When cyberspeech knocks at the schoolhouse gate: if the student's speech violated a school policy, a school district is more likely to have its discipline of the student upheld, if challenged.

From: Techniques | Date: April 1, 2008| Author: Hartung, Susan | Copyright information

A FEDERAL JUDGE RULED ON JULY 10 LAST YEAR THAT HERMITAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN PENNSYLVANIA violated high school senior Justin Layshock's First Amendment rights when it disciplined him for posting a parody profile of his principal on MySpace.com. The parody referenced drugs and alcohol and included a picture of the principal that was taken from the school district's official Web site. Layshock composed the parody from his grandmother's computer during non-school hours. He received a ...

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