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The Supreme Court declined to hear a case involving Michigan middle school students barred from wearing 'Let's Go Brandon' sweatshirts, leaving a lower court ruling in place that allows schools to ban speech with vulgar double meanings. The decision avoids clarifying the boundary between protected political speech and prohibited profanity in schools.
South Korea has passed a law banning the use of smartphones and smart devices during classes in elementary and middle schools, effective from 2026, aiming to reduce their harmful influence on students.
The Chino Valley Unified school district in Southern California is suing Governor Gavin Newsom over a new law that bans schools from requiring parental notification of a child's gender identity change. The district argues the law violates parental rights, while Newsom's administration defends it as preserving the child-parent relationship and protecting LGBTQ+ students. The law, which takes effect in January, has sparked significant debate and legal challenges, reflecting broader national disputes over parental rights and student privacy.
A legal settlement in Florida clarifies the controversial "Don't Say Gay" law, allowing incidental references to LGBTQ topics in classrooms, permitting library books on LGBTQ subjects, and affirming the rights of gay-straight alliances and extracurricular activities. However, the law still restricts classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in grades K-8 and limits it in high school, and it does not impact separate laws regarding transgender sports participation and restroom use.
The group Citizens for Arkansas Public Education and Students believes it has collected enough signatures to put the Arkansas LEARNS Act on hold. They needed 55,422 signatures and ended up with about 55,000. The Secretary of State's office will now verify each signature individually, a process that could take 25 to 30 days. During this time, the group can continue to gather more signatures. The LEARNS Act, passed earlier this year, raises the minimum teacher salary, bans the teaching of critical race theory, and has a program to fund private and religious schools.