School District’s Discipline for Off-Campus Social Media Post Violated Student’s First Amendment Free Speech Rights

In re Appeal of G.S., 269 A.3d 718, 722 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2022), appeal denied, 61 MAL 2022, 2022 WL 2447538 (Pa. July 6, 2022) (The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court determined that the expulsion of a student for a social media post contained violent song lyrics violated the student’s First Amendment free speech rights)....
By: Tucker Arensberg, P.C.