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Your Rights: Student Expression

Sep 24, 2015
When you're at school, you have the right to be treated fairly and with respect by other students and school officials, including everyone from custodians to teachers. You have the right to be yourself. Read More
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Know Your Rights: Searches of Students

Sep 24, 2015
When you're at school, you have the right to be treated fairly and with respect by other students and school officials, including everyone from custodians to teachers. You have the right to be yourself. Read More
My School My Rights - Know Your Rights
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Know Your Rights: LGBTQ Students

Sep 24, 2015
When you're at school, you have the right to be treated fairly and with respect by other students and school officials, including everyone from custodians to teachers. You have the right to be yourself. Read More
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Legislation: Advancing the Rights of All Californians

Sep 22, 2015
Every year, the ACLU of California sponsors several bills in the California Legislature. What does it mean to “sponsor” a bill? In most cases, it means we have been involved in drafting the bill, providing input on the text. But we never work alone. Most of our bills are co-sponsored with other advocacy groups. The bill language is thus the result of a collaboration between the co-sponsors and the... Read More
Reginae Hightower, student
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Introducing... MySchoolMyRights.com: Know Your Student Rights

Sep 18, 2015
Here in California, students have a fundamental right to equal education opportunity. And yet, one in five students doesn't graduate high school in four years. So we’ve launched www.MySchoolMyRights.com, a multi-media campaign intended to educate students on their rights and empower them to have a say in their education. Read More