Today the ACLU of Michigan sent a letter to Utica Academy for International Studies urging school officials to rescind a rule barring students from holding “...
In a ruling issued today, U.S. District Court Judge Arthur J. Tarnow allowed a lawsuit to proceed, which contends that state and local school authorities are...
In the wake of recent laws dramatically reworking Michigan’s previously harsh “zero tolerance” student discipline policies, a group of eight organizations is...
Update (8/15/17): A three-judge panel of the Michigan Court of Appeals has denied the State of Michigan’s request to appeal an injunction by the Michigan Court...
LANSING – The ACLU of Michigan, public education leaders and parent groups from across Michigan will today file a lawsuit to prevent the state and Gov. Rick...
The ACLU of Michigan and the Student Rights Project have assembled this guide to help students, parents, teachers and others understand students' legal rights...
Kary Moss, Executive Director of the ACLU of Michigan, issued the following statement on the nomination of Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education:
We strongly...
FLINT, MICH. – The ACLU of Michigan, joined by community leaders, will announce a class-action lawsuit on behalf of families from Flint, Mich. on Tuesday,...
DETROIT—With public schools in decline statewide and Michigan tumbling from national leader in public education to faltering also-ran, the ACLU of Michigan...
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the ACLU’s appeal on behalf of Ehlena Fry, a young girl with cerebral palsy who was barred from bringing her service...
WASHINGTON, DC—The U.S. Supreme Court announced today that it will hear the case of Ehlena Fry, a 12-year-old Jackson, Mich., girl with cerebral palsy who, at...
Statement from Amy Hunter, Transgender Advocacy Coordinator, ACLU of Michigan, on Senator Tom Casperson’s Anti-Transgender Legislation
Sen. Tom Casperson...
In a move characterized by critics as both overtly political and terribly damaging, the Board of Regents for Eastern Michigan University on Tuesday decided to...
Last December, regents for Eastern Michigan University put the Education Achievement Authority on notice, saying that a number of severe problems had to be...
WASHINGTON, DC—The ACLU of Michigan and the National ACLU today petitioned the US Supreme Court to rule on whether the group can move ahead with a lawsuit...
Update: The U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will hear Ehlena Fry's case.
Twenty-five years ago, President George H. W. Bush signed the Americans with...
Kary Moss, executive director of the ACLU of Michigan, issued a statement today in response to a state Supreme Court decision to refuse to hear a case filed on...
If the right to a public education means anything, it means that students should be taught to read. In a groundbreaking case that has garnered national...
DETROIT – In an effort to inform young voters about their rights, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and the NAACP have created an “how to” flier...
This month heralds the beginning of a new school year—a time of excitement, hope and promise for most our state’s children.
Over the summer, the district’s...
For many, there are certain chapters in U.S. history that are much too painful to contemplate. Foremost among them are the enslavement of literally millions of...
Michael Reynolds is a 17-year-old Detroiter, a recent graduate of Detroit Loyola High School and an impending freshman at Western Michigan University.
Later...
The ACLU of Michigan has been working closely with Native American students at Eastern Michigan University to compel the university to permanently dump the...
I prefer pants.
That’s exactly what I tried to explain to the principal of my high school, Oakridge High, when I went to him with my concerns about the dress...
Continuing a series of programs centered on special-education students in public schools, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan will sponsor a panel...
Concerned over a lack of transparency from the state-run Education Achievement Authority, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan announced this week...
Special-education students in Michigan are being pushed out of public schools at an alarming rate—with far too many of them being driven directly in the school...
Our state can’t come up with a consistent definition for truancy. Yet many lawmakers do agree that children in poor families who fail to come to school should...
People with disabilities are too often treated as second class, shunned and segregated by physical barriers and social stereotypes. They are discriminated...
After six years of state control, this much is beyond debate:
Emergency management has neither fixed the finances of Detroit Public Schools nor provided even...
GRAND RAPIDS — Warning against the unconstitutional use of religious beliefs as employment criteria in public education, the American Civil Liberties Union of...
DETROIT — As part of an ongoing push to guarantee a quality education for all Michigan schoolchildren, 35 respected education experts today joined with the...
This report from the ACLU of Michigan explores how draconian "zero tolerance" laws in schools--combined with an ever-increasing police presence in the...
In Michigan, our current approach to school discipline is driving far too many public-school students—especially students of color—out of the classroom. In...
DETROIT — Subjected to both harsh zero tolerance policies and an increasing police presence on campuses, public school students in Michigan are being suspended...
DETROIT — In an ongoing effort to compel state officials to enforce Michigan children’s right to read under state law and the Constitution, the American Civil...
You might expect Atiya Haynes to be downhearted.
After all, the 17-year-old honor student and community volunteer was suspended for the rest of her senior...
The ACLU of Michigan is tracking hundreds of legal cases and pieces of legislation that impact your civil liberties at any given moment, covering all concerns...
High school senior Atiya Haynes was in advanced placement classes, she was active in numerous extra-curricular school activities, she volunteered in the...
With a history of civil liberties stretching back almost a century, the ACLU has got plenty of amazing cases for #TBT. Every Thursday, we'll be sharing updates...
DETROIT – In a blow to schoolchildren statewide, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled on Friday that the State of Michigan has no legal obligation to provide a...
The ACLU of Michigan is tracking hundreds of legal cases and pieces of legislation that impact your civil liberties at any given moment, covering all concerns...
YPSILANTI, Mich. – In a letter to school officials today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan raised serious concerns regarding Arbor Preparatory...
“Substantial staffing reductions.”
Reduced support service necessary to “meet required obligations only.”
Elimination of elective classes “except to the...
Last week, the federal education and justice departments took a firm stance against overly punitive school discipline policies that push millions of children...
What happens to a state that expells its children from school, bans free speech in public spaces, and allows illegal police practices to terrorize communities...
Kyle Thompson likes playing football, playing video games, and hanging out with his friends. The Michigan student has also been under house arrest since last...
The ACLU of Michigan has filed suit on behalf of a peaceful protester who was arrested under a law that doesn’t even exist, the ACLU and a conservative think...
Yesterday, we Dreamers won a huge victory for equality in Michigan.
The Regents of the University of Michigan voted to grant in-state tuition to all Michigan...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan applauded the University of Michigan Board Of Regents today for extending in-state tuition...
DETROIT – A Wayne County judge ruled today that children in the Highland Park School district may sue the district, emergency manager and state for failing to...
This week, we are fighting for all Michiganders’ rights to have fair trials and to go to school, regardless of their economic status. In the meantime, more...
HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan expressed dismay and concern today after attending the Highland Park Renaissance Academy...
DETROIT – In briefs filed today in the class-action lawsuit challenging the quality of education Highland Park students receive, the American Civil Liberties...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan today blasted Ann Arbor Public Schools’ decision to charge students $100 per semester to take...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of an eight-year-old student with cerebral palsy who was barred from...
Today we file a case on behalf of all the children attending public school in the City of Highland Park.
We represent these children because the State and...
DETROIT – In an effort to combat voter confusion, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan launched its Let Me Vote Campaign today designed to supply...
DETROIT—The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a class-action lawsuit today in state court on behalf of eight students who represent nearly 1,000...
CINCINNATI, OH – Attorneys representing students, faculty, and prospective applicants to the University of Michigan asked a 15-judge federal appeals court...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a decision today in the case of a graduate student, Julea Ward, who was removed from Eastern Michigan...
DETROIT – In a letter today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan urged the Plymouth-Canton Community School District to respect the constitutional...
The lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan on behalf of a 13-year-old student who was forced by Livonia police to submit to an...
Cincinnati — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is slated to hear arguments today in the case of a graduate student who was removed from Eastern...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of a 13-year-old boy who was forced by the Livonia police to submit to a...
DETROIT – The ACLU, NAACP and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) announced today that they oppose the Michigan Attorney General’s request to...
Benton Harbor, Mich. – In a settlement finalized today, a Lake Michigan College student who was expelled because he is listed on the sex offender registry will...
DETROIT – The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Michigan demanded that school officials at John Glenn High School stop viewpoint-based censorship...
DETROIT – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed 13 Freedom of Information Act requests today seeking records regarding the emergency financial...
DETROIT – The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Michigan sent letters to Rochester High School and public high schools across the country today...
SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan applauded a decision by the South Haven Public Schools to adopt comprehensive policies that...
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A group of more than 60 concerned parents, educators and community leaders, including the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, sent a...
DETROIT – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan sent a letter today to the Downriver League (DRL) urging the athletic conference to immediately repeal...
GRAND RAPIDS – The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Michigan welcomed today’s announcement by Mona Shores High School in Muskegon, Michigan that...
Public universities can’t force student counselors to change their views, but can require them to follow curriculum.
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties...
DETROIT – In a consent judgment approved by the court this week, Detroit Public Schools agreed to end the practice of conducting mass student searches without...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan applauded the State House of Representatives today for passing...
DETROIT — The American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter today urging the University of Michigan to amend its written policy banning students from...
CHARLEVOIX, MICH. – In a letter today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan harshly criticized the Charlevoix Public Schools handling of a 2008...
NAPOLEON, Mich. – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan urged the Napoleon Community Schools today to respect the rights of a 5-year-old student with...
DETROIT – In an effort to uphold the constitutional rights of students, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf...
DETROIT – A group of civil rights organizations asked a panel of appeals court judges today to reverse a lower court’s decision and strike down Proposal 2, the...
DETROIT — In a letter today to Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan expressed its...
DETROIT – After learning that fourth graders at Millside Elementary School in Algonac were involuntarily separated into two single gender classrooms, the...
Imagine you’re 19 years old and attending a going away party for a friend. Although alcohol is being served, you do not drink. Now imagine going home after the...
DETROIT -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan announced today that it launching an investigation into the hallway sweep conducted by the Detroit...
KALAMAZOO, MICH – In a letter today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan asked the superintendent of South Haven Public Schools to put an end to the...
DETROIT – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a federal lawsuit last night charging East Detroit Public School officials with failing to...
This 73-page publication discusses the disproportionate impact of school discipline policies, suspensions and expulsion on African American students.
FLINT – In a letter today to the City of Flint Police Chief, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan warned that the Police Department’s enforcement of...
ANN ARBOR – In a letter to Ann Arbor Public Schools today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan threatened to sue the school district unless the...
DETROIT – The civil rights coalition challenging Proposal 2, the 2006 ballot initiative banning affirmative action in Michigan, expressed deep disappointed...
DETROIT – A coalition of civil rights organizations argued before a federal judge today that Proposal 2, the 2006 ballot initiative banning affirmative action...
Cantrell v. Granholm
On Wednesday, February 6, 2008, at 2:30pm at the U.S. Courthouse in Detroit, Federal District Judge David Lawson will hear oral argument...
ANN ARBOR — In an effort to stop the installation of 53 surveillance cameras at Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, the American Civil Liberties Union of...
Detroit -- In a letter sent to Central Michigan University, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan urged the president to recognize the right of...
DETROIT – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan announced victory today in the case of Claudius Benson, a ninth grader who was suspended from Old...
DETROIT – A Wayne County judge today ordered Old Redford Academy, a public charter school in Detroit, to temporarily reinstate a ninth grader who refused to...
Today, most Michigan high school students and their parents are probably thinking about getting a new routine down pat, juggling work and school schedules, and...
DETROIT — The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan announced today that a judge has signed an order requiring Old Redford Academy officials to allow...
DETROIT – Filing a lawsuit today on behalf of 19 students, faculty and applicants to the University of Michigan, a coalition of civil rights groups including...
Detroit — The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan today filed a lawsuit against two Lansing police officers on behalf of a Lansing resident who was...
DETROIT — As a longtime defender of freedom of religion, the ACLU of Michigan today noted with alarm the endorsement by gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos of...
DETROIT — In a letter to the Michigan High School Athletic Association, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and more than 600 other signers urged...
DETROIT — In an effort to inform community members of the anti-affirmative action ballot, the ACLU of Michigan and One United Michigan will host a workshop...
DETROIT — In a letter sent yesterday to the Ypsilanti mayor and city council, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and its Washtenaw Branch has...
DETROIT – In a victory for student rights, a panel of federal judges ruled today that the strip search conducted on more than twenty students at Whitmore Lake...
DETROIT – After learning that a public school wrestling coach was praying with his team at sporting events, the ACLU of Michigan sent a letter to the school’s...
DETROIT –The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed an age discrimination lawsuit today against the Holiday Inn on behalf of a 20-year-old member of...
DETROIT — A federal court judge ruled today that a Utica high school violated the First Amendment by censoring an article in the school newspaper. Judge Arthur...
DETROIT – At a news conference this morning, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan announced a challenge to a policy that has allowed the Detroit...
DETROIT – As the country focuses on the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark case that ended government imposed segregation in public...
ACLU Settles Case On Behalf Of Christian Valedictorian
DETROIT – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan announced today that an out-of-court settlement...
Political Symbols or Messages Now Permitted on Clothing
DETROIT — The Bay City Schools has changed its mind about suspending a high school student for wearing...
DETROIT – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan welcomed the Supreme Court’s ruling today that states could withhold scholarship money for the purpose...
DETROIT — In a case with implications throughout the state, a federal judge has struck down the Michigan “verbal assault” law as violating the free speech...
DETROIT — A federal judge has ruled that the Dearborn student who was prohibited from wearing a t-shirt with a picture of President Bush that reads, "...
This 9 page booklet has vital information about providing health information in the public school setting for everyone involved in health education.
Strip Search Unconsitutional
DETROIT – In a victory for student rights, a federal judge has ruled that the strip search of more than twenty students that took...
DETROIT — Challenging Utica High School for censoring a school-sponsored newspaper article, the ACLU of Michigan has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the student...
DETROIT – A Birmingham, MI high school senior has been chosen to receive a $4,000 college scholarship in recognition of his activist work in civil liberties,...
DETROIT — In a landmark case being argued tomorrow before the Supreme Court, the American Civil Liberties Union will urge the Justices to uphold the admission...
DETROIT — Challenging a school’s decision to prohibit a student from wearing an anti-President Bush t-shirt, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan...
DETROIT — The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan announced that a settlement agreement has been reached between the South Lyon Community Schools and...
After Brett Barber, a junior at Dearborn High School, was told to take off his anti-Bush t-shirt or go home, he called the ACLU of Michigan to ask for help....
In response to a discovery request, the state of Michigan on October 16 produced a data file of the Michigan Merit Award Scholarship qualifiers and non-...
DETROIT -- Three lawsuits filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan will be heard this Wednesday, December 11, in three different courts. Two of...
The national ACLU gives out ten awards of $4000 each to students around the country who have been active leaders or participants in a civil rights or civil...
DETROIT — The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a motion today asking a federal judge to order the South Lyon Community Schools to permit the...
DETROIT — Today the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a lawsuit in federal court against the South Lyon Community Schools for suspending two...
The ACLU of Michigan contends that affirmative action is necessary to both:
achieve educational diversity at the university; and
level the playing field for...
DETROIT — In a move forward for a civil rights lawsuit challenging Michigan's use of the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) High School Test to...
MT. PLEASANT — The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a lawsuit today in federal court against the Mt. Pleasant Public Schools on behalf of an...
To stop Grand Blanc High School's drug testing program, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a motion on Tuesday in an on-going lawsuit asking...
To stop Grand Blanc High School's drug testing program, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a motion on Tuesday in an on-going lawsuit asking...
DETROIT — The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan today announced that Alec Gibbs of Fenton Senior High School is one of 12 high school seniors...
The ACLU of Michigan, representing Grand Blanc student Micah White, filed a lawsuit today in Genesee County Circuit Court challenging a policy at the school to...
LANSING — Today, representatives from six university student assemblies announced the filing of a lawsuit to challenge Public Act 118 which requires that a...
DETROIT -- In a case with broad implications for students throughout Michigan, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments tomorrow in a lawsuit on behalf...
Detroit –The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan today released a comprehensive report entitled “Reclaiming Michigan’s Throwaway Kids: Students Trapped...
DETROIT — The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a lawsuit on behalf of a ninth grader at Old Redford Academy, a public charter school in Detroit...
Facing expulsion or suspension at school? Parents, teachers, students and administrators all have rights and responsibilities. This printable pocket guide can...
To ensure that all students, regardless of sexual orientation, receive a quality education within a safe learning environment we've constructed this 28-page...
This Resource Guide is designed to assist grades 6-12 teachers in introducing Bill of Rights' issues to students. Topics include the First Amendment issues of...
DETROIT — The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan announced today that the Detroit Public Schools: Board of Education has agreed to settle a lawsuit...
Napoleon, Mich. – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan applauded the Napoleon Community Schools decision to permit a doctor-prescribed service dog to...
DETROIT — Saying that diversity in higher education is a "compelling government interest," a federal judge today rejected an attempt to dismantle the...
NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union today applauded the Supreme Court's decisions today upholding the principle that public universities may continue...