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ACLU of Massachusetts Praises Decision to Cancel Lunch Bytes Program (04/19/2007)
BOSTON - Today the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts praised the decision by the Taunton School Committee to cancel plans for its controversial "Lunch Bytes" program, which would have used fingerprint scans to identify students in the lunch line.

NYCLU Lawsuit Challenges DoD’s Unauthorized Military Recruiting of High School Students (04/24/2006)
NEW YORK -- The New York Civil Liberties Union brought a lawsuit against the Department of Defense in federal court today, charging the Department with violating American high school students’ privacy rights and federal law by maintaining an unauthorized database of personal student information for use in military recruitment efforts.

ACLU of New Mexico Sues School District for Violating Privacy Rights of Students and Parents (05/06/2005)
ALBUQUERQUE -- The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico today filed a lawsuit against the Albuquerque Public Schools department for failing to properly notify parents of their option to prohibit public schools from directly sending their children's contact information to military recruiters. The ACLU charges that the school district's current practices violate students' privacy and due process rights, as well as provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

California Company Pulls out of Program to Track Student Movements (02/16/2005)
SAN FRANCISCO - The Sutter-based company InCom announced last night at a packed special school district meeting that it would end its pilot program to require students to wear Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) badges that track the students' movements. The decision came after the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and the Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) urged school officials to end the program after being contacted by several parents.

Parents and Civil Liberties Groups Urge Northern California School District to Terminate Use of Tracking Devices (02/07/2005)
SAN FRANCISCO - Parents in a northern California public school district and civil liberties groups are urging the district to terminate the use of Radio Frequency Identification tags (RFIDs) in mandatory ID badges that track students' movements.

Bigger Monster, Weaker Chains: The Growth of an American Surveillance Society (01/15/2003)

Ask Sybil Liberty About Your Right to Keep Your School Records Private (12/31/1997)
ACLU's resident expert, Sybil Liberty, answers common questions about students' rights from a student point of view.

Ask Sybil Liberty About Your Right to Privacy (12/31/1997)
ACLU's resident expert, Sybil Liberty, answers common questions about students' rights from a student point of view.

Wells, et al. v. City of Detroit, et al. (06/10/2004)

Complaint in Doe, et al. v. Reid, et al. (07/08/2003)

Complaint in Doe v. Hirakami (05/13/2003)

Banks v. Wagner School Board, ACLU Complaint (07/25/2002)

NYCLU's letter to school administrators (04/10/2002)

How the USA PATRIOT Act redefines "Domestic Terrorism" (12/06/2002)

Coalition Letter to the House Education and the Workforce Committee Regarding the Delay or Denial of Federal Financial Aid on the Basis of Any Drug Offense (05/03/2002)

How the Anti-Terrorism Bill Puts Student Privacy at Risk (10/23/2001)

Letter to the Senate Urging Rejection of U.S.A. Act (10/09/2001)

Your Right to Privacy (07/17/2003)

Your Right to Keep Your School Records Private (07/17/2003)

Statements by Teenage Girls and Their Parents, Clients in NYCLU Lawsuit Against New York School Officials for Forcing Teenage Girls to Undergo Intrusive Medical Exams (07/08/2003)
NEW YORK - Following are statements by two teenage girls and their relatives, who are clients in the New York Civil Liberties Unions' federal lawsuit against school officials for forcing a group of girls to undergo intrusive and highly private medical examinations following their participation in a "hooky party."

NYCLU Follow-Up Letter to Alexandra Michalos on School Officials' Invasion of Student Privacy (05/28/2003)

NYCLU Letter to Chancellor Klein on School Officials' Invasion of Student Privacy (05/08/2003)