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The SPLC has released four questions about school safety for U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, ahead of a listening session of the Federal Commission on School Safety this week in Montgomery, Alabama.
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A Florida judge ordered today that a proposed state constitutional amendment that would have eliminated local school boards’ duty to regulate some new public schools – including charter schools – be removed from the ballot.
Florida’s Constitution Revision Commission, an entity created every 20 years to revise the state’s laws, attempted to place a constitutional amendment on the state’s 2018 ballot that would have eliminated the duties of school boards to regulate public schools in their districts, including...
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The SPLC sued the state of Florida today, seeking to block a proposed constitutional amendment that would eliminate local school boards’ right to regulate new public schools – including charter schools – in their districts.
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We are deeply disappointed in the Trump administration’s decision today to move forward in rescinding a set of Obama-era policies that permit the consideration of race in college admissions decisions.
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The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in a lawsuit alleging that the state executive branch, including Gov. Phil Bryant, violated the state constitution by cutting the 2017 budget.
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Tyler Haire was 16 when he was locked up. He was 20 before he went to trial.
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The SPLC strongly opposes the suggestion this week by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos that schools can report undocumented students to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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The SPLC filed a petition today seeking the “immediate and unconditional release” of a 15-year-old boy who has been illegally held in a juvenile prison without a court hearing that is required under Louisiana law.
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Javon Davies is only 12, but he just finished writing his will.
