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Court Blocks Attempt to Censor Plays: ACLU Applauds Victory for Free Speech

November 10, 2009

Nevada District Court Judge David Wall denied today a request filed by a group of local parents that sought to stop productions of The Laramie Project and Rent: School Edition at Green Valley High School in Henderson, Nevada. ACLU of Nevada attorneys, who argued that the parents should not be allowed to stop the plays, applauded the decision as a victory for free speech.

GVHS Theater: ACLU Says "The Show Must Go On"

November 2, 2009

The ACLU of Nevada expresses its strong opposition to recent legal action that seeks to prohibit performances of Rent: School Edition and The Laramie Project at Green Valley High School in Henderson. 

ACLU of Nevada challenges UNLV “Hate Speech” Policy

April 27, 2009

The proposed “Policy on Bias Incidents/Hate Crimes” put forward by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas would limit severely restrict free speech and academic freedom on campus.

ACLU Settles Federal Discrimination Lawsuits with Washoe County School District

April 8, 2009

The ACLU of Nevada together with O’Melveny & Myers LLP are pleased to announce on behalf of its clients Jana Elhifny and Stephanie Hart that we have settled two related long-running federal civil rights lawsuits against the Washoe County School District filed in Reno's Federal District Court in 2004.

ACLU opposes Churchill County's proposal to allow drug dogs to sniff high school students’ belongings

February 29, 2008

Members of the Churchill County community concerned the ACLU of Nevada with an administrative regulation which would allow drug dogs to sniff the belongings of high school students. These searches would be totally suspicionless and random in a school district that purports to have no serious drug problem.

Esmerelda County School District Agrees To Allow Students To Speak Spanish On Bus After ACLU Sends Letter

February 15, 2008

In October 2007, the Esmerelda County School Board approved a policy that prohibits speaking Spanish while riding the school bus. The ACLU received complaints from parents whose children were affected by this policy, and sent a letter to the School District Superintendent Robert Aumaugher asking him to immediately rescind the policy. Mr. Aumaugher agreed to make it clear that students are allowed to speak Spanish while they ride the school bus and sent a letter to parents - in both Spanish and English - explaining the district’s language policy.

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