Kansas Students Fight For Walkout Rights

The legal context MIGHT be what some experts call the "Schoolhouse Gate" Principle . . . 

A bit more explanation . . . 

The landmark 1969 Supreme Court case Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District established that public school students do not lose their constitutional rights when entering school. The famous quote by Justice Abe Fortas, often cited, is: "It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate." 

Of course there are exceptions and this might be one more . . . Check-it: 

"The Kansas Senate included a proviso in its version of the state budget that would require public school students to obtain parental permission to participate in protests and impose fines on school districts for protests. School days that include a student walkout wouldn’t count as instructional days for state requirements.

"The proposal was introduced at a time when students across Kansas have staged walkouts during the school day protesting heightened federal immigration policy and the Trump administration."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Students raise concerns over Kansas Senate bill that limits First Amendment right to protest * Kansas Reflector