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ACLU Applauds Boulder Valley School District's Decision To Limit Searches Of Students' Cell Phone Text Messages (04/21/2008)
A spokesperson for the ACLU of Colorado announced today that it welcomes a decision of the Boulder Valley School District ("BVSD") to limit searches of students' cell phone text messages, an issue the ACLU raised in a letter made public in October, 2007. In that letter, the ACLU asserted that non-consensual searches of text messages violate a Colorado criminal statute designed to protect the privacy of telephone and electronic communications.

ACLU ISSUES ALARM ABOUT MIDDLETOWN PLAN TO ELECTRONICALLY MONITOR SCHOOL CHILDREN (01/07/2008)
Claiming that the program raises “enormous privacy and safety concerns,” the RI ACLU has called on Middletown school officials to halt a planned pilot program in which elementary school children will be tagged with electronic chips to monitor their whereabouts. The program, using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, will track the movements of Aquidneck Elementary School students who take school district buses by placing RFID chips on the children’s backpacks.

ACLU of Ohio Files Lawsuit Over School’s Strip Searches of Teenage Girls (02/02/2006)
COLUMBUS, OH - The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio today filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court on behalf of eight students who were illegally searched by staff at the Vern Riffe Career Technology Center on January 20, 2006. The lawsuit names the school district, the superintendent and three staff members as defendants. In all, 20 students were searched.

ACLU Settles Landmark Lawsuit Over Release of Student Information to Military Recruiters (01/27/2006)
ALBUQUERQUE – In the first settlement of its kind, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico today announced that the Albuquerque Public Schools will no longer send students’ contact information directly to military recruiters without properly notifying parents of their right to opt out of such information sharing.

ACLU Applauds Rhode Island’s Move to Protect Students’ Right to Privacy from Military Recruiters (11/17/2005)
PROVIDENCE, RI -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island today commended the state Department of Education for issuing an advisory to all school district superintendents, reminding them of their obligation to protect the privacy rights of students in interactions with military recruiters. The advisory, issued this week by Commissioner Peter McWalters, follows an ACLU survey released in August, which revealed that many local school districts did not have proper procedures in place to inform parents and students about their legal right to control the release of student information to the military.

Making Sense of Student Drug Testing: Why Educators Are Saying No (01/12/2006)
The experts agree, and the evidence is clear! Random drug testing does not reduce drug use among young people. Spending millions on testing students' urine will only destroy relationships between youth and adults. The second edition of this booklet demonstrates the key flaws in random student drug testing and outlines promising alternatives to the invasive and expensive practice.

ACLU OH Records Request to Kent State University (10/17/2005)

ACLU Ohio Letter to Kent State University Regarding Theft of Student Social Security Numbers (10/17/2005)

No Child Left Behind Act (10/16/2003)
Full text of the Act passed by congress "To close the achievement gap with accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that no child is left behind."

Feature on the No Child Left Behind Act (10/16/2003)
Feature on the "No Child Left Behind" Act (NCLBA) wherein the US military seeks the private information of high school students in order to bolster their recruiting efforts.

Letter from the ACLU to NY Public High School Principals About the No Child Left Behind Act (09/22/2003)
Letter from the ACLU to NY Public High School Principals About the "No Child Left Behind" Act and the military's attempts to gain access to student's private information to use for recruiting purposes.

Student Consent Form for No Child Left Behind Act (09/22/2003)
Consent form for New York State high school students to release their name, address and phone number to the military under the "No Child Left Behind" Act for use in the military's recruiting efforts

Parent Consent Form for No Child Left Behind Act (09/22/2003)
Parent consent form for release of student name, address and phone number to the military to be used for recruiting under the "No Child Left Behind" Act.