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Freedom of speech at school: 4 steps to creating a policy that safeguards students and faculty

In June 2021, the Supreme Court ruled in Mahoney Area School District v. B.L. that a female student could not be suspended from her cheerleading squad for criticizing her school on social media. As Justice Stephen Breyer wrote in his majority opinion: “While public schools may have a special interest in regulating some off-campus student speech…the school itself has an interest in protecting the student’s unpopular expression… because America’s public schools are the nurseries of democracy.”

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