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ACLU Asks Court to Let Students Join in Kentucky Anti-Gay Harassment Training Case (04/01/2005)
ASHLAND, KY - The American Civil Liberties Union today asked a federal court to let several former students join a Kentucky school district in fighting a lawsuit aimed at shutting down a court-ordered anti-harassment training. The school district agreed to implement the training last year after a federal judge found that there is a widespread problem with anti-gay harassment in the school, where students in an English class once stated that they needed to ""take all the fucking faggots out in the back woods and kill them."" The new lawsuit, brought by an anti-gay legal organization, claims that the training violates the free speech rights of students who are opposed to it.

NYCLU Hails Victory For Students' Privacy Rights Following Lawsuit Over Forced Gynecological Exams (01/31/2004)
NEW YORK -- The New York Civil Liberties Union today announced that it has reached a settlement in its federal lawsuit against the U. S. Department of Education for illegally suspending a group of female students and requiring them to submit gynecological records as a condition for reinstatement.

Landmark Survey Finds Majority of California's Schools in Violation of Sex Education Laws (09/03/2003)
SACRAMENTO - The first statewide survey of sex education in California's public schools in almost a decade reveals that 85 percent of schools violate one or more laws governing this subject, in part because many teachers and administrators find state laws governing sex education confusing and inconsistent.. The survey also shows that parents and schools overwhelmingly support sex education.

NYCLU Sues New York School Officials for Forcing Teen-Age Girls to Undergo Intrusive Medical Exams (07/08/2003)
NEW YORK-- The New York Civil Liberties Union today filed a federal lawsuit against school officials for illegally suspending a group of girls for going to a ""hooky party"" and then refusing to let them return to school until they underwent intrusive and highly private medical examinations and turned over the test results.

ACLU Warns Arkansas School to Stop Persecuting Gay Student (03/13/2003)
JACKSONVILLE, AR -- The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging officials at Jacksonville Junior High School over repeated punishment of a 14-year-old student for being openly gay. In a letter to school officials sent today, the ACLU demanded that the school stop violating the student's rights and remove all unconstitutional disciplinary actions taken against him from his record by March 21 or face legal action.

Complaint in Doe, et al. v. Reid, et al. (07/08/2003)

Letter to the House on the Solomon Amendment (03/25/1999)

Letter Urging Adoption of Safe Schools Policies (01/23/2004)

Statements by Teenage Girls and Their Parents, Clients in NYCLU Lawsuit Against New York School Officials for Forcing Teenage Girls to Undergo Intrusive Medical Exams (07/08/2003)
NEW YORK - Following are statements by two teenage girls and their relatives, who are clients in the New York Civil Liberties Unions' federal lawsuit against school officials for forcing a group of girls to undergo intrusive and highly private medical examinations following their participation in a "hooky party."

Letter to School Officials Regarding Gay/Straight Alliances (06/11/2003)

NYCLU Follow-Up Letter to Alexandra Michalos on School Officials' Invasion of Student Privacy (05/28/2003)

NYCLU Letter to Chancellor Klein on School Officials' Invasion of Student Privacy (05/08/2003)

School-Based Condom Availability Programs (04/01/1998)
Promoting Reproductive Freedom for Teenagers

Campaigns to Undermine Sexuality Education in the Public Schools (04/01/1998)
Promoting Reproductive Freedom for Teenagers

Board of Regents of Univ. of Wisconsin System v. Southworth (10/01/1999)
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