Religion & Law

Settlement Reached In Christian High School Group's Equal Access Claim
Alliance Defense Fund announced Friday that it had reached a settlement in a federal lawsuit filed earlier this year against the Deer Valley, Arizona Unified School District. (See prior posting...

Court Says Bible Club Should Be Given Equal Access In California School
Yesterday's Orange County Register reports that a California federal court has issued a temporary injunction requiring the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District to permit five students at Esperanza High School to form a proposed Bible club...

Good News Club Sues Minnesota School District
Yesterday, Child Evangelism Fellowship of Minnesota filed a federal lawsuit against Minnesota's Elk River Area School District alleging that the school district discriminated against its Good News Club--a faith based after-school program for elementary students teaching citizenship and character development from a Biblical viewpoint...

South Carolina Principal Resigns in Protest Over Approval of Gay Club at High School
Eddie Walker, the principal of Irmo High School in Columbia, S.C., is resigning in the wake of a decision by the Lexington-Richland School District 5 officials, to allow the creation of a gay club at his school...

9th Circuit Amplifes Holding On Membership Requirements Of Christian Student Group
This week the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals filed an amended decision in Truth v. Kent School District (9th Cir., Sept. 9, 2008). (See prior posting on original April 25 opinion...

School District Sued For Refusing Student Group's Announcement of Prayer Meeting
Alliance Defense Fund announced yesterday the filing earlier this week of a lawsuit against the Deer Valley (AZ) Unified School District. The suit, brought on behalf of a high school student challenges the refusal by officials of Mountain Ridge High School to accept written and video annoucements by a student group, Common Cause, of one of its upcoming activities...

School Racism
School District pays $250,000 in racial harassment settlement.

Student Harassment
Wichita School District pays $45,000 settlement for high school students' harassment lawsuit.

Ellsworth School District
4.4% increase in salaries as part of contract settlement.

The Plainfield School District
$10,500 settlement resolves eminent domain dispute.

Locker Room Hazing
School district to pay $567,500 settlement in harassment lawsuit.

Teachers Paid
LA School District pays 8% interest to teachers for payroll problems.