Students’ First Amendment Rights
“Silencing students undermines our students’ civil liberties and the public trust. Students do not leave their First Amendment rights at the schoolhouse door. Silencing and disciplining students for criticizing their schools — including their school’s response to a global pandemic — is unconstitutional.”
– Andrea Young, Executive Director of the ACLU of Georgia
Legal
Case
Demand Letters
Letter to Oakwood Mayor and Police Chief on First Amendment After Suppression of Student Protest
ACLU of Georgia Sends Paulding County School District Open Records Request Concerning its Disciplinary Practices
Letter to Liberty County School System Demanding it Immediately Cancel the Suspension of Student Protester
Letter to Cobb County School Superintendent and the principals at Lassiter, Kell, and Sprayberry High Schools in response to reports of schools physically preventing students from walking out in protest in exercise of their First Amendment rights
Letter to the Bartow County School System Superintendent and Cass High School Principal to Issue Apology for Forcing Students to Walk Out of Class on March 14
