Las Vegas Pro-Life Students Prevail in Federal Lawsuit Over Suppression of Views

Published on March 4, 2024

Pro-life high school students in the fifth-largest school district in the United States are claiming victory after a local school district settled a lawsuit about students’ being denied free speech rights. The Clark County School District in Las Vegas recently entered into a settlement agreement with a Students for Life club at East Career and Technical Academy (ECTA), a public magnet secondary school, and two former students at the school. The agreement ends the district’s prohibition of pro-life speech and protects against future bans throughout the district’s more than 300 schools. During negotiations, the school district also agreed to revise the district’s handbook and issued a memorandum affirming the constitutionally protected free speech rights of students....