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Guanci, Sin R.; Blackburn, Mollie V. – Equity Assistance Center Region III, Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center, 2022
The purpose of this "Equity by Design" brief is to aid administrators in protecting sexual and gender minority students from discrimination and harassment. Specifically, this Brief presents Title IX's conceptualizations of sex and harassment to identify who is protected, and from what. Further, it discusses how to navigate backlash…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Gender Discrimination, Sex Fairness
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Ratliff, Lindon J. – Planning and Changing, 2010
Federal court cases are examined in an effort to view recent First Amendment rights infringements which have occurred in Mississippi. Case law reinforces students' rights to wear same-sex outfits to school functions as well as to bring same-sex dates. Connection to a recent civil rights investigation by the NAACP into a north Mississippi middle…
Descriptors: Federal Courts, Court Litigation, Student Rights, Clothing
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Essex, Nathan L. – American Secondary Education, 2005
School leaders must recognize and respect the freedom of expression rights of students within reasonable limits, but they may restrict student expression that creates material and substantial disruption to the educational process. The challenge for school leaders is to achieve the proper balance between the rights of students and the needs of…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Homosexuality, Student Rights, Freedom of Speech