmarva Daily Times, a former Ocean City Elementary School teacher, Lyndsey Greenan, plans to file a federal discrimination lawsuit against the Worcester County School Board, alleging she was improperly treated in violation of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act after she became pregnant.

Parents group wants Utah district to drop the word “democracy” in mission statement
Utah's Republic (UR), a group that advocates for a strict interpretation of the U.S. Constitution, has been gathering the signatures of parents on a petition asking the Alpine Board of Education to scrap its democracy-centered mission statement, says the Salt Lake Tribune.

Settlement agreements entered into by two districts subject to public disclosure under Kentucky’s open records law
The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that confidential settlement agreements entered into by two school districts are subject to public disclosure under the Kentucky Open Records Act (KORA).

Michigan attorney general issues opinion on the applicability of FERPA to photographs or video recordings of students participating in school activities
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox (AG) has issued an opinion letter in response to a written request from State Representative Sarah Roberts for clarification on whether photographs or video recordings of students participating in school activities qualify as education records for purposes of the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

Georgia House approves anti-bullying legislation
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the Georgia House has passed controversial legislation that would require school officials to notify parents when their child is involved as the victim or instigator of bullying.

New Jersey’s governor offers to increase state aid to districts that freeze teacher salaries
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said he will offer more state aid to school districts whose teachers agree to a wage freeze for the 2011 fiscal year, according to an Associated Press report in the Star-Ledger.

New York district settles gay student’s Title IX suit, agrees to pay $75,000
The Evening Times reports that Mohawk Central School District (MCSD) has reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) on behalf of a gay student alleging that MSCD failed to protect him from threats and physical assaults and ignored repeated bullying.

School administrator was not entitled to qualified immunity from students’ § 1983 equal protection and due process claims based on her knowledge and covering up of a teacher’s sexual abuse of students
A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (IL, IN, WI) has unanimously ruled that a elementary school principal was not entitled to qualified immunity from female students’ equal protection and substantive due process based on principal’s knowledge and covering up of a teacher’s sexual abuse of female students.

Student alleging California school district failed to identify her as a child with a disability had a cognizable claim under IDEA’s “child find” requirement
A U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (CA, OR, WA, AZ, MT, ID, NV, AK, HI, GU, MP) three-judge panel, in a 2-1 decision, has ruled that a student had a valid claim under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act’s (IDEA) “child find” requirement for failure to identify the student and to provide a free appropriate public education.

Washington enacts K-12 education reform legislation to improve chances of obtaining RTTT funds
Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire, says the Associated Press, has signed into law a package of education bills, including a plan that could help the state compete for a slice of the Obama administration's $4.35 billion Race to the Top (RTTT) program.

Homeowners’ suit charges that Illinois school funding scheme discriminates against taxpayers in property-poor communities
The Chicago Tribune reports that two Illinois homeowners plan to sue the state, claiming Illinois' education funding system discriminates against taxpayers based on where they live.

ED selects Delaware and Tennessee as recipients of round one RTTT funds
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has picked Delaware and Tennessee as the winners of the first round of its "Race to the Top" competition, giving part of an unprecedented $4.35 billion to the states, says the Associated Press.

School district violated lesbian student’s First Amendment rights by denying request to attend prom with same sex date
A federal district court in Mississippi has ruled that a school district that refused to allow a lesbian student to attend prom with a same-sex date and wearing gender non-conforming attire, i.e. a tuxedo, violated that student’s First Amendment rights.

Connecticut’s high court holds state has constitutional duty to provide students with “adequate” public education
In a 5-2 decision that included two concurring and two dissenting opinions, a plurality of the Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that a group of parents and students, represented by the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding (CCJEF), has stated a valid claim under article eighth, § 1 of the Connecticut Constitution that the state’s public school students are guaranteed “educational standards and resources suitable to participate in democratic institutions, and to prepare them to attain productive employment and otherwise to contribute to the state’s economy, or to progress on to higher education.”

Bill to limit the use of seclusion and restraint in Wisconsin schools stalls
Facing opposition from school administrators and teachers, the prospects for legislation to limit when Wisconsin students could be physically restrained or secluded in time-out rooms appear to be fizzling out in the state capitol, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Parent seeking monetary damages based on teacher’s use of seclusion room must first exhaust administrative remedies under IDEA
A U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (AK, AZ, CA, HI, ID, MT, NV, OR, WA, GU, MP), three-judge panel, in a 2-1 split, has ruled that a parent seeking monetary damages for mental suffering and emotional distress of a special education student as result of the student being isolated or secluded in a “safe room” to address behavioral issues was required to exhaust the administrative remedies available under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) before bringing a lawsuit.

Georgia Senate unanimously approves bill that would dramatically weaken state’s zero tolerance policies
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the Georgia Senate, in a unanimous 47-0 vote, has passed a bill that would affect the state’s zero-tolerance policies on weapons in schools.

Arkansas Supreme Court upholds school officials’ confiscation of student’s cell phone
The Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled that a teacher and principal who confiscated and retained a student’s cell phone did not violate the student’s rights under either state or federal law.

Florida board settles for $140,000 in suit over requiring students to sing religious song
The St. Johns County school board, faced with a lawsuit by the parents of two students who were required to practice a religious song, agreed to a $140,000 settlement, says WOKV.

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