A Publication of
the ACLU of Ohio Foundation

This handbook outlines your rights as a public school student. Schools must balance the need to provide a safe and orderly environment against a student's rights to privacy, free speech, and religion. As a student, you have the power to make change. Student activists all over the country have been successful in challenging school policies or actions that violate the Constitution. You may consider starting an ACLU Campus Group at your school or find another way to educate students about the issues that you feel are important.

Use this guide in conjunction with your school's handbook.  Talk with your parents, teachers or other school officials if you think someone's rights have been violated.

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Contents

Freedom of Speech and Expression

Religious Freedom

Search and Seizure

Discrimination

Discipline

Student records

Military Recruitment

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