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Schools must have school fee complaint procedures in place by Friday

By March 1, 2013 all public schools in California, including charter schools and alternative schools, must have a process in place for students and parents to file a complaint if they believe their school is charging fees as a condition of participating in educational activities.

February 27, 2013

Glendale Unified and Glendale Police settle ACLU lawsuit

The ACLU Foundation of Southern California and the law firm Traber & Voorhees today announced settlement agreements that will protect students in Glendale Unified School District (GUSD) from discrimination as well as arbitrary detentions and searches by police officers on campus.

February 6, 2013

ACLU wins fight to protect Constitutional right to free public education in California

The American Civil Liberties Union of California and the law firm Morrison & Foerster LLP today announced that they would dismiss a class action lawsuit filed against the State of California on behalf of public school students who had been charged fees as a condition of taking academic course

October 1, 2012

Asking Orange County Schools for collaboration to end bullying of LGBTQ students

The ACLU of Southern California (ACLU/SC) has sent a letter to Orange County schools seeking their collaboration to end bullying, which plagues many lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) students.

September 21, 2012

NYCLU study shows gaps, inaccuracies and bias in NY sex ed instruction

Many public school districts across New York State provide sex-ed instruction that is inaccurate, incomplete and biased, according to a report released today by the New York Civil Liberties Union that analyzes sex-ed materials that have been used in 82 public school districts.

September 12, 2012

ACLU of California endorses Proposition 30

The American Civil Liberties Union of California today announced its endorsement of Proposition 30, the Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act.

September 11, 2012