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Responding to the gross violation of free speech brought about by the ACLU in the Santa Rosa County School District, the Florida legislature passed a law that requires school districts to obtain the consent of staff and students before entering into any agreement that infringes upon or waives their First Amendment rights.

This new law will prevent further situations like the one in Santa Rosa County, where school officials caved to the ACLU and agreed to sign a Consent Decree which prohibits religious expression, such as voluntary, student-initiated prayers or off-the-clock religious discussion among adults.

Liberty Counsel will ask the Santa Rosa School District to request the court to reconsider the Consent Decree in light of this new law. Liberty Counsel will continue to press this case until the Consent Decree is set aside. It was written as though the First Amendment does not exist. Not only is the decree unconstitutional, it is also moot, since the ACLU student plaintiffs graduated three weeks before the order became final. It is only a matter of time before this Consent Decree is overturned.

To read the new law visit our News Release for more details.

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