Fact Sheet

Students' Free Speech Rights in Public Schools – Printable Version

Document Date: March 9, 2018
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If you’re a public school student, you don’t check your constitutional rights at the schoolhouse doors. But whether schools can punish you for speaking out depends on when, where, and how you decide to express yourself.

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