FFRF has ensured that members of the Interfaith Club at Bob Jones High School will be permitted to hold meetings on any topic of their choosing, after Madison City Schools …
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Legal Advocacy Victories
Automated phone system misuse rectified (March 1, 2016)
The Jacksonville City Schools in Alabama has assured FFRF that the district’s automated phone system will not again be used to inform parents of religious events. Last summer, community members …
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Bible distribution ends in 3 districts (February 29, 2016)
At the Cleveland County School District in Rison, Ark., the district superintendent confirmed to FFRF that the Gideons would no longer distribute bibles to students in classrooms at Rison Elementary …
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Invocations to be nonsectarian (February 26, 2016)
The Plano Independent School District Board of Trustees has dropped Christian invocations from its meetings in favor of “nonsectarian inspirational messages” after hearing from FFRF. FFRF Staff Attorney Sam Grover …
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FFRF tackles football coach’s religiosity (February 25, 2016)
The coach of the Cannon County High School football team in Woodbury, Tenn., will no longer be permitted to conduct religious activities with his students. The coach previously had taken …
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‘Appeal to Heaven’ flag removed (February 25, 2016)
Shelby County, Ohio, is no longer displaying an Appeal to Heaven flag in a county building after hearing from FFRF. Members of the Appeal to Heaven movement “honor the Lord …
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Kansas district drops creationism (February 22, 2016)
The Sylvan-Unified School District 299 in Sylvan Grove, Kan., will no longer permit the teaching of creationism. A student contacted FFRF to relate that a science teacher at Sylvan-Lucas Junior/Senior …
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Graduation practice in church ends (February 19, 2016)
FFRF made a Pennsylvania public school discontinue graduation practice inside a church. Columbia High School last year required its students to receive their graduation caps and gowns and ceremony information …
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Grad info session moved from church (February 19, 2016)
The Columbia Borough School District in Columbia, Pa., will not hold events in church any longer. Last year, Columbia High School required graduating students to attend a graduation practice in …
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