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Truth v. Kent School District

The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that a student Bible club raised valid claims that a Washington state school district violated the federal Equal Access Act (EAA) and Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment by refusing to exempt the club from the district’s non-discrimination policy. The ACLU had filed a friend-of-the-court brief in a case supporting a school district’s withholding official sponsorship and funding of student clubs that discriminate on the basis of religion, e.g., by requiring students to take a religious test to become voting members. Read More »
 
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Burlington: District Upholds Evolution

January 1, 2001
For several years the ACLU has worked with parents to keep creationist teachings out of the science classroom in Burlington-Edison High School. Responding to advocacy by the ACLU and concerned parents, the school board in 1998 backed a decision by the superintendent that the science teacher could no longer teach creationism in the guise of "intelligent design theory" in biology lessons. Read More »
 
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School District Says No to Creationism

October 1, 1998
Responding to advocacy by the ACLU-WA and local parents, Burlington-Edison School District has directed a teacher not to teach creationism in his science class. At its September meeting, the school board backed a decision by Superintendent Rick Jones that a science teacher could no longer teach creationism in the guise of "intelligent design theory" in biology lessons. Read More »
 
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