LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Though Nevada has a legislation that permits college students to put on sure regalia on their caps and robes in school commencement ceremonies, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit on behalf of a scholar, stating that the Clark County College District is not following the legislation.
“For the fourth 12 months in a row, we’re once more listening to tales about CCSD faculties implementing unconstitutional restrictions on college students’ adorning their caps and robes at their highschool commencement,” the ACLU said in a news release. “Our shoppers and their households deserve the suitable to specific themselves and rejoice their commencement.”
The legislation states that college students are “entitled to wear traditional tribal regalia or recognized objects of religious or cultural significance as an adornment at a school graduation ceremony.” Nevertheless, college boards and college officers can ban a particular merchandise if it is “likely to cause a substantial disruption of, or material interference with, [a graduation] ceremony.”
The lawsuit, filed on Thursday, mentioned the graduating scholar wished to put on the next gadgets:
A stole with the written message “Black Girl Magic” to symbolize herself.
A black and crimson stole to symbolize her time with the ACLU of Nevada’s Rising Leaders program.
A pin signifying her membership within the Nationwide Honor Society.
The stoles and cords supplied by her college signify her achievements at East Profession and Technical Academy.
A cap adorned with small paper flowers, gems and crystals.
The ACLU gave all the scholars in its Nevada Rising Leaders program a commencement stole and pin to put on at commencement, and states within the go well with that not having the ability to put on these violates the Nevada legislation and the First Modification.
The go well with contends that CCSD has not supplied correct steering to colleges, inflicting particular person faculties to create their very own tips.
