Will I Get in Trouble?: Houston Public Media

Click here to read the Houston Public Media piece on suspensions, has helpful linked material within.

This article also references the Virgina superintendent’s threat to suspend students and includes a response from the ACLU, TCRP, and Texas Appleseed. The three organizations maintained that suspension was unlawful for the following reasons:

• The first amendment protects a person’s right to expression.
• Schools are not authorized to impose “content-based” restrictions for expressions that do not limit the functioning of schools.

The letter to the superintendent also discouraged imposing the suspension for students who participated in the protest.