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The Rights of Students
The rights of public school students and student-led advocacy
In Pennsylvania
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Know Your Rights: Handbook for Pennsylvania Public School Students | ACLU-PA, June 2017 Booklet in Q&A format discusses students' rights, when they can be exercised, when school officials can limit them, and offers practical tips for students.
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2023 Back-to-School Guide for Pennsylvania Public School Students, Education Law Center, August 2023
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ACLU-PA's Guidance on Student Walkouts, ACLU of Pennsylvania, 2018
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In General
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Know Your Rights: Students’ Rights, ACLU
Provides a broad overview of these rights: First Amendment, student dress, discipline, police, protests, immigration, disability, LGBTQIA+, and pregnancy
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Dress Codes
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​​4 Things Public Schools Can Do and Can't Do When it Comes to Dress Codes, ACLU
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All Schools Should Look At This Dress Code That Finally Gets It Right, ScaryMommy, 2017
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Privacy
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Keeping Our Kids Safe from the EdTech Surveillance Industry, ACLU, 2023
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Those “Free” Remote Learning Apps Have A High Cost: Your Student’s Privacy, ACLU, 2020
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Schools Are Watching Students' Social Media, Raising Questions about Free Speech, PBS NewsHour, 2017
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Speech and Protest
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Some Schools Need a Lesson on Students’ Free Speech Rights, ACLU, 2018​
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Can Schools Discipline Students for Protesting?, ACLU, 2018
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Student Walkout Over Guns Poses Balancing Act for Schools, Associated Press, 2018
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Discipline and Policing
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Defending Clients Who Have Been Searched and Interrogated at School: A Guide for Juvenile Defenders, National Juvenile Defender Center
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Lawsuit Says Diversion Program Meant to Keep Troubled Kids Out of the Criminal Justice System Violates Their Constitutional Rights, American Bar Association, 2019
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‘How Far Can They Go?’ Police Search of Hundreds of Students Stokes Lawsuit and Constitutional Questions, New York Times, 2017
