Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: Court Upholds Teacher and Student Rights in Challenge to Arkansas Classroom Censorship Law
May 10, 2024
May 10, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following news release:
On Tuesday, a federal court issued a ruling on the controversial classroom censorship provision of the Arkansas' LEARNS Act, Section 16. The court upheld student's right to receive information and ideas and issued a partial injunction, prohibiting Arkansas from disciplining Ms. Ruthie Walls and Mr. Colton Gilbert, teachers and plaintiffs in the case, from simply . . .
On Tuesday, a federal court issued a ruling on the controversial classroom censorship provision of the Arkansas' LEARNS Act, Section 16. The court upheld student's right to receive information and ideas and issued a partial injunction, prohibiting Arkansas from disciplining Ms. Ruthie Walls and Mr. Colton Gilbert, teachers and plaintiffs in the case, from simply . . .